TOKYO -- Japanese police are looking into reports of Chinese tourists renting cars with fake international driver's licenses. In early February, a traveler from Shanghai showed up at a car rental office near Naha Airport in Okinawa, his family in tow. ( read original story ...)
Women save Japan’s old family businesses with new ideas
OSAKA -- For 260 years, a Kyoto company called Ueba Esou specialized in paints for Japanese art. But after the president succumbed to illness, his daughter faced an almost unthinkable decision: Should she close the business? Demand for the subtle ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese ministry proposed cover story on land sale at heart of scandal: official
The plot of land in Osaka, western Japan, was appraised to be worth 956,000,000 yen ($8.95 million) but the ministry granted the school operator an 820,000,000 yen discount. It originally said the sale was appropriate and was heavily discounted to offset ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stocks Opened Flat as Yen Eased Modestly Against Dollar
Tokyo stocks open flat amid lingering trade war fears (Photo: AFP). Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened flat on Monday, as the yen eased modestly against the dollar, with investor sentiment hurt by falls on Wall Street on worsening trade war fears. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s current account surplus shrinks to 2.08 trillion yen in February
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan reported a current account surplus of 2.08 trillion yen ($19 billion) in February, though it shrank from a year ago due to a smaller trade surplus and a stronger yen, government data showed Monday. Despite a 28.7 percent drop in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will be caught in the crossfire of US-China trade war
With Japan enjoying its second-longest postwar expansion and corporate ... The most obvious warning sign is a sliding Nikkei Stock Average. After rallying 19% in 2017, the Nikkei is following U.S. shares into the red, falling 5% so far this year. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s finance ministry had proposed a cover story for land sale scandal: Official
Japan's Finance Ministry had proposed a cover story for a land sale scandal involving the sale of state-owned land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, which had ties to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife, an official said on Monday. The admission is likely ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Japan to fire coach Halilhodzic ahead of World Cup
Japan's Kyodo news agency cites football association president Kozo Tashima in announcing the move. The JFA was expected to hold a news conference later Monday to announce its plans. Japan salvaged a 1-1 draw on the last kick of the game in a friendly last ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful incentives led to Japan’s Finance Ministry document tampering
TOKYO -- The ongoing document-tampering scandal at Japan's Ministry of Finance has taken a new turn. The ministry has admitted that its staff members altered 14 documents related to the controversial sale of state-owned land to a nationalist school ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful incentives led to Finance Ministry document tampering
TOKYO -- The ongoing document-tampering scandal at Japan's Ministry of Finance has taken a new turn. The ministry has admitted that its staff members altered 14 documents related to the controversial sale of state-owned land to a nationalist school ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Cambodia sign $90 million aid agreement
"While Japan, a friend, is providing assistance to Cambodia, some bad people can poison the news as bad as they did," Hun Sen said on his Facebook page. During a meeting with Hun Sen on Sunday, foreign minister Kono said Japan would help Cambodia to become ... ( read original story ...)
‘We’re sorry we got pregnant’: Couple berated by boss for baby news
“In January of this year, we found out that my wife was pregnant,” the husband wrote in his letter published in a features section of Japanese daily paper The Mainichi. “My wife, who is a child care provider, appeared glum and anxious over the news ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s vaunted alert system runs up against limits
The message delivered via the country's alert system, part of its much-hyped J-Alert mechanism, warned of a big one directly hitting the Japanese capital -- potentially on the scale of the devastating 2011 earthquake that wrought massive destruction. ( read original story ...)
Drinks Giants Asahi, Suntory, Kirin, And Sapporo Join Forces To Combat Air Pollution
before the Government messes it up Yorkshire Post - 23:35 PM GMT March 30, 2018 Facebook will now verify major page owners in an effort to combat fake news City A.M - 07:56 AM GMT April 07, 2018 Mother-of-two who lost her nose to a rare disease ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ruling party rocks bureaucracy with prelude to reshuffle
Support for Japanese Abe's cabinet tumbled to 42% in the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll, taken late last month before a key Ministry of Finance figure in the land scale scandal testified in parliament. That was down 14 percentage points from February. ( read original story ...)
Japan activates first marines since WW2 to bolster defenses against China
SASEBO/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are vulnerable to attack by China. ( read original story ...)