Governor Gretchen Whitmer started a seven-day investment mission in Japan Wednesday.According to Whitmer, the trip is focused on securing investments in key in ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota’s limited edition “CEO-mobile” vehicle is ready for sale for the first time outside Japan
The new model is a bigger, hybrid vehicle that “from the start had its eyes on the world,” Executive Vice President Hiroki Nakajima said at a company event in Tokyo, as reported in The Wall Street ... ( read original story ...)
Whitmer, other leaders travel to Japan to seek economic investment in Michigan
It's the governor's third trade mission trip made this year, with two separate trips to Europe already taking place in 2023. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM speaks to China’s Li about radioactive water release
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he explained Japan's stance on the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant to Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, third-largest destination for Peruvian exports in 2022
Japan was the third-largest destination for Peruvian exports in 2022, totaling US$3.157 billion, which represented an increase of 7.7% from 2021 (US$2.932 billion), the ( read original story ...)
Toyota blames factory shutdown in Japan on ‘insufficient disk space’
The Japanese carmaker said the stoppage on 29 August at all 14 ... This minimises costs and improves efficiency, and is studied by other manufacturers and at business schools around the world. However ... ( read original story ...)
GIC considering sale of Tokyo skyscraper for over $2 billion
The sale plans come as a glut of new office supply is expected in Tokyo over the next two years, potentially tempering investor appetite. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Gaga Corp Talks ‘Monster’ Success, US Strikes Impact & Upscale Horror, As ‘Nightborn’ Joins Busy Acquisitions Slate
it’s an uphill battle marketing and distributing specialist films in Japan – many of Tokyo’s arthouse cinemas have recently closed – but it also remains one of the few markets in the world that still ... ( read original story ...)
Video shows 2011 Japan earthquake, not ‘11.9 magnitude quake in California’
Footage of buildings jolted by tremors has been shared in social media posts in the Philippines that falsely claim it shows an "11.9 magnitude earthquake" in the US state of California in August 2023. ( read original story ...)
Kanto earthquake: Japan’s great calamity
September 5, 1923It is not possible for imagination to picture in all its terrors the calamity which has befallen Japan. Nothing in the recorded ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kokusai Electric to list shares on Tokyo Stock Exchange soon – Nikkei
Japan's Kokusai Electric will list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as soon as October, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday.The KKR-owned chipmaking device manufacturer's initial public offering (IPO) will be the biggest offering for the market in at least five years, ( read original story ...)
Japanese industries to get more space: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Bangladesh will allocate more space to Japan in export processing zones (EPZs) for setting up industries if they want. The premier said this as a Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Men accusing Japanese boy band producer of sex abuse seek company apology, compensation
A group of men accusing Johnny Kitagawa, the late founder of a Japanese boy band talent agency, of sexual abuse is now seeking financial compensation. ( read original story ...)
Japan hits out at China’s ‘unacceptable’ seafood ban as it rolls out emergency fund
Japan hits out at China’s ‘unacceptable’ seafood ban as it rolls out emergency fund - Mainland China is biggest overseas market for Japanese seafood, accounting for 22.5 per cent of total business ... ( read original story ...)
Turkish, Japanese firms gather in Istanbul
Türkiye-Japan Business Forum to foster long-term and mutually beneficial relationships between 2 nations' businesses, says Turkish trade minister - Anadolu Ajansı ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Aug service activity growth fastest in 3 months – PMI
Japan's service sector activity expanded at its quickest pace in three months in August, underpinned by robust consumer spending as inbound tourism regained momentum, a private-sector survey showed on ... ( read original story ...)