Nine banks and other ATM operators surveyed by The Nikkei offered around 72,000 machines accessible via foreign-issued cards at the end of 2016. Roughly 90,000 machines are expected to provide this accessibility at the close of 2018. Japan currently has ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's manufacturers look to overachieve on emissions cuts
TOKYO -- Major Japanese manufacturers expect a 14.4% decline in their greenhouse gas emissions for fiscal 2030 compared with fiscal 2013, a deeper cut than the government set as a goal for the sector, a Nikkei Inc. survey finds. Export-driven manufacturers ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower after Trump speech
Tokyo stocks fell at the start Monday, the Japanese market's first reaction following US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony. After being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, Trump promised to build infrastructure, such ... ( read original story ...)
GUNS N' ROSES Kicks Off Japanese Leg Of 'Not In This Lifetime' Tour In Osaka (Video)
GUNS N' ROSES kicked off the Japanese leg of its "Not In This Lifetime" tour Saturday night (January 21) in Osaka, Japan. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below. GUNS N' ROSES has four more shows in Japan scheduled for later this month ... ( read original story ...)
Japan enters uncharted waters as emperor's abdication pondered
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is moving to adopt a law allowing its octogenarian Emperor Akihito to abdicate but many touchy topics, such as his title and duties, remain to be settled before the monarch can retire in a step unprecedented for two centuries. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo licenses Thai firm to produce cassava-based ethanol
Japanese brewer Sapporo Holding has licensed Thailand-based fuel retailer PTG Energy to manufacture cassava-based bioethanol. The Nikkei Asian Review quoted Sapporo, when it said that “this will mark the world's first attempt at commercial production of ... ( read original story ...)
COC: Andreas Wank wins in Sapporo
The long weekend of the Ski Jumping Continental Cup in Sapporo with a total of three competitions ended on Sunday with the second event on the large hill and a win of Germany's Andreas Wank. The 28-year-old from die ski club in Hinterzarten was the best in ... ( read original story ...)
Kipsang leads Tokyo Marathon entries
Former world record-holder Wilson Kipsang will face nine other men with sub-2:07 PBs at the Tokyo Marathon when he lines up for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 26 February. Now in its 11th year, the Tokyo Marathon course has been adapted by eliminating ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo may yet hold Ishihara liable for the Toyosu fiasco
“Some people point out that the process leading to the purchase is unclear and inappropriate," Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, 64, told a news conference Jan. 20. "The facts will have to come out if the metropolitan government is going to reform itself ( read original story ...)
Japan steel industry fears protectionism from Trump: industry official
"We are worried about the risks of the Trump administration taking protectionism actions or policies," Kosei Shindo, chairman of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation, told a news conference. Shindo is also president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to urge US to lead free trade after Trump inauguration
Japan will continue to push the United States to join it in taking the lead in advancing free trade globally, officials and lawmakers said Saturday, after Donald Trump announced the country will begin withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership ... ( read original story ...)
S. Koreans condemn right-wing Japanese hotel distorting wartime history
South Korean news organizations, the majority of them focusing on the scandal that resulted in the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, put their spotlight on right-leaning responses from Japanese netizens. Yonhap news agency reported that a majority of ... ( read original story ...)
ANIME NEWS: 30th Tokyo International Film Festival set for Oct. 25-Nov. 3
The TIFF, Japan’s first large-scale international filmfest, started in 1985 with the first two editions held biennially. So far, it has showcased more than 5,000 films from around the world. This year, the TIFF will be held at the Roppongi Hills complex ... ( read original story ...)
Japan threatens India with WTO on steel as Trump era heralds rising trade tensions
"All trade need to be fair. If there are trades that violate the rules, we will take necessary actions while consulting with our government," Kosei Shindo, chairman of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation, told a news conference on Friday. But in an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to carry out simulated China-Taiwan military drills
The Self-Defence Forces will conduct drills from Monday through Friday with the US military participating as an observer, a Japanese government source told Kyodo News. The exercises, which do not involve actual troop deployments, assume that the US and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Abe stresses U.S. alliance, calls for constitutional change in policy speech
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech at the ordinary session of the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 20, 2017. (Xinhua/Ma Ping) TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a policy speech on Friday at ... ( read original story ...)