Japan played in one previous Copa America in 1999, held in Paraguay. Japan missed the 2011 Copa America despite also being invited to participate due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Though the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toray seeks fast approval for ‘one drop’ cancer blood test
TOKYO -- Japan materials group Toray Industries will apply this year for fast-track government approval to sell a cancer screening test that requires only one drop of blood. The method can screen ... ( read original story ...)
G20 finance leaders’ goal: Adapt to turmoil in trade, tech
FUKUOKA, Japan -- Financial leaders of the Group of 20 gathered Saturday to brainstorm ways to adapt global finance to an age of trade turmoil and digital disruptions. The central bank governors and ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese interest in Japanese housing surges as US loses luster
This time around, Chinese investors are eyeing a property boom in the runup to the 2025 World Expo in Osaka and the opening of the country's first casino in the same region. According to Juwai.com ... ( read original story ...)
Ministers Find Peace on Sticky Debt Issues: G-20 Finance Update
(Bloomberg) -- Japan is seeing its long-held push come to fruition, with a debt-transparency plan among Group of 20 nations in the offing. “All G-20 finance ministers agree on the need for debt ... ( read original story ...)
Trade Wars Stoke Economic Fear as G-20 Finance Ministers Gather in Japan
said at an Institute of International Finance conference in Tokyo on Thursday. A central figure in the discussions will be Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, who will again seek to reassure ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s women’s field hockey team forced to self-finance ahead of Olympic qualifying
The top 11 teams are going to Tokyo, normally,” he said ... They have raised $81,000 – on a goal of $75,000 – via crowdfunding to finance the trip to Spain. A private donor is paying for the women’s ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Kamaishi in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Kamaishi in Japan. The temblor was picked up at 01:04:45 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami ... ( read original story ...)
G-20 finance chiefs mull ‘fair tax’ reforms to boost growth
The finance leaders are also discussing the issue of how developing ... They are likely to issue a joint communique to be endorsed at the G-20 summit in Osaka. ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese property on a roll as Chinese grow weary of traditional hotspots Vancouver, Sydney
ESR Cayman, Asia-Pacific’s largest warehouse landlord, set to raise up to US$1.2 billion in Hong Kong’s biggest IPO so far this year “US property ... average of 7 to 10 per cent last year while in ... ( read original story ...)
‘Dying shouldn’t be acceptable’: Former USWNT player asks for Tokyo 2020 investigation into worker safety
A former Olympian and head of a human rights group wants the IOC and Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers to investigate working practices as the final year of preparation approaches. Mary Harvey was a ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo mother and boyfriend sent to prosecutors over death of 2-year-old girl
SAPPORO - A mother and her boyfriend in Sapporo were referred to prosecutors Friday on suspicion of assaulting her 2-year-old daughter, who was pronounced dead at a hospital earlier this week. The ... ( read original story ...)
Trade war clouds outlook as finance chiefs meet in Japan
Some European members of the G-20, especially, want to see minimum corporate tax rates for big multinationals. Japan’s Kyodo News service reported Friday, citing a draft communique, that the finance ... ( read original story ...)
Rights group asks for worker-safety probe at Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO - A former Olympian and head of a human-rights group ... Many sports governing bodies have signed up to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights , which spell out practices for ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese real estate is looking like a good bet as Chinese grow weary of traditional hotspots Vancouver, Sydney
ESR Cayman, Asia-Pacific’s largest warehouse landlord, set to raise up to US$1.2 billion in Hong Kong’s biggest IPO so far this year “US property ... average of 7 to 10 per cent last year while in ... ( read original story ...)
2-year-old dies in Sapporo after numerous reports of abuse
SAPPORO--A bruised and likely malnourished 2-year-old girl died at her home here following numerous reports that she was being physically abused. Hokkaido police on June 6 said the girl’s 21-year-old ... ( read original story ...)