SNOW is falling in Tokyo for the first November in 54 years after Japan suffered a shock earthquake and tsunami. Astonishing video shows heaps of snow falling from the sky in Tokyo and settling on the city's streets. The Japanese capital usually sees a ... ( read original story ...)
Fukushima residents urged to flee as 7.4 magnitude quake hits Japan – video
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 has hit northern Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency says, in televised tsunami advisories issued for much of the nation’s northern Pacific coast. The epicentre of the earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
An Identity Lost in Post-War Japan Took 67 Years to Reclaim
At a public bath in a Yokohama slum in the 1950s, a red-haired girl scrubs her skin with a pumice stone, hard, to try to get the white out. Other kids sometimes taunt her. "American, American." She yells back, "I'm Japanese!" She is told she was abandoned. ( read original story ...)
Japan October consumer prices continue slide, yen falls may help BOJ
TOKYO Japan's core consumer prices marked their eighth straight month of annual declines in October, illustrating the sheer scale of the central bank's struggle to beat deflation and stagnant growth with diminishing policy options. The data will keep ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Japanese Prices Continue to Fall
TOKYO-Japanese consumer prices fell again in October, but deflationary pressure showed some signs of softening-a positive development for beleaguered central bankers. The core consumer price index slipped 0.4% from a year earlier in October, adjusted for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Oct consumer prices continue slide, yen falls may help BOJ
The data will keep policymakers under pressure to do more to stimulate the economy, with fiscal spending likely the more preferred option as three years of aggressive easing by the Bank of Japan failed to accelerate inflation to its 2 percent target. ( read original story ...)
Japan Display Said Close to a Bailout
Nov.24 -- Japan Display is said to be close to winning a bailout from INCJ worth nearly $900M. Bloomberg's Yuji Nakamura reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." ( read original story ...)
Hanyu dominates men's short program at NHK Trophy
SAPPORO, Japan - Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu recorded a season-best score to dominate the men's short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday. Skating to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy," the defending champion from Japan stumbled on the landing of his opening quad ... ( read original story ...)
Common Asian Tree Frog Found in Japan May Be 2 Seperate Species, Genetic Data Shows
Japanese scientists have discovered that a common species of Asian tree frog may actually be two separate species based on their genetic data. The ongoing research project led by Ikuo Miura, PhD, an Associate Professor in Amphibian Research Center at ... ( read original story ...)
Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake near Fukushima disaster site
Tohoku Electric Power Co said there was no damage to its Onagawa nuclear plant, while the Kyodo news agency reported there were no irregularities at the Tokai Daini nuclear plant in Ibaraki prefecture. Japanese Minister for Disaster Management Jun ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s CPI Falls Again, Extending Longest Streak Since 2011
Japan’s consumer prices fell for an eighth straight month -- the longest streak of declines since 2009-2011, underlining how distant the nation is from achieving its 2 percent inflation target. Consumer prices excluding fresh food, the Bank of Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan pledges response to 'serious' Russian missile deployment on disputed islands
Japan has pledged to respond to Russia's "significant" decision to install anti-ship missiles on the disputed Kuril islands. The countries are trying to arrange a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next month to settle a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's consumer prices drop
Consumer prices in Japan were down 0.4 per cent year-on-year for October for the eighth straight month of decline amid sluggish consumer spending and falling global energy prices. The figures were far off the 2 per cent inflation target that the Bank of ... ( read original story ...)
TPP not ‘completely dead,’ Japan’s ambassador to Canada says
OTTAWA — Japan’s ambassador to Canada is still holding out hope for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and wants as many countries as possible to ratify it, saying that might send a “signal” to president-elect Donald Trump. “We don’t think it’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Moves Closer to Deployment of U.S. Missile Defense Shield
Japan moved closer to the introduction of a U.S. anti-ballistic missile shield, with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada saying Friday such systems would strengthen Japan’s defense capabilities. “We are investigating future systems for intercepting missiles ... ( read original story ...)
Japan urges wary firms to invest in Russia
Japan's government is lobbying its firms to invest in Russian projects to help secure a breakthrough in a festering territorial row with Moscow when President Vladimir Putin visits Japan in December, sources told Reuters. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... ( read original story ...)