TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Japan visited a city in Fukushima on Thursday and had a seafood lunch with the mayor, talked to fishermen and stocked up on local produce to show they are safe ... ( read original story ...)
Terrible earthquake in Japan
From The Times, September 2, 1923By an inscrutable decree of Providence a great and progressive nation has been visited with a calamity, the full extent of whic ( read original story ...)
China’s economic woes may be behind Japan backlash -Suntory CEO
China's economy is in a "extremely difficult" situation, which may be contributing to a rising backlash against Japan over the release of treated Fukushima water into the ocean, the head of Suntory ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business leaders to make 1st China visit after COVID in Jan.
Japanese business leaders will visit China in January for the first time since 2019 following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with preparations underway for a meeting with President Xi ... ( read original story ...)
Serious Tokyo earthquake could be $130-150bn industry loss: Swiss Re
The global insurance and reinsurance industry could face in the region of $130 billion to as much as $150 billion of losses if a really severe earthquake ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares close higher ahead of US data
TOKYO: Tokyo shares closed higher for a fifth straight day on Friday, while investors awaited key US jobs data. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Opens a PR Site “#Tokyo Tokyo BASE” in Terminal 3 of Haneda International Airport!
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on August 9, 2023 opened a Tokyo Brand PR site "#Tokyo Tokyo BASE" in Terminal 3 of Haneda International Airport, Tokyo and Japan’s gateway to the sky. At "#Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is preparing for a massive earthquake
Quakes of this size could “challenge the survival of Japan as a state” and send economic shock waves around the globe, says Fukuwa Nobuo of Nagoya University. After the next Tokyo quake, recovering ... ( read original story ...)
Japan holds major disaster drill on centenary of Great Kanto Earthquake
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has urged people to act to protect their lives in a mock news conference for a national disaster drill on the centenary of the Great Kanto Earthquake. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Has Lived on the Brink of the ‘Big One’ – for a Century
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 ...)