The good news for Japan is that the yen is weaker, which has helped exporters. And while it’s hard to separate causation from correlation, deflation is no longer a persistent threat and the Japanese e... ( read original story ...)
Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Ishige in Japan
A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ishige in Japan on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 67.77 km, 139.995° East, 36.0706° North. The 3.2-magnit... ( read original story ...)
Two Osaka hotels join global war on plastic waste by banning straws
OSAKA – Joining the worldwide movement to combat plastic waste, two international hotels in Osaka are moving toward paper straws. “We switched to paper straws on July 1, and the response from our cust... ( read original story ...)
Promethera Biosciences Appoints Mutsuki Takano as General Manager of its Branch Office in Tokyo
MONT-SAINT-GUIBERT, Belgium & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Promethera Biosciences SA, a global innovator in cell-based medicines and liver diseases, today announced the appointment of Mutsuki Takano as Bra... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei ends lower; focus on BOJ, Fed meetings
Japan's Nikkei share average closed down 0.74 per cent at 22,544.84. The broader Topix ended 0.43 per cent lower at 1,768.15 while the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 dipped 0.47 per cent to 15,620.76. Investors ... ( read original story ...)
World stocks dip before central bank test; Japan bonds down
MILAN (Reuters) - World stocks fell and the dollar steadied on Monday as a busy week of central bank meetings and company updates started. Japanese government bonds sold off before possible monetary p... ( read original story ...)
Bond Market Tests the Bank of Japan
Most stock markets in the Asia Pacific region fell Monday following declines in the U.S. late last week. Indexes in Australia, Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea are all down, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokai Tokyo Financial : Share Acquisition of Bao Viet Securities, Vietnam
Note: This English translation is for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Japanese original and this English translation, the Japanese original shall prevail. We assum... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya international school hires AC Milan coach to guide soccer team
A coach from AC Milan has been training members of the soccer team at Nagoya International Junior and Senior High School since April. Although the soccer club, which is part of the top Italian league ... ( read original story ...)
MariCAR Osaka: Where you can go Mario Kart-ing in Japan
Qantas flies direct from Sydney to Osaka's Kansai airport three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) on an upgraded two-class Airbus A330. Return economy flights start from $859 and return bu... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber : Accelerating Joint Research with Thai Universities on Natural Rubber
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that the results of joint research projects conducted since 2013 with two universities in Thailand, a major producer of natural rubber, were recent... ( read original story ...)
Canada to join Mexico, Japan, South Korea and the EU in auto tariff talks
Japan and the European Union organized the meeting for Tuesday in Geneva, where vice and deputy ministers from Canada, the EU, Japan and South Korea will gather to talk about the punishing levies thre... ( read original story ...)
Canada to join Mexico, Japan, South Korea, EU to talk auto tariffs
Japan and the European Union organized the meeting for Tuesday in Geneva, where vice and deputy ministers from Canada, the EU, Japan and South Korea will gather to talk about the punishing levies thre... ( read original story ...)
Findings from Nagoya University in the Area of Risk Management Described (Difference between car-to-cyclist crash and near crash in a perpendicular…
Financial support for this research came from Takata Foundation. The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Nagoya University, "Focusing on cases where the car and cyclist approac... ( read original story ...)
Tropical storm hits Japan, heads for western region still recovering from heavy rains
A tropical storm in Japan disrupted transportation and knocked out power to thousands of homes in its path as it headed west toward a region still recovering from devastating rains earlier this month. ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake strikes Indonesian island of Lombok, killing 14
WATCH: 6.1-magnitude earthquake kills 3, injures hundreds in Japan The Lombok quake struck at 6:47 a.m. (2247 GMT on Saturday) and was only 4.35 miles deep (7 km), a shallow depth that would have ampl... ( read original story ...)