VANCOUVER (Kyodo) -- Japan and Canada agreed Monday that the international community needs to demonstrate solidarity to "maximize pressure" on North Korea through a foreign ministerial meeting Tuesday on addressing North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. ( read original story ...)
Japan city uses emergency loudspeaker system to recall blowfish packages
TOKYO - A city in central Japan has used its emergency loudspeaker system to recall four packages of blowfish meat after discovering a fifth one contained the potentially deadly liver. No one has died. The fish known as fugu is an expensive winter delicacy ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees little chance of oil slick from sunk tanker reaching its coast
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan sees little chance of the oil spill from a stricken Iranian tanker that sank on Sunday in the East China Sea reaching its shores, an official at the nation’s environment ministry said on Tuesday. The large tanker Sanchi (IMO ... ( read original story ...)
Japan city uses emergency system to recall blowfish packages
(Aichi Prefectural Government's Department of Health and Public Welfare via AP) TOKYO/January 16, 2018 (AP) (STL.News) —A city in central Japan has used its emergency loudspeaker system to recall four packages of blowfish meat after discovering a fifth ... ( read original story ...)
Don Quijote takes wraps off Ferris wheel in Osaka tourist spot
Discount retailer Don Quijote Co. unveiled a renovated Ferris wheel Monday in Osaka’s Dotonbori shopping district ... is decorated with a giant image of Ebisu, the god of business prosperity. The store chain hopes the Ferris wheel will be a new tourist ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stands by Myanmar, lest China gain favor
TOKYO -- Japan has continued plying Myanmar with economic aid even as the Southeast Asian nation's treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority has stirred international backlash, choosing the threat of condemnation over the risk of China taking over as the ... ( read original story ...)
Australia and Japan reverse tourism relationship
Back in 1998, at the height of our summer, Australian beaches were populated with Japanese tourists escaping the cold of the northern hemisphere winter. Now, hundreds of thousands of Australians escape the humidity of the southern hemisphere summer in ... ( read original story ...)
Softbank plans $18bn share sale of its mobile business
Japanese giant Softbank is planning to list its mobile phone business in Tokyo and overseas, according to the Nikkei newspaper. The listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and possibly in London aims to raise 2 trillion yen ($18bn; £13.1bn). Softbank ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese city on alert for deadly fugu blowfish
A Japanese city has broadcast emergency warnings to prevent people consuming blowfish, after potentially deadly portions were mistakenly sold. A local supermarket in Gamagori city sold five packets of fugu fish without removing the livers, which contain ... ( read original story ...)
Don’t see problem with dollar around 110.80 yen: Japan finance minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that he did not see problems with the dollar JPY= hovering around 110.80 yen, but that big swings in currencies would be problematic. Aso, speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Beware the patter about purchasing property to rent out around Tokyo
Throw in permanent residency, a Japanese spouse and some capital, and mortgages of over 10 times an applicant’s salary covering 90-100 percent of the property value at a fairly modest interest rates over 30-plus years can be easily arranged. Create a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese bank MUFG doubles down on London commitment with new UK corporate banking boss on lookout for senior hires
Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to hire more senior bankers in London as its newly appointed head of corporate banking for the UK, Ireland and the Nordics looks to expand the business. Holly Villiers told City A.M. she ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe seeking to strengthen Western Balkan ties
BELGRADE, Serbia – Japan's prime minister says his country is seeking to strengthen relations with Serbia and other Balkan countries. Shinzo Abe visited Belgrade Monday as part of a six-country European tour. He has already visited Estonia, Latvia ... ( read original story ...)
2 parties eye alliance to become Japan’s biggest opposition group
vowed to create an alliance that could challenge the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), reported Xinhua news agency. If the merger comes to fruition, the alliance would create the largest opposition group in both chambers of Japan’s parliament ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM pays tribute to ‘Japanese Schindler’
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday visited a memorial to a Japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 European Jews from the Holocaust by issuing visas from war-torn Lithuania, in defiance of Tokyo. Abe visited the two-story building, now a museum, which ... ( read original story ...)
Let’s discuss the big earthquake that never came
But the jolt never came to the region. The agency had estimated that a magnitude 6.4 earthquake would hit off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture. In fact, that quake was magnitude 4.4 and 3 on the Japanese intensity scale. But at the same time, a second quake ... ( read original story ...)