Last year, on a trip to Tokyo to launch Business Insider Japan, I rode a bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka. China's bullet trains stood out for their speed and the extensive network; Japan's trains wer... ( read original story ...)
PHL, Japan hold industrial-cooperation dialogue
THE Philippines and Japan conducted the third round of their Industrial Cooperation ... chemicals, information-technology-business process management particularly knowledge-process outsourcing, agribu... ( read original story ...)
Japan executes leader, six followers, of sarin attack doomesday cult
Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa read out the names of the seven at a news conference and said what they had done was “extremely atrocious”. “These crimes ... plunged people not only in Japan but in oth... ( read original story ...)
I rode super-fast bullet trains in China, Japan, Korea, and Russia, and one is better than the rest
Last year, on a trip to Tokyo to launch Business Insider Japan, I rode a bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka. China's bullet trains stood out for their speed and the extensiveness of their network; Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan cult leader’s hanging closes chapter on shocking crime
TOKYO (AP) — The executions Friday of a doomsday cult leader and six of his followers closed a chapter on one of Japan's most shocking crimes, the poison gas attack on rush-hour commuters in Tokyo's s... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japan cult leader’s hanging closes chapter on shocking crime
TOKYO — The executions Friday of a doomsday cult leader ... and that is beyond my imagination,” Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa told a news conference. She said the crime affected not only Japan but al... ( read original story ...)
Japan households’ inflation expectations improve in June – central bank survey
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese households’ inflation expectations improved and pessimism about current economic conditions eased slightly, a quarterly survey from the Bank of Japan showed on Friday. The p... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Market to Outperform Europe in 3Q, Discount Bank Says
Israel Discount Bank recommends investors go overweight Japanese equities, underweight euro zone for the next three months based on findings from a model developed by strategist Shmuel Katzavian. Katz... ( read original story ...)
Japan executes cult leader behind 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack
Tokyo police have been placed on special alert and the chief cabinet secretary pledged “all possible measures” for public safety after the half-blind guru who led the Aum Shinrikyo Japanese doomsday c... ( read original story ...)
Stock Markets From Vietnam to Tokyo Hit by Trade War Contagion
In the U.S. versus China trade conflict, China isn’t the only loser for equity investors. Asian markets from Shanghai to Tokyo -- and even Ho Chi Minh City -- have been the biggest casualties ahead of ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Japanese minister calls cult’s crimes heinous
She signed the execution order on Tuesday. The cult’s most notorious crime was the release of sarin gas on Tokyo subways in 1995. The attack killed 13 people and sickened more than 6,000 others. 11:50 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hangs seven members of doomsday cult that attacked subway with sarin
Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa read out the names of the seven at a news conference and said what they had done was “extremely atrocious”. “These crimes ... plunged people not only in Japan but in oth... ( read original story ...)
Japan cult leader behind gas attack, followers are executed
and I wanted the authorities and experts to learn more from them," she told a televised news conference. "I regret that is no longer possible." The cult claimed 10,000 members in Japan and 30,000 in R... ( read original story ...)
Japanese casinos are a real gamble
What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." He was given the 2018 prize for excellence in opinion writing by the Society of Publishers in Asia, for his work for the Nikkei Asian Review. ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: ‘Peace of mind’ after Japan executes cult leader
Shoko Asahara was hanged Friday morning for masterminding a series of deadly crimes including a 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Kiyoe Iwata told Japanese broadcaster NHK by phone Fri... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Japan confirms execution of doomsday cult leader
Asahara had been on death row for masterminding a 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes. The subway attack killed 13 people and sickened more than 6,000. 9:55 a.m. Major Japanese ... ( read original story ...)