The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are more than a year away, but controversy for ticket holders is already brewing. Per the fine print on the terms and conditions of ticket purchase, attendees will be barred ... ( read original story ...)
Mustang from ‘Tokyo Drift’ for sale, but without Nissan RB26 engine
Wait, wasn’t the ‘Stang in Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift driven by a Nissan GT-R RB26? You’re right, it was—at least one of them, anyway. Apparently, three of the muscle cars were built for ... ( read original story ...)
Sask. agri-food products on display in trade mission to Japan and South Korea
“Japan and South Korea remain two of Saskatchewan’s most important and valued customers and it is important we strengthen those relationships.” Saskatchewan’s exports to Japan were valued ... ( read original story ...)
Japan scraps ambitious plan to decrease dementia
But such policy measures would be unprecedented in the developed world, according to reports. Kyodo News reported Tuesday the proposal was concerned with welfare spending at a time when Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Actress Starts Petition to Stop Employers from Requiring Women to Wear Heels to Work
has since gained over 19,000 signatures in Japan and gone viral on social media. Ishikawa decided to start the movement, called #KuToo (a reference to the #MeToo movement, Kyoto News reports) after ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei flat as trade woes, strong yen saps risk appetite; SoftBank Group falls
TOKYO, June 4 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei ended nearly flat in choppy trade on Tuesday as festering trade tensions and a stronger yen curbed risk appetite, while extended losses for index-heavy ... ( read original story ...)
Avoiding Huawei, Japan’s Rakuten and NEC to build own 5G network
Japan's newest wireless carrier, will partner with information technology group NEC to install roughly 16,000 low-cost 5G base stations across the country over five years, Nikkei has learned. ... ( read original story ...)
Mizuho Financial chief executive says path to retail banking in Asia is online
Mizuho Financial Group Inc will pursue a digital route if it decides to follow its Japanese competitors into retail banking in Asia’s fast-growing emerging markets, chief executive officer Tatsufumi ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese women kick back against expectations they wear high heels at work
A social media campaign against dress codes and expectations that women wear high heels at work has gone viral in Japan, with thousands joining the #KuToo movement. Nearly 20,000 women have signed an ... ( read original story ...)
How Sacramento’s Japanese Community Lost (And Kept) Property During World War II
When the federal government incarcerated more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, many had to leave virtually everything they owned behind to head to the camps where they would live ... ( read original story ...)
What Happened To The Property Of Sacramento’s Japanese American Community Interned During World War II?
Nearly 80 years later, he posed this question to CapRadio’s Great Question series: What happened to the property of Japanese Americans in Sacramento who were interned during the war? The California ... ( read original story ...)
Aberdeen Standard Investments targets Japanese residential property market
Scottish asset management giant Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has formed a joint venture that will target the Japanese property market. As well as investing in residential property in Japan, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s working women push back against high heels
A social media campaign against dress codes and expectations that women wear high heels at work has gone viral in Japan, with thousands joining the #KuToo movement. Nearly 20,000 women have signed an ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese women push to ban mandatory high heels in workplaces
She called the campaign the #KuToo movement, which is a play on #MeToo and an amalgam of the Japanese terms for “shoes” and “pain.” At a news conference, the 32-year-old Ishikawa said that the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho bank to allow employees to take side jobs by next March
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to change its personnel policy to allow employees to hold side jobs by the end of next March, the first such move by a mega-bank. By helping employees seek new ... ( read original story ...)
Driverless trains back on track in Yokohama — with drivers
“We need to restart train operations as early as possible, as there is a limit to substituting services by buses,” said Yokohama Seaside Line President Akihiko Mikami at a news conference prior to the ... ( read original story ...)