April 2026 to fund more defence spending, Kyodo News reported on Wednesday (Dec 11), aiming to double its defence budget to 2 per cent of gross domestic product by 2027. Read more at The Business ... ( read original story ...)
Rival LNG supplies, Sakhalin’s depleting fields give Japan an exit from Russian gas
As Japan's long-term contracts to secure liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia's Sakhalin-2 project near expiration, rival producers see opportunity to fill the supply gap, even as Tokyo looks to ... ( read original story ...)
Hair removal clinic chain goes bust in Japan’s biggest beauty collapse
It's 'extremely unlikely' that customers of Aletheia Clinic will see their money returned, according to its trustee. ( read original story ...)
I’ve flown on the Airbus jet Alaska will fly to Tokyo. It was a comfortable ride and I’m excited about the airline’s new long-haul flights.
Airfare to Japan has decreased since 2023, and Alaska's new route will boost competition and likely further lower ticket prices to Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Alaska Airlines will fly nonstop from Seattle to Tokyo, Seoul next year
Alaska Airlines will offer two new Asia routes next year, as it begins the process of combining its operations with Hawaiian Airlines. ( read original story ...)
Why investors need to watch Japan as a key source of market risk in 2025
"Today's edifice of US tech stock valuations is founded on Japan's negative real bond yield," strategists at BCA Research wrote. ( read original story ...)
It’s tradition to eat KFC on Christmas in Japan
Slowly but surely, an entire nation was convinced that going to KFC was a Christmas tradition. KFC Japan says that Okawara’s story isn’t quite accurate, the Business Insider reported. According to ... ( read original story ...)
Ship transport of quake debris starts in Nanao City in central Japan
Mainly wooden debris from dismantled buildings was loaded on a ship at Nanao City on Tuesday. It is the prefecture's fourth municipality to use sea transport to remove debris from the Noto Peninsula ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s central business district grows into hotel hot spot
Singaporean hotelier Ascott and Japanese real estate developer Tokyo Tatemono in late 2029 will open a luxury accommodation in Japan, the companies announced on Tuesday, as Tokyo's central financial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s current account surplus declined 13% in October
Japan's current account surplus declined 13% in October from a year earlier to ¥2.46 trillion, partly because the services trade balance slipped into the red, a preliminary Finance Ministry report ... ( read original story ...)
Hoshino Resorts’ OMO 7 Osaka appointed Partner Sponsor for World Expo 2025
Hoshino Resorts’ urban tourism hotel OMO7 Osaka was recently appointed a Partner Sponsor for the upcoming World Expo 2025. ( read original story ...)
Hybrid work on the rise for Tokyo’s office employees: NRI Survey
Nomura Research Institute survey, the firm polled 3,091 people from ages 20-69 who work for large companies in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Shimane nuclear power plant resumed operation after 13 years…Fourteen days after the Fukushima accident.
Japan's Chugoku Electric Power Co. restarted the Shimane Nuclear Power Plant's reactor No. 2 in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Kyodo News reported.It has been ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake researchers race to Humboldt County coast for clues to the next big temblor
Japan’s 8.9-magnitude earthquake that set off a devastating tsunami in 2011, sending walls of water washing over coastal Japan, was very different. It occurred in what is called a subduction zone, where one of the Earth’s tectonic plates slid beneath another. ( read original story ...)
Our Japanese Earthquake Emergency Bag
We have an earthquake emergency bag in our house, but we don't actually know what's in it, and in fact, we don't even remember where it is! But we eventually locate it and use the handy disaster preparedness guide that the government of Tokyo sent us to check and see if we have the necessities ...
Tokyo is giving its employees a 4-day workweek to try to boost record-low fertility
Tokyo's new policies include a four-day workweek and childcare partial leave, with the aim of addressing Japan's plummeting fertility rates. ( read original story ...)