Japan's government apologized to tens of thousands of victims forcibly sterilized under the now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law and promised to pay compensation. Picture: Toshiyuki Matsumoto/Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)
After bodysuit blow, Japan’s Zozo embarks on hiring spree to shore up online mall
TOKYO (Reuters) - For Japan’s Zozo Inc, a brash online fashion retailer, 2018 marked a turning point, but not in the way that anyone had hoped. Its body-measuring Zozosuit, which was supposed to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan nuclear regulator to halt reactors without anti-terrorism systems
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday said it would start ... Shares of all three companies tumbled on the news, with Kansai falling 7.2 percent to 1,453 yen, Kyushu falling more ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Softbank to buy 5.6 percent of Wirecard for around $1 billion
BERLIN (Reuters) - Japan’s Softbank Group Corp will buy a 5.6 percent stake in German payments company Wirecard by acquiring convertible bonds worth around 900 million euros ($1.01 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei eases as caution sets in before earnings; Nissan plunges
TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged lower in choppy trade on Wednesday as investors stayed cautious before earnings results, but it remained around a 4-1/2-month high as sentiment was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Heisei era: Changes, growth and tragedies
Japan’s “bubble economy” of soaring asset prices was in its final stages when Akihito ascended the throne. The Nikkei share average hit a record high of 38,957.44 on Dec. 29, 1989, but began to slide ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-based developer of laundry-folding robot files for bankruptcy
A Tokyo-based developer of a laundry-folding robot filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday due to financial difficulties. Seven Dreamers Laboratories Inc. released a statement saying that it had insufficient ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: In Japan, the old are harassing the young
An elderly in Japan appears in a viral video preventing the door of a packed Nagoya commuter train from closing. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab) TOKYO: A minute or two of newly shot mobile phone video ... ( read original story ...)
Japan apologizes to those forcibly sterilized, vows redress
TOKYO -- Japan's government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of victims forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law and promised to pay compensation. Chief Cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
Didi-SoftBank taxi-hailing JV expands to 13 cities across Japan
The app launched in September in Osaka, a popular destination for Chinese tourists, where it tied up with taxi firms to enter an increasingly crowded market for such apps that includes rivals backed ... ( read original story ...)
Inconvenient truths of Japan’s ‘combini’ culture
Japan's convenience culture covers not only ... Gwen Robinson is editor-at-large of the Nikkei Asian Review. ( read original story ...)
What Luckin Coffee’s IPO Might Mean for Starbucks
In Japan, for example, per-capita coffee consumption more than ... Luckin has not yet revealed the pricing for its IPO, but the company was valued at $2.2 billion in its latest funding round last ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMBC scraps personal sales quotas
The unit of Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will no longer look at sales of such asset management products as investment trusts, insurance and foreign-currency deposits in evaluating branches. ( read original story ...)
KANSAI AIRPORT TO OSAKA CITY CENTER: Namba, Umeda & Tennoji
Japan is one of the world’s most visited countries, whether for leisure or business. When one thinks about Japan, Osaka will most of the time, if not always, pop into people’s thoughts. Osaka is one ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has a New Emperor. Now It Needs a Software Update.
Other countries in the region, including China itself, have moved on and adopted the Gregorian calendar for official business. Japan hasn’t had to face a calendar change for a generation — and that ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo museum celebrates ‘birthplace of anime’
Tokyo's Nerima Ward is called the birthplace of the nation's anime industry. Located in the ward, home to more than 100 animation-related companies, is the Toei Animation Museum, where visitors can ... ( read original story ...)