A number of air travelers — including elected officials, businessmen and netizens have denounced the technical glitch that hounded the country's air ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange holds year-end ceremony, PM Fumio Kishida participates
The Tokyo Stock Exchange marked its last trading day of 2022 with a ceremony but the celebrations were subdued as the Nikkei Average posted its first year-on-year decline in four years, reported NHK ... ( read original story ...)
Interview: Don’t neglect Japan-U.S. friendship ‘garden’
In business, culture and politics, the friendship between Japan and the United States has become unshakeable in recent decades--so much so that both countries may be in danger of taking it for granted ... ( read original story ...)
China tech talent eager to work in Japan, Tokyo entrepreneur says
With China continuing to crack down on internet-based businesses, one Japan-based entrepreneur sees a golden opportunity to recruit Chinese tech engineers frustrated by dimming prospects at home. Luo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offering families $7,600 per child to move out of Tokyo
Japan is offering families 1 million yen (approximately $7,627) per child to move out of Tokyo in hopes of reducing overcrowding. With a population of 125.7 million, 28 percent of Japan's population ... ( read original story ...)
Annual income is at least 4 figures million yen and prize money…! The Realities of the “Supporting Foreigners” Behind the Breakthrough of Japan’s e-Sports Teams
The number of players in Japan is said to be 4 million. Japan is using foreign players to help them win the championship! They are also making it a good business to move to Japan, and are practicing ... ( read original story ...)
Governor wants his east Japan pref. to be national ‘model’ for nuclear fallout shelters
Gunma Gov. Ichita Yamamoto wants his prefecture to become a model for the rest of the country by equipping public facilities with fallout ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka, Nagasaki continue anti-addiction steps for IR plans
Osaka’s anti-addiction headquarters is led by the prefectural governor, Hirofumi Yoshimura, assisted by other officials with relevant knowledge. The body has been set up based on Osaka’s own ordinance ... ( read original story ...)
Families moving out of Tokyo to get up to ¥1 mil per child
The government is set to offer families relocating from the Tokyo metropolitan area up to 1 million yen per child, up from 300,000 yen, as part of efforts to reduce population concentration in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan start-up seeks to expand abroad with exoskeleton business
A start-up founded by a researcher at Tokyo University of Science that developed a wearable exoskeleton to support heavy lifting is hoping to make further inroads overseas in nations that have aging ... ( read original story ...)
How Osaka-Ya serves up sweet mochi and other treats for new year celebrations
There are only two Japanese confectionaries left in Northern California and one of them is in downtown Sacramento. ( read original story ...)
Explainer: How will Japan resolve shipping insurance for Russian LNG imports?
Japan, the world's top liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer, is facing its latest challenge in securing vital gas supplies from Russia after Western reinsurers said they would halt marine war ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM claims no plans for snap polls ‘for now’ as public support wanes
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that he has no plans to immediately dissolve the lower house of parliament and call a snap election, although he said the move is "possible", according ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘Little Trains that Could’ battle for survival
In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. ( read original story ...)
Many gov’t offices, companies mark last business day of 2022 amid virus woes, scandals
Japan's government offices and many companies marked their final business day of 2022 on Wednesday, with public health centers declaring a "desperate situation" amid an eighth wave of coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Japan marks last business day of 2022 amid virus woes, scandals
Japan's government offices and many companies marked their final business day of 2022 on Wednesday, with public health centers declar ... ( read original story ...)