An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on Sunday struck off Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). ( read original story ...)
M5.8 earthquake hits Fukushima
An earthquake with an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of zero to 7 occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture just before 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, local time. ( read original story ...)
M5.8 quake hits Ibaraki, Fukushima prefs. in Japan’s east, northeast
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures in Japan's east and northeast on Sunday, b ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hits Japan’s Yonaguni
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Japan's Yonaguni on Monday, as per European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). "An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter ... ( read original story ...)
PM Modi To Visit Japan For Quad Summit On May 23
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would also hold bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison. ( read original story ...)
PM Modi to travel to Japan on Monday for Quad summit | Agenda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Japan on May 23 and 24 to attend the Quad summit in Tokyo. Quad refers to a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. ( read original story ...)
‘Very worried,’ says Naomi Osaka on returning to French Open after 1 year
Ahead of the clash with America's Amanda Anisimova in the first round of the French Open on Monday, former No.1 Naomi Osaka said that she's "ok" with attending press conferences, but was "very worried ... ( read original story ...)
PM To Visit Japan Next Week For Quad Summit; To Hold Bilateral Talks With US, Japan & Aus
PM Modi will also meet and interact with the Indian diaspora and have talks with Japanese business leaders, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said. ( read original story ...)
From coffee shop culture to 100-yen stores, price rises hitting Japan daily life hard
Rising raw material costs coupled with the yen's historic drop to a two-decade low against the U.S. dollar have driven up prices in Japan. The Mainich ... ( read original story ...)
Pay hikes at major Japanese firms average 2.27%, top business lobby says
Monthly wage hikes agreed to so far between major companies and their unions in this year’s shuntō labor-management negotiations have averaged ¥7,430, or 2.27%, the Japan Business Federation said ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors unveil light EVs for Japan
Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp and Nissan Motor Co unveiled their first jointly developed light electric vehicles (EVs), aiming to draw more Japanese drivers to battery-powered cars by offering ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to double daily foreign arrivals next month; most exempt from Covid-19 testing
Travellers from most countries would not be required to provide negative Covid-19 tests nor quarantine. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura to enter forestry asset management with stake purchase
Nomura Holdings Inc 8604.T said on Friday it would foray into the forestry asset management business through a partial acquisition of Sydney-based New Fo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to double limit on foreign arrivals from next month
Japan will next month double its limit on foreign arrivals to 20,000 a day, the top government spokesperson said on Friday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a regular news conference that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan plans to double number of daily foreign arrivals from next month
Japan plans to double its daily number of foreigners entering the country up to 20,000 from next month, the top government spokesman said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Impacts of firm global value chain participation on productivity: A case of Japanese manufacturing firms
Participation in global value chains is commonly seen as an important driver of productivity growth. This column uses Japanese firm-level data to estimate the productivity-enhancing impacts of ... ( read original story ...)