Work to guard against the risk of soil liquefaction and to deal with other land issues at the site of the planned MGM Osaka casino resort in Japan began on Monday, according to an ... ( read original story ...)
‘Roads are for people’: Tokyo taxi driver arrested for allegedly running over pigeon
TOKYO -- A taxi driver has been arrested here after allegedly running over a pigeon and killing it, police announced on Dec. 5. Cab driver Atsushi Ozawa, 50, of Tokyo's Nakano Ward is suspected of ... ( read original story ...)
Tuesday Outlook: Asian stocks slide; Bitcoin rises above $42,000
Asian stocks slide as focus turns to US jobs MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.9% in early trading Oil prices steady amid OPEC+ cut doubts, Mid-East tension Brent ...
World Street: Crypto stocks zoom, gold shines brightest, Spotify fires again, winds of change in Japan Inc, and more
From a rally in crypto stocks driven by a surge in bitcoin to gold prices scaling record highs, and return of layoffs in Spotify to Bill Gates' nuke party with Emirates, here's a look into the markets ...
Tokyo Inflation Slows, Supporting BOJ’s View on Cooling Prices
Inflation in Tokyo cooled to the slowest pace in over a year, a development that supports the Bank of Japan’s view that price pressures are weakening for now and its continued caution over a ...
Teen girl arrested for allegedly slashing classmate in central Japan
A female junior high school student in central Japan was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a classmate was slashed near his ne ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka posts training video hinting at return
Could Naomi Osaka be gearing up for a return to tennis? The new mother recently posted a video of herself training on Instagram. “Training, I’ll let the video speak for itself,” Osaka wrote in the ... ( read original story ...)
As Japan emerges from deflation, banks get wake-up call on interest rate swing
After decades of deflation, Japan's economy looks poised to finally turn a corner. For its biggest banks, however, there's a hitch: a generation of professional front-line staff have little experience ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s frontier islanders decry lack of plan to aid Taiwanese fleeing attack
Sonkichi Sakihara recalls chancing upon some of the last refugees to arrive on Yonaguni: four men who had sailed more than 2,000 kilometres from Vietnam to reach Japan's westernmost inhabited island. ( read original story ...)
Remains of five other airmen found from Osprey that crashed in Japan, Air Force says
Wreckage and remains from a United States Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, last week were discovered on Monday, according to a statement from Air Force ... ( read original story ...)
Large part of U.S. Osprey that crashed in Japan found with 5 more crew members’ bodies inside
A large part of the fuselage of a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed almost a week earlier has been found with 5 crew members' bodies inside, the Air Force confirmed. ( read original story ...)
Fuso goes into debt rather than raising prices
OSAKA: One of the chipmaking industry’s small but indispensable suppliers is sinking deeper in debt because it’s refusing to raise prices to cover mounting capital expenditure (capex) costs. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Legal Mind: Vietnamese Version of Basic Business Contents for Working in Japan.
Learn the skills you need to be active and enrich the life in Japan. TOKYO, December 05, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TOKYO LEGAL MIND K.K. (LEC) School for various qualifications and national examinations, ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin rises above $42,000 for first time since April 2022
Bitcoin has broken above $40,000 for the first time this year as it rides a wave of momentum on broad enthusiasm about U.S. interest rate cuts and as traders anticipate the imminent approval of ...
USD/JPY Forecast: Tokyo Inflation and the Services PMI to Influence BoJ Pivot Bets
Exploring how Tokyo inflation figures may sway the Bank of Japan’s stance on negative rates as the markets bet on a Q1 2024 Fed rate cut. On Tuesday, Tokyo inflation figures for November could ...
Tokyo Inflation Slows in Line With BOJ Cooling View
Inflation in Tokyo decelerated to the slowest pace in over a year, a development that largely fits in with the Bank of Japan’s view that price pressures are cooling, and its cautious stance over any ...