The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has unveiled the event line-up for each session of the Paralympic Games, which will be held from 25 August to 6 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for tropical storm Krosa in peak holiday season
a spokesman for the Japan Meteorological Agency, told a news conference. He urged authorities to review evacuation plans in areas that could be hit by the storm. Krosa will arrive in the middle of ... ( read original story ...)
First-round NBA pick Hachimura scores 35 points in Japan’s win
He's got a great body for the NBA," Casey, who is in Japan for a coaching clinic and was at the game as a spectator, told Kyodo News. "I see Rui ... developing his game to move out to the 3-point line ... ( read original story ...)
Tropical Storm Krosa to Strike Japan Later This Week
Tropical Storm Krosa will strike Japan later this week ... s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. ( read original story ...)
Three things Japan can do to mend ties with South Korea
TOKYO -- The traditionally prickly relationship between Japan and South Korea has become even more toxic after a flurry of political and diplomatic flare-ups over the issue of wartime Korean ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks slip to 1-week low on global political risks, firmer yen
TOKYO: Japanese shares shed more than 1 per cent on Tuesday, the first trading day after a long weekend, hurt by fresh jitters about the US-China trade war, turmoil in Hong Kong and a firmer yen that ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea to drop Japan from its fast-track trade ‘whitelist’
SEOUL -- In an apparent tit-for-tat move, South Korea said Monday it will remove Japan from its "whitelist" of trusted trade partners, an act that risks exacerbating tensions between the two U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares slip on high yen, falling Asian markets
Tokyo stocks closed down Tuesday as a stronger yen and falls on Wall Street and across the Asia region weighed on the market after three days of holidays. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index lost 1.11 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says South Korea failed to justify trade restriction
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hit back at South Korea on Tuesday for removing Tokyo's fast-track trade status, with the industry minister saying Seoul had failed to explain its reason for the move -- the ... ( read original story ...)
Investors in real estate keen on Niseko resort, but not on taxes
The Sapporo Regional Taxation Bureau pointed out the issue, involving about 10 cases, to the domestic and foreign firms and investors, ordering them to pay more than 600 million yen in additional ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for another bout of tax hike turbulence
TOKYO -- Japan's fast-approaching consumption tax increase, to 10% from 8% in October, is bringing back some painful memories. The creation of the tax and subsequent increases have doomed prime ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea considers controls on exports of DRAM to Japan
SEOUL -- South Korea may control the export of DRAM chips to Japan in retaliation against Tokyo's own export curbs, a director of the presidential Blue House told a local radio station. ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘in the dark’ over S.Korea trade controls: minister
South Korea is the fifth-largest importer of Japanese goods, while petroleum products, iron and steel products, and electrical machinery including semiconductors are the major South Korean imports to ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama earnings drop in 2019 first half
Yokohama said it abides by the full-year fiscal projections for 2019 that it announced in May: operating profit of $590 million on sales revenue of $6 billion, for an operating ratio of 9.8 percent. ( read original story ...)
South Korea hits back at Japan in WW2 dispute
South Korea has said it will take Japan off its favoured trade partners' list. The move is a tit-for-tat response to Japan's decision earlier this month to do the same to South Korea. Industry ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s GDP growth thumps expectations on consumer, business resilience
TOKYO — Japan’s economy grew much faster than expected in April-June to mark the third straight quarter of expansion, as robust private consumption and business investment offset the hit to ... ( read original story ...)