TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its price growth forecasts at a policy meeting later this month as long-term inflation expectations stall, sources said, highlighting the bank’s difficulty in hitting its elusive price target. ( read original story ...)
Japan OKs ambitious nuke energy goals, plutonium reuse plan
TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday approved an energy plan that sets ambitious targets for nuclear energy use and sustains a struggling program for spent-fuel recycling despite setbacks after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The plan approved Tuesday by the Cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
You can see Tokyo on a budget – here’s what to do while you’re in Japan’s capital
Before I went to Tokyo I assumed it was all manga, maid cafés and a suffocating swarm of people – one giant scramble crossing at Shibuya. It’s a place I’d always wanted to see, but assumed you needed months to explore. But the city quietly defied ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business confidence index drops amid trade tensions
TOKYO: Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers fell in June for the second quarter in a row amid growing concerns about trade with the United States, a Bank of Japan quarterly survey showed on Monday. The Tankan index fell from plus 24 in ... ( read original story ...)
Cool Tokyo Hotels You’ll Never Want To Leave
Whether you’re traveling for business or leisure, the city offers the best luxury stays for the trendy globetrotter. For a mix of opulence, heritage and 5-star service, look to one of these fancy Tokyo hotels hailing from the land of the rising sun. ( read original story ...)
Stunned silence in Tokyo as Japan SWC dream ends
But a few short minutes later, the dream was over. At a bar in a Tokyo business district, the air went out of the room as Belgium found the net in extra time, scoring a third goal to seal Japan's fate. Just a short while earlier, whoops of joy had filled ... ( read original ...
Aichi: Court orders removal of trash from Nagoya ‘garbage house’
Workers began removing a large quantity of trash at a so-called “garbage house” in Nagoya after the resident refused to do so over an extended period, reports Fuji News Network (July 3). At around 8:30 a.m., workers started hauling away a mountain of ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japan’s Uzabase to acquire online news platform Quartz
TOKYO — Japanese media startup Uzabase is acquiring Quartz, a New York-based online business news platform, from Atlantic Media. Uzabase’s deal with the U.S. media company is valued at $75 million-$110 million, depending on Quartz’s financial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan OKs ambitious nuke energy target, plutonium reuse plan
TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday approved an energy plan that sets ambitious targets for nuclear energy use and sustains a struggling program for spent-fuel recycling despite setbacks after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The plan approved Tuesday by the Cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Uzabase to acquire online news platform Quartz
TOKYO — Japanese media startup Uzabase is acquiring Quartz, a New York-based online business news platform, from Atlantic Media. Uzabase's deal with the U.S. media company is valued at $75 million-$110 million, depending on Quartz's financial performance ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Zozo, using measurement taking bodysuit, expands bespoke service
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo said on Tuesday it was expanding its offer of made-to-measure clothes using skintight bodysuits which help customers upload their measurements online. Zozo, which operates Japan’s popular shopping ... ( read original story ...)
Belgium 3 Japan 2: Last-gasp Chadli completes comeback
Brazil will face Belgium in the quarter-finals of the World Cup as Roberto Martinez's side came from 2-0 down to beat Japan 3-2. Nacer Chadli's 94th-minute winner completed a sensational comeback as Belgium beat Japan 3-2 to book a World Cup quarter-final ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘psychic octopus’ was killed, sold before last-16 defeat to Belgium
Japan's World Cup campaign finally ran out of legs on Monday. Now, it has emerged the country may have scored something of an own-goal before its first knockout game even kicked off. Fisherman Kimio Abe, who caught Rabiot, brought in a replacement octopus ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Gives Jail Sentence to Crypto Miner in a Remote Mining Case
This news follows multiple other reports of the Japanese police cracking down on the use of remote mining tools where website visitors were not informed that their computers were being used to mine cryptocurrencies. Recently, the police in 10 prefectures ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s solar panel makers suffer as power plant demand fades
TOKYO -- Japan trails much of the world as both a producer and a market for solar power technology, struggling to keep pace with the cheaper and plentiful competition overseas. PV Japan, one of the country's largest solar trade shows, was held in Yokohama ... ( read original story ...)
Belgium completes the biggest comeback of the World Cup with a game-winning goal in final 20 seconds to beat Japan
Belgium came back from a 2-0 deficit in the World Cup on Monday by scoring three straight goals to beat Japan. The final goal came as Belgium stopped a corner kick, then advanced the ball on a counterattack, completing three passes to set up the game-winner. ( read original story ...)