Many indexes were off their session lows, though, and improved as the day’s trading went on. Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -1.54% slid 1.5%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index HSI, -0.06% was last down about 0.1% ... ( read original story ...)
The ‘Baseball Brit’ kicks off season-long journey in Tokyo
TOKYO -- Joey Mellows is taking his passion for baseball on the road. Long haul. The 34-year-old Englishman, better known by his @BaseballBrit Twitter handle, has quit his day job to watch an entire ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to cull 4100 pigs over swine fever
Japan had not seen the virus ... Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. News Pty Limited Copyright © 2019. All times AEDT (GMT +11). News.com.au has recently ... ( read original story ...)
IOC wants new Japan member as soon as possible: Bach
“I think he (Takeda) also wanted to clear the way in the interest of Japan and also of the IOC,” Bach told a news conference, adding that the IOC would like to identify a successor as soon as ... ( read original story ...)
Tourist ‘beaten by Chinese university security guards’ for wearing a ‘Japanese kimono’
according to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency. The university, one of the oldest in the country, is renowned for its cherry blossoms, or sakura, which are perceived as a symbol of Japanese culture ... ( read original story ...)
Coulter-Nile keen to know cause of vertigo mogaznewsen
Markets Live: Markets spooked by dovish Fed mogaznewsen - Wednesday 20th March 2019 10:00 PM Coaching lawsuit hangs over Osaka in Miami homecoming mogaznewsen - Wednesday 20th March 2019 10:00 PM us ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Realty Trust: This 5.85% Preferred Stock IPO Has Begun Trading On The NYSE
Hong Kong and Osaka metropolitan areas in the Asia Pacific region. As of December 31, 2016, its properties contained a total of approximately 26.1 million rentable square feet, including ... ( read original story ...)
Gin obsessions, Brexit hikes and a Twitter lawsuit
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Government no longer keen on Laiban Dam
Velasco disclosed plans to build tunnels and aqueducts from Ipo Dam to Bigte Norzagaray and ... Weir Project proposed by a Japanese firm. Osaka-based Global Utility Development Corporation Ltd ... ( read original story ...)
The Philippines’ China Dam Controversy
Manila Water blamed the crisis on unexpected demand from the construction industry, shortages in the primary water source, the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa ... Moreover, Osaka-based Global Utility ... ( read original story ...)
Auto1 may consider IPO in future but no need for cash now: CEO
BERLIN (Reuters) - German used-car dealing platform Auto1 said it could seek a public offering in future but a 2018 cash infusion from Japan’s Softbank means it has no immediate need for extra ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Line and Mercari form mobile payment partnership
TOKYO -- Chat app operator Line and online secondhand marketplace Mercari have joined forces, the two companies said Wednesday, in the latest twist in the battle for dominance in Japan's cashless ... ( read original story ...)
Second Moderate Earthquake Strikes Takanabe, Japan in the Last 24 Hours
Japan has been hit with its second moderate earthquake in the last 24 hours. This most recent quake struck at 9:11 a.m. local time. The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.3 and hit just 30 miles from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Vows to Raise Sales Tax as Record Budget Passes Parliament
TOKYO — Japanese policymakers vowed on Wednesday to raise the sales tax to 10 percent as planned in October, following the passage in parliament of the budget bill for the next fiscal year beginning ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Internet Giants Join Forces as Payments Race Heats Up
(Bloomberg) -- Line Corp. and Mercari Inc. are joining forces on mobile payments as Japan’s internet companies race to dominate cashless transactions in the world’s No. 3 economy. The operator of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau Launches Timeless Tokyo, a Website to Introduce the Attractions of Tokyo as a Luxury Travel Destination
TOKYO — Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau, on behalf of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, has launched the Timeless Tokyo website (https://timelesstokyo.com) in late February of 2019 as a planning ... ( read original story ...)