China to Lift Ban on Group Travel to Japan as Early as Thursday - Nikkei August 09th, 15PM August 09th, 15PM TOKYO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - China plans to lift a ban on group travel to Japan as early as ...
Japan to showcase e-methane production using CO2 captured from biogas plant
A joint project by the City of Yokohama, Tokyo Gas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group will launch a demonstration project for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture from Waste-to-Energy plant flue gas ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kinki Nippon Tourist travel agency pres. to resign in wake of overcharging scandal
A major Japanese travel agency announced on Aug. 9 the resignation of its president in the wake of findings that the company overcharged muni･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
SSY strengthens in Tokyo as it targets Japanese business
Broker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) has strengthened its Tokyo team as it seeks to take advantage of growing opportunities in Japan, including long-term project work. Three brokers have moved over from ... ( read original story ...)
China considers holding leaders’ talks with Japan in September – Kyodo
China has notified Japan that it is considering holding talks between their leaders in Indonesia in September, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Profit at Japan’s Honda doubles on healthy global auto and motorcycle sales
Honda says its April-June profit more than doubled on healthy sales of its motorcycles and cars, as the Japanese company also received a perk from favorable exchange rates. ( read original story ...)
Fast, cool, deadly: Miyazawa spearheads Japan World Cup charge
Hinata Miyazawa had never been prolific for club or country before the Women's World Cup -- now she is the tournament's leading scorer and spearheading Japan's surprise title charge.It was typical of how Miyazawa, ( read original story ...)
Amazon in talks over becoming anchor investor in Arm IPO
SoftBank is in talks to bring in Amazon as an anchor investor in Arm’s upcoming initial public offering as part of a widening search to find customers willing to take a long-term stake in the UK-based ...
Apple, Samsung, and Intel to invest in Arm IPO, and emerge with some control: report
SoftBank CFO says news of float is imminent, suggests firm will keep a solid chunk UK-based chip designer Arm will be floated in September, and its biggest licensees will be among those bidding for ...
Why Japan should swim in its own radioactive water
Despite scores of protests erupting all over the Korean peninsula, the Japanese government seems unbothered and largely unwilling to alter their stance on the issue. ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Japan must stop human rights violations through prison reform
A Ministry of Justice third-party committee has proposed recurrence prevention measures in response to the abuse of three inmates at Nagoya Prison by ... ( read original story ...)
New Japan Laws Will Put Limits on Crypto Taxation
The nation of Japan is ending some of the strict crypto taxation it's been enforcing over the last few years to boost innovation.
Japan’s Nikkei snaps 3 sessions of gains as SoftBank, Daikin drag
Japan's Nikkei share average snapped three consecutive sessions of gains on Wednesday, as heavyweights SoftBank Group and Daikin Industries slumped and caution grew ahead of the release of U.S.
A Regime Change For Japan?
Summary At its July meeting, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) made a small tweak to its yield curve control (YCC) policy.Based on recent inflation trends, one could conclude that the BOJ’s ultra monetary ...
Pack of Pikachus parade through Yokohama ahead of Pokemon World Championships
Pokemon-related events began on Aug. 8 in the Minato Mirai area here ahead of the upcoming world championships, with a pack of Pikachus pa･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan lodges protest with Russia over suspension of tax treaties
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Wednesday that Japan has lodged a protest with Russia over Moscow's suspension of tax treaties. ( read original story ...)