A hundred years ago today, Tokyo was flattened. The Great Kanto Earthquake, a magnitude 7.9 event, demolished the nascent Japanese capital, killing more than 100,000 people — some 3% of the city’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan marks centenary of Great Kanto Earthquake disaster
Japan on Friday marked the centenary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated the capital and surrounding areas, killing an esti ... ( read original story ...)
Workers stage Japan’s first strike in decades over department store sale
Workers at a major Tokyo department store went on strike on Thursday after talks with management over the planned sale of their company broke down, marking the first major walk-out the country has ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s toxic water discharge against global opinion
Life on Earth depends on the oceans. By dumping the nuclear-contaminated water into the sea for the next 30 years, Japan could pose a serious threat to marine life and turn the oceans toxic, affecting ... ( read original story ...)
Dairy farmers are “going out of business one after another” because they cannot keep up with the price increase.
Milk, yogurt, and other dairy products have been subject to a series of price hikes. The background is the rise in various costs, but even a series of price hikes has not been able to cover the cost ... ( read original story ...)
Japan denies massacre of Koreans after 1923 earthquake
The Japanese government has risked a new row with South Korea after insisting there was no official evidence of a massacre of ethnic Koreans following a catastr ... ( read original story ...)
CDL buys Osaka hotel for $78.5m, marking group’s third hotel acquisition of 2023
SINGAPORE - City Developments Limited on Thursday announced that it has acquired a hotel in Osaka, Japan for 8.5 billion yen (S$78.5 million). Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Strike at Tokyo department store fails to stop sale of Sogo-Seibu
Seven & i Holdings Co. announced Aug. 31 that it will sell Sogo-Seibu Co. to a U.S. investment fund on Sept. 1 just as the subsidiary’s flagship department store in Tokyo was being shut down by a rare ... ( read original story ...)
‘It hurts my heart’: Japan’s Kanto massacre, 100 years on
Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts the community to this day.Over ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it’s safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers have eaten Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated ... ( read original story ...)
Glitch halts Toyota factories in Japan
The incident affected only Japanese factories, Toyota said ... This practice minimises costs while improving efficiency and is studied by other manufacturers and at business schools around the world, ... ( read original story ...)
Investigation finds late founder of Japanese talent agency for boy bands sexually assaulted teens
Another turning point came earlier this month when the U.N. Working Group on Business and Human Rights urged the Japanese government to take action. The group also accused Japan’s mainstream media of ... ( read original story ...)
Union gives notice for Japan’s 1st major department store strike in 60 yrs
The Sogo & Seibu labor union is set to go on strike effective Aug. 31 over Sogo & Seibu Co. owner Seven & i Holdings Co.'s plan to sell the m･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Old graphic of tsunami wave forecast falsely linked to Japan nuclear wastewater release
As Japan prepared in July to release treated wastewater from its Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, social media users have shared an image alongside a false claim that it shows a forecast by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of how radioactive substances will spread in the Pacific Ocean. ( read original ...
Meet Japan’s Latest Billionaire: A College Dropout Turned Noodle Entrepreneur
But, as he once disclosed in an interview with Japan’s broadcaster NHK, “We were barely getting any business.” It was a visit to his late father’s hometown in Japan’s Kagawa prefecture, famous for its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says may take China to WTO over Fukushima-driven seafood import ban
Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization to seek a reversal of Beijing's ban on all of its seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive water from the ... ( read original story ...)