A conference took place in Tokyo on July 25 to connect Japanese investors with Vietnamese localities, industrial parks, and enterprises. ( read original story ...)
Bell tolls for 53-year-old motorcycle shop outside US airlift hub in Tokyo
Bike Land Keisho across from Yokota Air Base has served American and Japanese customers across from Yokota Air Base since 1970. ( read original story ...)
‘Era Of Mass Closures’: The Japan Businesses Without Successors
Kiyoshi Hashimoto's machinery factory outside Tokyo should be buzzing with industry. Instead, it's so quiet you can hear him practising the recorder. ( read original story ...)
Japanese rubber futures climb on strong domestic equities, soft yen
SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures edged higher on Monday, underpinned by gains in domestic equities and a weaker yen, but diminishing manufacturing activity in Japan capped gains. ( read original story ...)
From Tokyo to New York: What the future cities of work look like
A city primarily designed for everyone to commute in and pour out again at the end of the work day doesn’t make for a very sustainable place. ( read original story ...)
More talks with Japan today
A second round of discussions between Bangladesh and Japan starts in Dhaka today to finalise negotiations focusing a joint study, which would act as a guideline principle for signing an economic ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Officials Not Happy As Japan Aligns With US Chip Curbs On China
Japan is restricting 23 types of equipment, ranging from machines that deposit films on silicon wafers to devices. ( read original story ...)
Japan factory activity shrinks in July as orders weaken
Weak global demand and souring confidence weighed on business in the world’s third-largest economy. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s weaker currency causes price hikes on over 30,000 food items
According to a credit research company, Japan will see a price hike on 30,009 food and beverage products by October as the country's currency Yen weakens as well as weaker Yen pushing up import prices ... ( read original story ...)
Holiday in Fukushima? 12 years after earthquake and tsunami Tohoku, Japan, shifts from dark tourism to ‘hope tourism’, with tours focused on its rebuilding
Northeast Japan has had enough of being a dark tourism destination following the devastation wrought by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami It is launching a scheme to promote tours that showcase the region ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: a growing source of trade, investment
It all started in early 2008 when the Japanese government announced the “China Plus One Strategy” to cut its over-reliance on the manufacturing behemoth by setting up business operations in other ... ( read original story ...)
Growing pessimism about Osaka Expo opening on time
Delays over the start of work on foreign pavilions for the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo are casting an increasingly unsettling shadow over the outlook of the world’s fair, with the inevitable finger ... ( read original story ...)
4.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Japan’s Ibaraki
The earthquake occurred at 10:52 a.m. local time at a depth of 50 km, and was epicentred at off Ibaraki at a latitude of 36.5 degrees north and a longitude of 140.8 degrees east. ( read original story ...)
4.8-magnitude quake jolts Japan’s Ibaraki: JMA
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 10:52 a.m. local time at a depth of 50 km, measuring 4 on Japan's seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. The temblor's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s PE market expected to fly high
The PE market in Japan has seen an upward trend since 2020, with a surge in foreign investment especially from US. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, the value of announced and completed PE ... ( read original story ...)
GPS satellites may be able to detect earthquakes before they happen
But existing equipment would need to be some 50 times more sensitive in order to detect a precursor to an earthquake. ( read original story ...)