TOKYO -- Asian shares were mixed in lacklustre trading on Tuesday, as markets searched for a dominant theme, weighing currency fluctuations, signs of growing protectionism and other uncertainties. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.3 per ... ( read original story ...)
Take a digital tour of Tokyo’s neighbourhoods with this stunning video
I was very happy I decided to bring my camera with me,” Christoph told Lonely Planet Travel News. Christoph said that due to Tokyo’s massive size, the most challenging part of the shoot was the language barrier while researching locations and planning ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Steel keeps prices unchanged for second month
"We will stick to the current prices as local market prices have not fully caught up with our hikes," Tokyo Steel's managing director Kiyoshi Imamura told a news conference on Tuesday. The company will keep prices for its main product, H-shaped beams used ... ( read original story ...)
Japan cherry blossom season begins, marking start of spring
TOKYO — Cherry blossom season has officially kicked off in Tokyo, marking the beginning of spring for the Japanese. A Japan Meteorological Agency official counted at least five flowers blooming on a monitoring tree Tuesday at Yasukuni Shrine. He made the ... ( read original story ...)
Global shares mostly higher as oil rebounds
TOKYO -- Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday as crude oil prices advanced, though Japan's benchmark fell as investors weighed uncertainties over trade and exchange rates. KEEPING SCORE: France's CAC 40 added 0.4 per cent to 5,030.54 and Germany's DAX ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 golf venue admits women as full members
Fresh off Muirfield voting to admit women as members for the first time in its history, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic golf venue has decided to follow suit by admitting women as full members. The Kasumigaseki Country Club risked being stripped of the event if it ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Tepco set to announce revised business plan: media
TOKYO Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) (9501.T) will announce the main points of a revised business restructuring plan on Wednesday, Japanese media reported, as it looks to speed reforms and boost earnings to meet the costs of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ( read original story ...)
Japan decline a real-life lesson for opponents of immigration
Japan is an excellent place to test the proposition that countries do better with low levels of immigration. In a land of 127 million people, there are just over two million foreign residents, and only a third of them are here for the long term. The ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas : NNPC to generate 4000MW in next 10yrs with $15bn
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it plans to generate about 4, 000 megawatts (MW) in the next 10 years to boost electricity supply in the country. He said NNPC would require $15billion to achieve the aspirations of the Autonomous ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's residential land values end long slide
TOKYO -- Residential land values in Japan have risen for the first time since 2008 thanks ... Demand stoked by low interest rates and tax breaks for home loans has firmed up the property market as a whole. Properties within walking distance of train ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Japan Rental Housing Investments completes sale of property at 293.5 mln yen
March 21 Japan Rental Housing Investments Inc : * Says it completes sale of property at 293.5 million yen * Previous plan was disclosed on March 15 Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/Ytr1gz Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
Sapporo to become first major city to recognize LGBT couples in June
SAPPORO – The municipal government of Sapporo said Tuesday it plans to officially recognize same-sex partnerships between gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender couples from June, becoming the first major city in Japan to do so. The local government ... ( read original story ...)
ESR Acquires Osaka Site for $500M Japan Logistics Project
Logistics real estate developer and operator e-Shang Redwood (ESR) has just acquired a 194,000-square meter site near Osaka for the development of one ... with the company expected to head for a multi-billion dollar IPO later this year. ( read original story ...)
Q1 banking and finance news snapshot
The quarter was dominated by a directive handed down from the central bank that required financial institutions to declare they are private entities, resulting in a costly exercise for some big-name firms. It was revealed that Japanese investors sunk more ... ( read original story ...)
Frankfurt front runner for Nomura's new European HQ after Brexit
Japanese bank Nomura has narrowed down its hunt for a post-Brexit European subsidiary, with Frankfurt emerging as the front runner in the latest vote of confidence for the German financial hub. Nomura currently serves the bulk of its European clients ... ( read original story ...)
Silver for Mark Arendz at para-nordic World Cup
P.E.I.'s Mark Arendz won a silver medal Tuesday at the final World Cup event of the para-nordic season in Sapporo, Japan. Arendz missed just one shot in 12.5 km standing biathlon, coming in behind Benjamin Daviet of France. Finished second in today's ... ( read original story ...)