Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank will be replacing hardware from Huawei Technologies in its 4G telecommunications network infrastructure in the next few years, Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday ... ( read original story ...)
First Trial in Japan: NIPPON Platform Partners with NETS to Enable NETS QR Payments in Japan
Making Japan into cashless society is the motto for NIPPON Platform ... deposits/pay-with-ease/dbs-paylah [Link of OCBC Pay Anyone] https://www.ocbc.com/personal-banking/online-banking/payanyone.html ... ( read original story ...)
Short-Covering Japanese Bond Traders Bring Zero Yields Back Into Focus
(Bloomberg) -- Rising demand for haven assets is threatening to push Japan’s benchmark yield below zero percent and quash the likelihood of further central bank policy tweaks in the new year for fear ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Knotweed – Caveat Emptor!
Japanese Knotweed Ltd was contacted to carry out a survey at a property with an overgrown garden that had been left untouched for many, many years. Unfortunately, work on clearing the overgrown garden ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Knotweed Damage
If Japanese knotweed grows close to a property building, retaining/garden wall, fence or garden building, the underground roots and rhizomes can damage these structures as they exploit the cracks/mort... ( read original story ...)
Millions of Japanese homes are abandoned, and owners are giving them away for free
Japan's population is shrinking, with researchers predicting the loss of about 16 million citizens in a little more than two decades. Its residents are also trending older, meaning there are fewer you... ( read original story ...)
People In Canada Can Buy An Empty Home In Japan For Almost Nothing
First, Japan is a culture of "superstitions," or beliefs about the impression of the person who previously inhabited a property. Many of these abandoned homes were left empty after death, by suicide o... ( read original story ...)
Japan rules out asking private firms to avoid telecoms gear that could be malicious
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government has no plan to ask private companies to avoid buying telecommunications equipment that could have malicious functions, such as information leakage, its top spokesm... ( read original story ...)
Japan opens the door to more foreigners. That may not solve its labor woes
Japan's government formally passed legislation over the weekend to allow more foreign workers in a move aimed at alleviating severe labor shortages that are a major drag on the Japanese economy . That ... ( read original story ...)
EU parliament approves ‘world’s largest’ free trade deal with Japan
Every evening, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it directly here. The EU and Japan have signed an unprecedented free ... ( read original story ...)
A stable way forward with the Yokohama RV-02
The Yokohama BluEarth RV-02 has been specifically designed to meet the unique demands of CUVs and MPVs, offering great comfort and stability. In the past couple of years, the Crossover Utility Vehicle ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-EU trade pact to take effect Feb. 1
BRUSSELS -- The European Union approved an economic partnership agreement with Japan on Wednesday, firming up a Feb. 1 launch for the massive free trade zone. The European Parliament endorsed the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is loading up on F-35s for an aircraft carrier meant to check China
Japan is apparently considering tripling its original F-35 order "to respond to China in the Pacific," a senior defense official in the Japanese parliament revealed Wednesday. Japan plans to purchase ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda and the New York Academy of Sciences Announce 2019 Innovators in Science Award Winners
NEW YORK & OSAKA, Japan — Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, (“Takeda”) (TSE:4502) and the New York Academy of Sciences announced today the Winners of the second annual Innovators in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei rebounds on signs of progress towards trade truce
Headline indices of the Japan share market rebounded from 18-months low on Wednesday, 12 December 2018, as risk appetite buying buoyed by halt in the appreciation of the yen against the dollar, signs ... ( read original story ...)
After quakes and flooding, Japan picks ‘disaster’ as 2018 symbol
Japan on Wednesday selected the Chinese character for "disaster" as its "defining symbol" for 2018, a year that saw the country hit by deadly floods, earthquakes and storms. Japanese TV stations ... ( read original story ...)