Japanese automaker’s reluctance to go all-electric is already taking a toll on the nation’s auto industry. Mitsubishi Motors revealed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan pivots back to nuclear power
A combination photo shows tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 17, 2011, six days after the March 11, ( read original story ...)
Western Digital and Japan’s Kioxia Seek to Reach Merger Deal by August
Western Digital Corp. and Kioxia Holdings Corp. — after months of talks — aim to reach a merger agreement by August, according to people familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)
4 Japan utility groups slapped with business improvement order
The industry ministry said Friday it ordered four major Japanese utility groups to improve their operations after they were found to ... ( read original story ...)
EU lifts curbs on food imports from Fukushima area as Japan set to release nuclear water into sea
The European Union has lifted all import restrictions on food, including fish, produced near the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan just as Tokyo prepares to release treated radioactive wastewater into ... ( read original story ...)
EU, Japan celebrate close cooperation with end of EU food restrictions in wake of Fukushima disaster
The European Union and Japan have announced that the 27-nation bloc will lift the food import restrictions it had imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster ... ( read original story ...)
EU expected to announce lifting of Japan food import curbs
The European Union is expected to announce the lifting of restrictions on Japanese food imports, imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, at a summit in Brussels on Thursday. Japanese officials said they expected the announcement at the end of a summit between European Council President Charles Michel, ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Is Challenging Convention and Charting a New Course
While her tennis is on pause, the 25-year-old has proven that she can still be competitive and stay connected to sport through her various off-court pursuits. ( read original story ...)
Welcome to the club
WHEN THE CLUB LOUNGE STAFF at the Ritz-Carlton Osaka say they will organise a running/cycling tour to Osaka castle for you, they don’t just make the arrangements. They go with you. Cajoling you into a ... ( read original story ...)
Seeking A Better Business Philosophy: Silicon Valley Meets A Japanese Mindset
Holding to this dual focus is more powerful and can create more important results than either philosophy in isolation. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Inpex buys 50% in Enel’s Australia renewable business in green push
Japan's Inpex said on Thursday it has bought a 50% stake in the Australian renewable business of Italy's Enel, as the Japanese oil and gas producer expands into green energy. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to ban Japan’s seafood products if Fukushima radioactive water is released in the sea
A top official in Hong Kong says the city will immediately ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan if it discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. ( read original story ...)
Ripples of Fukushima: Hong Kong will ban more Japanese products if radioactive water is released
A top official in Hong Kong says the city will immediately ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan if it discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Asahi Kasei Moves Global Healthcare HQ to US
More than three-quarters of its healthcare sales are outside Japan, and further global growth, especially in the United States, is expected. ( read original story ...)
Experts note disturbing similarity of 2 Tohoku quakes
Yamaoka said that area has long been prone to seismic activity, but the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 has increased the likelihood of major temblors occurring there. ( read original story ...)
Ripples of Fukushima: Hong Kong to ban Japanese products from areas that discharge radioactive water
A top official in Hong Kong says the city would immediately ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan if it discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. ( read original story ...)