The Financial Times is seeking a Tokyo Correspondent to join its three-reporter bureau in the Japanese capital. Despite years of low growth, the country is still a cornerstone of the global economy, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s JERA to quit yet-to-be-built Taiwan wind project – Nikkei
Feb 10 (Reuters) - Japan's biggest power generator JERA plans to sell its ... "while comprehensively considering profitability, business environment, risks and so on, we change portfolio and build the ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey and Syria earthquake updates: Assad makes first visit to disaster area as US grants aid licence pausing Syrian sanctions – live
Japan has already dispatched a team of about 70 search and rescue workers to Turkey. 09:40 Martin Chulov Pressure is mounting on the UN to provide urgent support to north-west Syria, which is yet to receive meaningful aid five days after the earthquake ... ( read original story ...)
U.N. Aid Chief Heads to Earthquake Zone as Death Toll Passes 21,000
Martin Griffiths will visit the cities of Aleppo and Damascus in Syria, and Gaziantep in Turkey. The number of victims continued to rise, making the quake one of the deadliest worldwide in decades. ( read original story ...)
Turkey Quake Japan Shared Tragedy
FILE - A man rides his motorcycle on a makeshift road amid rubble in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on March 20, 2011, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. The 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in northern ... ( read original story ...)
Death toll rises, rescues dwindle in earthquake aftermath
The death toll from the earthquake has eclipsed the more-than 18,400 who died in the 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami and the estimated 18,000 people who died in a temblor near Istanbul in 1999. Some 12,000 buildings in Turkey ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, there’s no business like snow business
The first sign that one of Japan’s most luxurious holiday rentals is owned by an Australian – and most likely a Queenslander – is the life-sized Bundaberg Rum polar bear standing in the entrance. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Honda boosts profit despite chips crunch, COVID
Honda is reporting a 27% jump in its October-December profit, despite headwinds like shortages of computer chips and rising costs of raw materials ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Set to Appoint Kazuo Ueda as Next BOJ Governor -Nikkei
The Japanese government plans to appoint Kazuo Ueda, an economist and former member of the BOJ Policy Board, as the central bank's next governor after Haruhiko Kuroda steps down, the Nikkei business ... ( read original story ...)
Marcos accompanied by 114 businessmen in Japan trip
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is accompanied by over 100 businessmen on his five-day official visit in Japan in a bid to fetch investments to boost the country's economy and generate jobs. ( read original story ...)
Nearly 20,000 dead in Turkey, Syria earthquake: Death toll among worst in history, surpassing 2011 Japan disaster
This week's deaths in Turkey and Syria surpassed Japan’s Fukushima disaster of 2011, when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami and killed more than 18,400 people. On Monday, a magnitude 7.8 quake struck at 4:17 a.m. local time in the southern ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake death toll over 21,000; Turkey evacuates thousands; UN aid reaches Syria: Live updates
The international effort to provide food and shelter to victims of the earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria intensified Thursday. Live updates. ( read original story ...)
Turkey-Syria earthquake: death toll passes 20,000 as rescue efforts enter fourth night – latest news
After the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, a teenager and his 80-year-old grandmother were found alive after nine days trapped in their flattened home. The year before, a 16-year-old Haitian girl was rescued from earthquake rubble in Port-Au-Prince after ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake death toll over 19,300; Turkey evacuates thousands; UN aid reaches Syria: Live updates
The confirmed death toll continued to rise, reaching more than 19,300 Thursday, surpassing the toll from Japan’s Fukushima disaster in March 2011. That magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami, killing more than 18,400 people. The U.N. said its first ... ( read original story ...)
Alert: Deaths from earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceed 19,300, surpassing toll from Japan’s Fukushima disaster
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Deaths from earthquake in Turkey and Syria exceed 19,300, surpassing toll from Japan's Fukushima disaster. ( read original story ...)
Turkey-Syria earthquakes death toll passes 20,000, worse than the Fukushima disaster
The quake that razed thousands of buildings was one of the deadliest worldwide in more than a decade, with the deaths surpassing even the toll from the 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami, killing more than 18,400. Experts said ... ( read original story ...)