NAGOYA -- Nagoya University's School of Engineering introduced quotas for women in the entrance exam this spring at two departments for the first time, resulting in a significant increase in the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Innovation City Yokohama’: A Japanese city’s bid to attract tech and research startups
Yokohama has been making a bid to become East Asia’s newest hub for technology innovation, offering attractive incentives and a vibrant and convenient place to live and work for foreign talent wishing ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber Begins Production, Sales of HLC Tires
The Yokohama Rubber Co. announced production and sales of HLC (high load capacity) tires to meet the needs of heavy-duty passenger cars. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo day care’s online photos of kids changing, potty training deemed ‘inappropriate’
TOKYO -- It was "inappropriate" for a day care in the Japanese capital to post images of toddlers getting changed and being potty trained to a private website for parents and guardians, a third-party ... ( read original story ...)
Financial world legend sounds alarm over ‘biggest bank that’s going down’
"The biggest bank that's going to go down is Bank of Japan," Kiyosaki explained. "Because the Bank of Japan carried the interest rates at, what, zero or whatever they did, [and] financed the ...
ASIA What banking crisis? Ending Q1 on a high
Right now though, it's 'risk on' globally - the MSCI Asia ex-Japan equity index is up three weeks in a row ... they are still significantly below the historic peaks pre-banking shock. Tech, in ...
Foreign investors remain net sellers of Japanese stocks in week to March 24
March 30 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks witnessed foreign outflows for a second straight week in the week ended March 24 as investors were concerned about a wider banking crisis and as a stronger yen ...
Ken Griffin’s hedge fund Citadel plans return to Tokyo
NEW YORK -- U.S. hedge fund Citadel, led by billionaire investor Ken Griffin, has decided to reopen an office in Tokyo after closing the branch following the 2008 global financial crisis. Citadel was ... ( read original story ...)
Inside the $37m puzzle house with secret passageways
This fascinating property on the Isle of Man is full of twists and turns ... Not so in this labyrinthine residence in Osaka, Japan, which proudly features 13 levels. Designed by Tato Architects' Yo ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Crypto Boom And The Energy Concerns It Raises
Japan, in May. Cryptocurrency will also be discussed at the upcoming G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Washington D.C., in April. At present, there is little coordination ...
Matt Damon Says He Did That Dumb Crypto.com Ad Because His Water Nonprofit Was ‘Down’
The "fortune favors the brave" crypto Super Bowl commercial was used to finance water micro-financing nonprofit Water.org.
How much economic impacts are Osaka EXPO, IR and Linear Shinkansen generating in Kansai area?
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute analyzed that economic impacts by IR including casinos will be more than the EXPO, calculating economic ripple effect of about 1.14 trillion JPY a year to Kansai area. ( read original story ...)
Explainer-Japan’s carbon pricing scheme being launched in April
Japan, the world's fifth-biggest carbon dioxide (CO2) emitter, will begin a carbon pricing scheme in stages from April to encourage companies to curb emissions and achieve its goal of carbon ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese man fined $11,000 for smoking more than 4,500 times on the job
On March 20, authorities in Osaka fined the 61-year-old employee and two of his colleagues in the prefecture’s finance department for smoking while on duty despite receiving warnings against it. The ... ( read original story ...)
While Global Commercial Transactions Dip 20 Percent in 2022, Japan Was Spared
CBRE Japan is reporting that while commercial real estate transaction volume declined by 20% year-over-year globally in 2022, investment volume in Japan remained largely unchanged, with only a 2% fall ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese yen leads Asia FX gains as bank fears ease, dollar slips
Investing.com -- The Japanese yen led gains across Asian currencies on Tuesday, while the dollar retreated as traders grew less concerned over an imminent banking crisis and pivoted into more ...