Tokyo [Japan], June 26 (ANI): "TOKYO TESHIGOTO", which translates to "Tokyo handwork" is a project for developing traditional craft products for modern consumers and opening new markets in Japan and outside for Tokyo based craftspeople. It was established ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank mobile unit eyes July filing for IPO
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group will apply to list its Japanese wireless ... SoftBank Group says it intends to ensure the mobile unit's independence after an IPO, a factor the TSE will consider as it reviews the listing application. Son gave up his representative ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Ex-yakuza among suspects in swindle of elderly woman
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two persons, including a former gang member, over the alleged defrauding of an elderly woman in Koto Ward last year, reports Nippon News Network (June 26). In December, the woman, then 71, was told over the telephone ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Cops say ‘ultimate’ sex service went too far
Masayuki Tsuchiya of Candy (Twitter) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have busted a sex parlor for providing sex services that exceeded those allowable under the law, reports TBS News (June 25). On June 1, Masayuki Tsuchiya, the 56-year-old manager ... ( read original story ...)
Sumo: Kakuryu in pole position as Tochinoshin moves up
After two straight championships, yokozuna Kakuryu sits atop the rankings for the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament that the Japan Sumo Association published Monday. While the 32-year-old Mongolian goes for a grand tournament title hat-trick, much of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan aims to power Tokyo Olympics with 100 percent renewable energy
That means building systems to supply the Games — both Olympic and Paralympic — with electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind and solar as part of efforts to promote decarbonization, the Japan Times reported. Described by an official ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks inch higher on bargain-hunting
Tokyo stocks edged up at the close Tuesday as bargain-hunting purchases wiped out earlier losses caused by worries over US-China trade frictions. After a session spent mainly in the red, the benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.02 percent or 3.85 points to ... ( read original story ...)
The Business of Death Has a Bright Future in Japan
Norihisa Tomiyasu opened his first mortuary in 1997 aiming to clean up a profession he says deserved its bad reputation for exploiting people’s grief and overcharging them at some of the most fraught moments of their lives. “The industry was so ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Okura to reopen with Tokyo’s priciest rooms
TOKYO -- Hotel Okura said Monday that its flagship Tokyo property will reopen in early September 2019, as competition intensifies for customers seeking luxury accommodations. The new facility, originally set to open next spring, will begin operations in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks fall further on stronger yen
Stocks extended their losses on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, battered by the yen’s strengthening against the dollar on the back of concerns over increasing trade friction between the United States and other economies. The 225-issue Nikkei average ... ( read original story ...)
Emotional homecoming: adopted babies welcomed in B.C. after weeks of legal limbo in Japan
On Monday morning, more families who had been stuck in legal limbo in Japan, walked through the gates of Vancouver ... made a difference and helped us get home,” Lee Fodi told Global News shortly after he, his wife and their newly adopted baby named ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Finance Minister Wants to Change Crypto Taxation, Doubts Public Acceptance
Japan’s Minister of Finance thinks that it is doubtful the public would accept a change in the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions, Cointelegraph Japan reports today, June 25. During today’s Upper House Budget Committee meeting, Taro Aso — also ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank mobile unit to file for IPO as soon as July
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group will apply to list its Japanese wireless ... SoftBank Group says it intends to ensure the mobile unit's independence after an IPO, a factor the TSE will consider as it reviews the listing application. Son gave up his representative ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Okura Tokyo to be Reborn as The Okura Tokyo in September 2019
A total of 508 luxury rooms will be available in two buildings on the spacious central-Tokyo Okura property, about half of which will be covered with lush gardens and greenery. Advanced reservations for individuals will be accepted from April 2019 ... ( read original story ...)
KYOCERA Honored by Japan’s METI for Aquala® Artificial Hip Joint Technology
KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2018--Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that its innovative Aquala technology received Japan’s “Prize of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry” during the 2018 National Invention ... ( read original story ...)
LaSalle buys Ibis Styles hotel in Tokyo, Japan
Real estate investment group LaSalle has acquired the Hotel Ibis Styles Tokyo Bay in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture in Japan for an undisclosed sum. The new-build 216-guestroom property, managed by AccorHotels Group, is scheduled to open on July 2. ( read original story ...)