A man was blackmailed for some three million after being caught taking upskirt photos of a high school girl in Tokyo (Nippon News Network) TOKYO (TR) – Two men blackmailed a man for more than three million after they caught him taking illicit photos of a ... ( read original story ...)
How Tokyo Digs a Garden grew into an award-winning picture book
Tokyo Digs a Garden may start with a familiar fairy-tale premise ... Get book recommendations, stay up-to-date on CanLit news, discover the best author interviews on CBC and more with the CBC Books newsletter. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops: Elderly driver distracted by traffic light kills woman
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is weighing charges of negligent driving resulting in death for a 71-year-old male driver who struck Tadamitsu Ishizaka, 61, who was walking across a crossing at an intersection on Monday, TBS News reports (Nov. 17). ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Police Club at Vanier Cup
Popular Ontario-based band, Tokyo Police Club, has been named as the featured halftime act at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Vanier Cup. The national university football championship is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 at Tim Hortons Field. Tickets are ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas : Koike postpones decision on fate of Tsukiji relocation until summer
19--Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced Friday that she will decide ... "At this point, we still can't say the relocation is a sure thing," the governor told reporters during her regular news conference at the metropolitan government headquarters in Shinjuku ... ( read original story ...)
Fukushima 'safe' for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, says baseball boss
Fukushima, site of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, poses no threat to players if baseball games are held there at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the sport's top official said Friday. Tokyo organisers want to hold part of baseball's preliminary rounds ... ( read original story ...)
"The Tokyo Trial: for World Peace" launched at Romania book fair
A book providing a comprehensive picture of the Tokyo Trials, also known as the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, drew crowds at the Gaudeamus book fair in Romania on Thursday. The book tells the story of Japanese war criminals tried after ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Diet votes yes to more foreign care workers
TOKYO -- Legislation passed Friday opens more doors for foreign-born nursing care professionals to work in Japan, a move taken to address a labor shortage. The measures, approved by the upper house across party lines, take effect next year. Nursing care ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan gets serious on yield-curve control
The Bank of Japan has put its "yield-curve control" plan into practice. On Nov. 17 the central bank offered to buy shorter-dated bonds in unlimited amounts, the first time it has wielded the tools it introduced two months ago. This episode hasn't cost the ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: ANZ's sale of insurance unit attracts Meiji Yasuda, AIA Group – sources
which has been valued at $3.33 billion by the bank, is attracting interest from Japan’s Meiji Yasuda and Hong Kong-based AIA Group (1299.HK), according to people familiar with the situation. Meiji Yasuda, Japan's third-largest private sector insurer by ... ( read original story ...)
Five Bright Spots for Japan Banks Burdened by Negative Rates
That’s all welcome news for the Tokyo-based banks, which this week reported lending income fell for a fifth straight quarter as interest margins continued to shrink under the Bank of Japan’s negative-rate policy. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese monetary policy and the property market
Earlier this year, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) became the latest central bank to experiment with Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP). They followed this up in September with even further unconventional monetary policy, which they have called "Qualitative and ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Treasury yields subside, Asian stocks steady
Japanese government bond yields also pulled back from multi-month highs after the Bank of Japan conducted a special fixed-rate bond buying operation for the first time, firing a warning shot against excessive yield moves. The dollar index, which measures ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Central Bank Believes Blockchain Could Create Tax Issues
Growth in the use of both digital currencies and distributed ledgers could hold regulatory and monetary policy implications, a senior official for Japan’s central bank said today. Speaking during a fintech event at the Univeristy of Tokyo, Bank of Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan policymakers acknowledge delay in hitting 2% inflation
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan policymakers said its goal of 2 percent inflation would be further delayed, but policy decisions would be based on momentum toward the target, according to a summary of opinions at the latest policy meeting released Thursday. ( read original story ...)
BoJ's Nakaso: central banks must keep up with technology
Central banks must stay abreast of developments in payments technology if they are to avoid constraining the economy, Bank of Japan deputy governor Hiroshi Nakaso said today (November 18). Addressing... ( read original story ...)