In an exclusive interview with GameRant, Audrey Lamsam of Aitai Kuji, shares her insights as a working woman in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Before and after pics show how Japan has rebuilt since the 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima
A photographer captured the abandoned ghost towns surrounding Fukushima, Japan, six and 12 years after the famous disaster was triggered by the Tohoku tsunami off the country's eastern coast ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura Q3 net profit rises 11%
Nomura Holdings Inc , Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported an 11% rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, as a partial stake sale in an affiliate lifted otherwise weak earnings. ( read original story ...)
Video Shows Abandoned Sports Cars In Japan’s Fukushima Exclusion Zone
Radiation makes classics like a Honda S2000, Nissan Skyline, and an air-cooled Porsche 911 Carrera 964 worthless and dangerous. ( read original story ...)
Tokyu department store in Tokyo’s Shibuya closes after 55 years
The main outlet of Tokyu Department Store Company in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward closed for good on Tuesday after 55 years in business due to a redevelopment project. ( read original story ...)
VF CORPORATION OPENS NEW DESIGN COLLECTIVE AND REGIONAL OFFICE IN TOKYO
New design hub in Harajuku district will drive innovative product design and support expanded business growth across Asia-Pacific and beyond DENVER and TOKYO, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VF ... ( read original story ...)
BOTEJYU Group and Viva Communications Inc. of Philippines Conclude Basic Agreement Aiming for Global Expansion
- BOTEJYU Group to Accelerate Activities to Convey Japanese Food Culture to North America, Middle East, and Rest of World - ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s chip equipment makers in the dark about new China export restrictions
Japanese makers of semiconductor manufacturing machinery and materials used to make chips said on Monday they had yet to hear from Japan's government about export restrictions that could directly or ... ( read original story ...)
From lessons of 3/11, Japan scientists share knowledge of disaster resilience across Pacific
As Japan’s top researchers continue to glean new information from 3/11, some scientists are aiming to pass on that knowledge to the rest of the disaster-prone Pacific Rim. ( read original story ...)
Source: Dutch, Japanese join US limits on chip tech to China
Japan and the Netherlands have agreed to a deal with the U.S. to restrict China's access to materials used to make advanced computer chips, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated ... ( read original story ...)
Risky Business: Japan Steps Out | Opinion
Despite constitutional limits, Japan has one of the world’s most technologically advanced armed forces (around 261,000 troops, fifth in global ranking) and one of the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hiking in Japan: Honshu coastal trail celebrates post-tsunami reconstruction
With instructions on what to do if there’s another tsunami, we sample a new trail through northeastern Honshu, where the 2011 wave’s destructive power is still evident, along with rebuilding. ( read original story ...)
Whale meat vending machine business continues boom in Japan
Kyodo Senpaku launched three machines that peddle delicacies like whale sashimi, whale bacon, whale skin and whale steak. ( read original story ...)
Huge oarfish thought to predict earthquakes discovered washed up on beach
The oarfish was the first reported sighting in Ecuador this year. When they are seen it can be caused by storms washing them towards land and are believed to be a sign earthquakes or tsunamis ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers families tens of thousands of dollars to say goodbye to Tokyo
Giving people cash to abandon Tokyo is one way Japan’s government has been trying to deal with issues of overcrowding in the capital — and a shrinking population in most of the rest of the country. ( read original story ...)
The 20 largest recorded earthquakes in history
A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the 20 largest earthquakes on record. ( read original story ...)