Both are Japanese design features that make you consciously focus ... senior vice president and a director at Halstead Property Development Marketing, the firm in charge of sales. Mr. Aguayo said he ... ( read original story ...)
Hiroki Ogasawara: Looking for a truly multicultural Japan
Too many non-Japanese and they don’t like it! I’m worried about the backlash when too much property and tourist sites are bought and run by foreign owners and investors. You never know when exclusive ... ( read original story ...)
Rethinking Japan’s Energy Security 8 Years After Fukushima
It’s been eight years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Since then, the utilization of nuclear energy, which accounted for more than one-tenth of Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Motomiya in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Motomiya in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually ... ( read original story ...)
Japan holds minute of silence for victims of 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear crisis in Fukushima
, lawmakers and family members who lost their loved ones in the disaster bowed their heads in prayer at a ceremony in Tokyo at 2.46pm – the moment that the magnitude-9.0 quake struck. “We can’t help ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 100 km NNE of Ishigaki, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km NNE of Ishigaki, Japan (62 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/19 / 2019-03-15 13:55:22 / March 15, 2019 @ 1:55 pm. ... ( read original story ...)
The Unlearned Lessons of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Last week, Japan marked the eighth anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in 2011, leaving more than 18,000 people dead or unaccounted for and triggering one of ... ( read original story ...)
Geothermal plant ‘triggered earthquake’ in South Korea
The earthquake damaged about 2,000 private properties ... It cost around 80 billion won ($71 million) to build and test operations began in 2016. Unlike Japan, the Korean Peninsula rarely experiences ... ( read original story ...)
A year for transition: Japan’s move beyond the big scale
Accelerated by the nation’s shunning of nuclear power in 2011 in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s annual solar growth regularly reached double-digit ... ( read original story ...)
The art of perseverance: How gaman defined Japan
aid and assistance after the devastating Fukushima earthquake and tsunami, which occurred eight years ago last week. But considerable effort goes into maintaining this outward order: in Japan, this ... ( read original story ...)
Here Are the Big Winners Hitching a Ride on Lyft’s IPO
(Bloomberg) -- A Japanese retail billionaire, rather than a Silicon Valley wunderkind, is poised to be the biggest beneficiary of Lyft Inc.’s impending initial public offering. Hiroshi "Mickey" ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Memory to delay one of Japan’s biggest IPOs this year
TOKYO: US buyout firm Bain Capital is likely to delay a planned initial public offering of Toshiba Memory by around two months, a source said on Wednesday, pushing back until November what is likely ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is open for startups, but assimilation may prove difficult
In June last year, ecommerce startup Mercari went public with an initial public offering (IPO) valued at US$1.2 billion – Japan’s highest valued IPO since chat giant Line Corporation’s in July 2016. ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Memory to delay IPO seen as one of Japan’s biggest in 2019 -source
TOKYO, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. buyout firm Bain Capital is likely to delay a planned initial public offering of Toshiba Memory by around two months, a source said on Wednesday, pushing back until ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Update: Silk Road Medical Finalizes Plans For IPO
Silk Road Medical has proposed terms for its $75 million IPO. The firm sells a cardiovascular ... It is also ‘pursuing regulatory clearances in China and Japan.’ Sales and marketing expenses ... ( read original story ...)
China’s GoPro rival plans IPO in 2020 after raising fresh round of funding
"We plan on an IPO in 2020 and take on new investments from the public ... will be used to build branded stores for the company in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan and across major cities in China. ... ( read original story ...)