Based on the Japan's Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, the Japanese energy company SODECO has agreed to keep its 30 percent investme ... ( read original story ...)
Evacuation drill held in NE Japan on World Tsunami Awareness Day
About 1,000 residents of a coastal town in northeastern Japan took part in an evacuation drill on Saturday, which is designated as World Tsunami Awareness Day. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo police crack down on risky cycling as accidents rise: media
Tokyo police have introduced stricter punishments for four bicycle infractions amid concerns over increasing traffic violations by the growing cyclist population in the city, the Japan Times has said. ( read original story ...)
Municipal museum destroyed by 2011 disaster reopens in northeastern Japan
A municipal museum in northeastern Japan has been rebuilt and reopened to the public nearly 12 years after it was destroyed in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. ( read original story ...)
Yumi Asada on 20 years working in the ABC Tokyo bureau and covering 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster
A quiet Friday and then the building started to sway. For producer Yumi Asada, this signalled the start of a devastating triple disaster and a news story she'd cover for more than a decade. ( read original story ...)
Japan and keeping to the 1.5°C temperature rise limit
The speech from Tuvalu’s foreign minister for COP26 delivered in knee-deep water to drive home the risks to his low-lying island nation also spoke to the wider catastrophic impacts of a rise in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Police Cars Are Extremely Weird and Very Good
Well, that's not the case in Tokyo, where a wide variety of police wheels left me ... I just can't imagine a police officer conducting serious business—let alone engaging in pursuit—in a Daihatsu ... ( read original story ...)
Business enterprises in Japan
Number of private business enterprises Japan 2009-2016, by size Number of workers of private business enterprises Japan 2009-2016, by size 2. Business enterprises by size Number of private large ... ( read original story ...)
North Asia ramps up stockpiling for winter to cut costly spot LNG buys
Tokyo Tower is illuminated only in the lower-half part in response to the government's request to save electricity in Tokyo, Japan March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato ... ( read original story ...)
Russia turns to Japan for used car imports as domestic production slumps
With Russia's domestic car industry smarting from the impact of Western sanctions, sales of used cars are leading a relative resurgence, with Japan accounting for more than three quarters of those ... ( read original story ...)
Toho plans to release a new Japanese Godzilla film next year as the monster’s audience grows
Godzilla made its mark on the film industry 68 years ago, and the monster’s reign is growing more powerful due to streaming. ( read original story ...)
Japan accounts for more than three quarters of used vehicles imported to Russia
Japanese automaker Nissan last month took a $687 million loss in handing over its business in Russia to a state-owned entity for one euro, while rival Toyota has ended vehicle production in Russia. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Boosts Stake In Philippines’ RCBC With $460 Million Investment
Under the deal, Japan’s second-largest lender will buy 382 million RCBC shares at 71 pesos each, more than three times as much as Wednesday’s closing price. ( read original story ...)
Japan says North Korea has fired additional missile into sea, bringing day’s total to at least four
Japan says North Korea has fired additional missile into sea, bringing day’s total to at least four. Along the Jurua River, a tributary of the Amazon, riverine settlers and Indigenous villages are ... ( read original story ...)
Steakholder Foods® Receives First Registered Trademark in Japan
This milestone, along with a new collaboration with a Singaporean-based cultured seafood company reflects the company's recent efforts to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top business lobby to back pay hikes for inflation-hit workers
Japan's top business lobby will unveil Monday draft recommendations that will guide companies during next spring's wage negotiations. Final guidelines will be issued in January. ( read original story ...)