Japan's biggest airline, All Nippon Airways, offers a spacious and private business class seat, but I was shocked to see a bidet in the lavatory. ( read original story ...)
6,000 yen per adult eyed for ticket to Expo 2025 in Osaka
Organizers of the EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan plan to charge 6,000 yen ($44) per adult for admission, up 20 percent from its initial estimate, according to sources. The Japan Association for ...
Japan’s Shrinking Population Faces Point of No Return
Japan last year registered fewer than 800,000 births for the first time since records began over a century ago. ( read original story ...)
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Japan’s Honda, GS Yuasa to invest $3 billion for battery development, build plant, Nikkei says
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co Ltd and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp will invest over 400 billion yen ($2.99 billion) and team up to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and homes, the ...
Tokyo Company Wants to Be 1st Business to Put Lander on Moon
Hakuto took a long, roundabout route to the moon following its December liftoff, beaming back photos of Earth along the way. Only three governments have successfully landed on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sumitomo taps into insect feed business
Japan's Sumitomo Corp. will begin selling insect-based feed for farmed fish in Japan later this year, becoming the country's first large trading house to do so. As insects are attracting global ... ( read original story ...)
A gruesome episode tells a painful story about corporate Japan
This was a traumatising horror for a small child, but arguably a bigger jolt for Japan as a whole and for corporate Japan in particular. The incident not only highlights an old and debilitating strain of fear, but also the urgent need to swap it for new and possibly useful ones. ( read original story ...
Major parties take aim at Osaka Ishin in mayor election
Both ruling and opposition parties are teaming up to oust a local party from the mayor’s seat in Osaka, one of six ordinance-designated cities whose mayoral election campaigns started on March 26.
Japan approves abortion pill for the first time
The abortion pill will become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved the drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancy.The approval of the pill to end pregnancies up to nine weeks follows a ministry panel endorsement, ( read original story ...)
I took Tokyo’s public water bus instead of a cruise. The $13 ticket was a cheaper, no-frills way to see the city.
Insider's author took a public water bus in Tokyo, Japan. It was cheaper than a cruise, more scenic than a train, and gave the best views of the city. ( read original story ...)
Watch Japan’s Ispace Attempt The First -Ever Commercial Moon Landing
Japanese company Ispace is currently attempting the first lunar landing by a private company. Here's how to watch history being made. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida to visit South Korea for summit with Yoon – sources
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to visit South Korea in coming weeks and meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol, officials said, reciprocating a Tokyo visit by the South Korean leader last month. ( read original story ...)
Cryptocurrency: Binance reentering Japan after acquiring Sakura Exchange Bitcoin
Binance, a global company that operates the largest cryptocurrency exchange, has recently acquired Sakura Exchange Bitcoin (SEBC), a Japanese regulated exchange platform, and through this acquisition, ...
As the US cracks down on crypto, Hong Kong extends a warm welcome
April, thousands of people queued in line to enter the Hong Kong Convention Center where the city's inaugural web3 festival was underway. Most had flown in from mainland China, but many others had trekked from Singapore,
Hokkaido police suspect man murdered wife at Sapporo home before suicide in forest
Hokkaido Prefectural Police suspect that a man murdered his wife at their residence in Sapporo City before taking his life ... ( read original story ...)