Tokyo recently took to Twitter to provide an update about his new album, which is set to be called Sincerely Tokyo. "My debut album is done. I know it’s been a min since I dropped my last project, bee... ( read original story ...)
With a Submarine, Japan Sends a Message in the South China Sea
The drills were the first involving a submarine that Japan is known to have conducted in the South China Sea. Neither the Defense Ministry nor the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which broke the news before ... ( read original story ...)
The Continued Rise Of Naomi Osaka And Her Business Star
The women of tennis lead the world in female athletes’ ability to build impressive endorsement portfolios. Naomi Osaka may one day lead them all in this endeavor. The 20-year-old Japanese tennis star ... ( read original story ...)
Universities the weak link when hackers strike Japan
TOKYO -- Overseas hackers are thought to have made off with information on Japan's maritime strategy in a March attack on specific people at national universities, which a Nikkei survey has found ... ( read original story ...)
Top 5 bars in… Tokyo, Japan
This feature was originally published in the May 2018 issue of The Spirits Business You can’t see the Great Wall from orbit – that’s what NASA calls a “space-based myth” – but you’d have a job missin... ( read original story ...)
Will ‘flying cars’ take off? Japan’s government hopes so
Japan’s auto and electronics industries have the technology and ability to produce super-light materials that could give the nation an edge in the flying car business, he said. Just as the ... ( read original story ...)
Moonstruck Japan tycoon to blast off on 1st SpaceX trip
TOKYO — The Japanese billionaire who Tesla chief Elon Musk says plans to blast off on the first-ever private commercial space trip aboard the SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket often makes headlines in Japan. T... ( read original story ...)
Japan eager to be on board vertical-takeoff ‘flying cars’
This vision of the future is driving the Japanese government's "flying car" project. Major carrier All Nippon Airways, electronics company NEC Corp. and more than a dozen other companies and academic ... ( read original story ...)
SpaceX’s first private passenger is Japanese fashion magnate Maezawa
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (Reuters) - SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space transportation company, on Monday named its first private passenger as Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa, the founder and chief ... ( read original story ...)
Japan fashion guru Maezawa lands first SpaceX moon flight
Most famous outside Japan for his record-breaking $110 million purchase of ... The company’s shares fell as much as 4.7 percent after the news before recovering. The diminutive Maezawa, who as a young ... ( read original story ...)
Japan calls for early solution to U.S.-China trade war
"There are quite a few Japanese companies who ship parts to China, which are then assembled (as final goods) and exported to the United States," Seko told a news conference. The intensifying trade ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese billionaire will be SpaceX’s first private passenger to moon
Elon Musk announced Monday that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa would be SpaceX’s first private passenger to the moon. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei gains, insurers up; LDP election hopes temper Trump’s tariff move
TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rallied on Tuesday led by gains for insurers thanks to rising U.S. Treasury yields, though electronic suppliers underperformed as traders considered the impli... ( read original story ...)
Japan banks snatch global lending crown in post-Lehman world
At the same time, Japanese banks' cross-border exposure surged 40% to $3.7 trillion, making the country an outlier in terms of both size and growth. Germany's Deutsche Bank, which once sought to ... ( read original story ...)
Even a ho-hum World Co IPO will arouse interest from Japan Inc
Over the past couple of weeks, Nomura’s finest have been on the road in the UK and US pitching the virtues of World Co — a big Japanese clothing manufacturer on course to list its shares on the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Even a ho-hum World Co IPO will arouse Japan Inc
The Irish Times - 04:15 AM GMT September 14, 2018 Another Open-Source IPO Shows the Market Power of "Free" Software Forbes.com - 17:34 PM GMT September 12, 2018 Elanco Animal Health Announces IPO Pric... ( read original story ...)