In many supermarkets across South Korea, one item has conspicuously vanished from shelves: salt. For the past month, the country has struggled with severe sea salt shortages as shoppers snap it up in ... ( read original story ...)
Regular workers account for 20% of food bank users in Tokyo amid rising prices: survey
Full-time company employees have begun to be seen among those in need who use food banks in the Japanese capital, accounting for around 20% s ... ( read original story ...)
IBM throws weight behind Japan chip startup it sees as vital
International Business Machines is prioritizing helping Japan’s chipmaking startup Rapidus, with a senior executive describing the budding foundry business as vital to securing long-term global supply ... ( read original story ...)
Business sentiment improves in 2nd quarter, BOJ tankan shows
Japanese business sentiment improved in the second quarter as raw material costs peaked and the removal of pandemic curbs lifted factory output and consumption, a central bank survey showed ... ( read original story ...)
Megaquake could kill up to 199,000 people, estimates suggest
That level of damage would far exceed the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people. But the Cabinet Office also said the damage could be reduced by 80 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan corporate bankruptcies highest in 5 yrs in wake of pandemic
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan for the first six months of 2023 rose 32.1 percent from a year earlier to a five-year h ... ( read original story ...)
China-led EV boom in Thailand threatens Japan’s grip on key market
BANGKOK: Thailand's Siam Motors partnered with Nissan Motors in 1962 with a factory that rolled out four cars a day, leading to a profitable, decades-long relationship with Japanese companies that ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka casino expected to produce $4bn by early 2030s
MGM‘s near $10bn integrated resort project in Osaka has the potential to produce north of $4bn in revenue at the start of the next decade, according to an ana ... ( read original story ...)
Major business lobby to join Tokyo Rainbow Pride next year
To show support for greater inclusion of the LGBT community, a major business lobby will officially participate in next year’s Tokyo Rainbow Pride, one of the largest celebrations of sexual minorities ... ( read original story ...)
Ukraine police begin training in Japan on identifying war dead
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Senior police officials from Ukraine began a training program Monday in Tokyo on ways to identify war dead, hoping to learn from Japan's experience in carrying out mass autopsies ... ( read original story ...)
Japan can now release Fukushima’s ‘radioactive water’ into ocean. What are the concerns surrounding it?
The Japanese government has announced that the release of this radioactive water will commence before the end of summer. ( read original story ...)
China fumes as Japan gets big backing for Fukushima nuke wastewater plan
The opposition ranges from the Chinese government to South Korean Buddhism, but Japan cleared a major hurdle to its planned release of wastewater from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant this week ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s political, business leaders mark one year after Abe’s killing
TOKYO: Japanese political and business leaders on Saturday marked one year since the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledging to tackle pressing political ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese leaders mark one year since the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe
Japanese political and business leaders are marking one year since the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toho to Embrace North America’s Japanese Pop Culture Fandom With Godzilla and Anime E-Commerce Launches (EXCLUSIVE)
Toho International, an offshoot of the storied Japanese film and TV giant Toho, is to launch twin e-commerce sites serving the growing legion of North American fans of Japanese pop culture. One ... ( read original story ...)
Fukushima: China extends ban on some Japanese food over wastewater release plan
China says it will maintain a ban on some Japanese food imports over the plan to release water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. China's customs administration said it would ... ( read original story ...)