He added that "in view of the tragic circumstances, we are ready to move our EU-Japan Summit from Brussels to Tokyo next week ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Monday t... ( read original story ...)
Brexit Blowup, World Bank Debt Worry, Japan’s Good News: Eco Day
(Bloomberg) -- Happy Monday, Europe. Here’s news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started: Theresa May faces a fresh crisis after key members of her government quit in protes... ( read original story ...)
Japan flood: over 100 killed, several missing
Mihara, Japan: Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides that killed more than 100 people, with do... ( read original story ...)
Softbank’s Japan telecoms unit applies for Tokyo listing
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday that its Japanese telecommunications unit, SoftBank Corp, had made a preliminary application to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The mo... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rebounds to 1-week high after U.S. jobs data; Nissan tumbles
TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rebounded to one-week highs on Monday as investors took heart from U.S. jobs growth, while Eisai extended its gains to its daily-limit high on op... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers race to find survivors after Japan floods kill at least 112
KURASHIKI, Japan (Reuters) - Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rain unleashed floods and landslides that killed at least 112 people, wit... ( read original story ...)
Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag was detected near Kameoka in Japan
A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kameoka in Japan on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 06:45:40 / July 8, 2018 ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Saga-shi in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Saga-shi in Japan on Monday. Exact location, longitude 130.2209° East, latitude 33.2817° North, depth = 10 km. A ... ( read original story ...)
Research: Upper and lower plate controls on the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake —
Researchers at Tohoku University’s Department of Geophysics, have been studying the great Tohoku-oki earthquake which occurred on March 11, 2011, to the east of Japan’s Honshu Island. The earthquake, ... ( read original story ...)
Third earthquake in 2018 in Lebak: Is Jakarta ready for megathrust quake?
The paper actually mentions another possibility, in which the movement between two plates happens slowly without causing great earthquakes, citing cases in Boso Peninsula, Japan, and Guerrero, Mexico. ... ( read original story ...)
M6.0 quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 rattled eastern Japan, including Tokyo, on Saturday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued. There were no immedi... ( read original story ...)
Dozens killed in Japan flooding, landslides
Below is a summary of reports on company outages: Separately, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chiba prefecture on Saturday evening, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The ... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers dig through mud, rubble for survivors after Japan floods kill over 100
MIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides that killed more than 100 peop... ( read original story ...)
Japan hunts for survivors of floods that killed more than 100
Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday ... a trip to Europe and the Middle East that had been planned to start this week, Kyodo news agency quoted a top ruling party official a... ( read original story ...)
China Airlines 737 in low fuel emergency landing at Nagoya
A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 was forced to make an emergency landing at Nagoya Chubu Centrair International airport on 8 July at 13:09 local time, due to low fuel warnings. China Airlines says the ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Asian shares rise despite escalating US-China trade row
TOKYO — Asian shares are mostly higher after a weekend of relative quiet over the escalating trade stand-off between the U.S. and China. Investors appear optimistic about the outlook for the global ec... ( read original story ...)