Japan is to ban government use of telecoms products made by Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE on concerns about cybersecurity, reports said Friday. The government plans to revise internal procurement ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Shizunai in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 118 km SSE of Shizunai, Japan (73 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.1458 East, latitude 41.4349 North, depth = 35.93 km. ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Seeks to Assuage Investors on Mobile Outage Before $23 Billion IPO
SoftBank shares fell as much as 3.3 percent in afternoon trading in Tokyo. The IPO is fully subscribed, but SoftBank and its bankers are taking extra precautions in order to make sure that investors w... ( read original story ...)
Japan household spending unexpectedly falls, casts doubt over fourth quarter recovery
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s household spending unexpectedly fell in October and real wages slipped for a third straight month, adding to concerns about the strength of the economy as global trade ... ( read original story ...)
Property firm that let out-of-control Japanese Knotweed invade seven nearby homes is fined £18,000
A property owner has been fined £18,000 after allowing Japanese Knotweed to spread to neighbouring homes. M B Estate Ltd ignored a community protection notice from May 2017 to deal with the invasive w... ( read original story ...)
Japan Pushes on With TPP-11 With U.S., China at Odds
In a comment with relevance to China, he said Japan will keep cooperating with the U.S. and Europe in dealing with intellectual property issues. Note: Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the TPP soon ... ( read original story ...)
Japan firms see trade war, sales tax pressuring economy in 2019
TOKYO (Reuters) - Most Japanese firms expect flat or weaker domestic growth next year and are even more pessimistic about global growth amid concerns over the impact of the U.S.-China trade war and a ... ( read original story ...)
One Marine rescued, another dead and five missing after midair collision off Japanese coast
“We plan to keep at it all through the night,” Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces’ Joint Staff, said at a news conference. The U.S. Marine Corps initially said a “mishap” t... ( read original story ...)
2 US warplanes crash off Japan; 1 dead, 5 missing
TOKYO (AP) -- One of two crew members recovered after two U.S. warplanes collided and crashed off Japan's coast early Thursday is dead and five others remain missing, the U.S. military said. The Marin... ( read original story ...)
Bach on Tokyo 2020: Best prepared ever
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics John Coates preside over an IOC Executive Board meeting on Saturday in ... ( read original story ...)
Property firm fined £18,000 over Japanese Knotweed infestation
A property owner has been fined £18,000 after allowing Japanese Knotweed to spread to neighbouring homes. M B Estate Ltd ignored a community protection notice from May 2017 to deal with the invasive w... ( read original story ...)
Melco counts on Japan’s immigration bill to meet casino plans
“As part of Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe’s reform packages, labor immigration is a key one,” he told the Nikkei Asian Review ... bulk of employees will be Japanese [eventually],” Ho added ... ( read original story ...)
5 U.S. marines missing after planes collide off Japan coast
A marine refuelling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan's southwestern coast after colliding early Thursday, and rescuers found two of the seven crew members, one of them ... ( read original story ...)
Five Marines missing after two U.S. aircraft collide, crash into sea off Japan
“We plan to keep at it all through the night,” Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defence Forces’ Joint Staff, told a news conference. The incident adds to a growing list of U.S. military a... ( read original story ...)
Japan arrests North Korea man for ‘fraud,’ report says
In a sign Tokyo may be stepping up pressure on the Kim Jong Un regime as denuclearization talks are delayed, Japanese police arrested a North Korean passport holder for working as a "key North Korean ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s most beautiful ryokans invite you to do absolutely nothing
For dinner, you may take dinner in your room, or in the private dining rooms on the property. Japan's best hotels are usually either hyper-traditional, with only wood, paper and lacquer, or ultramoder... ( read original story ...)