An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, the weather agency here said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor, ... ( read original story ...)
Learn more about Tokyo’s start-up ecosystem by joining Oct 27 online event
In the wake of the unprecedented success of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) seems to be keen to elevate the city’s reputation as a center not just ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s core consumer prices hit 8-year high, rise 3% YoY in Sep
Core consumer prices in Japan rose 3 per cent in September to a fresh eight-year high from a year earlier, the government said in a report ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s inflation hits 8-year high in test of BOJ’s dovish policy
Japan's core consumer inflation rate accelerated to a fresh eight-year high of 3.0% in September, exceeding the central bank's 2% target for the sixth straight month as the yen's slump to 32-year lows ... ( read original story ...)
Keeping trust with Tokyo
Christopher Jue Resources supply chain security has a place in Japan’s economic and business psyche that’s difficult to overstate. In a super-tight global gas market, there are tensions in Australia ... ( read original story ...)
CoachHub Opens New Office In Tokyo, Triples Japanese Coach Headcount Over Last Quarter
The SoftBank Vision Fund 2 backed global digital coaching company supports leading enterprises like Twitter, Fujitsu, Asics, TDK and Japan Tobacco International to enhance ... ( read original story ...)
Is there a relationship between COVID-19 infections and everyday human mobility in metropolitan areas?
More than two years have passed since the first outbreak of COVID-19, and infection rates continue to change as new strains emerge. Many aspects of COVID-19—especially the long-term effects—remain ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Operation of Japan’s glitchy missile warning system needs review
North Korea has fired a series of ballistic missiles, and on Oct. 4 one of them flew over the Japanese archipelago for the first time in five years. T ... ( read original story ...)
Australia-Japan relationship is not just business anymore
Albanese's hosting of Kishida in Perth highlights rising security ties ... ( read original story ...)
Peter McGrail out to address ‘unfinished business’ in Japan after Tokyo fight confirmed
Peter McGrail has secured a place on the undercard of the huge undisputed showdown between Naoya Inoue and Paul Butler in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Meiji Yasuda to buy U.S.-based Securian’s group pension business
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance will acquire the group pension operations of U.S.-based Securian Financial Group, as one of Japan's oldest and largest insurers invests proactively in growth abroad even as ... ( read original story ...)
Fever-Tree enters Japanese market with Asahi partnership
Premium mixer brand Fever-Tree has signed a partnership with Asahi Breweries in Japan as it looks to move further into international markets. Founded in 1889 in Osaka as the Osaka Breweries, Asahi ... ( read original story ...)
Researchers develop edible, 3D-printed QR codes embedded inside cookies
Well, would you like a QR code embedded in your food? Because researchers from Osaka University developed “interiqr” — a novel three-dimensional printing method of embedding edible QR codes — in the ... ( read original story ...)
nCino and IBM Complete Successful Go-Live of Tokyo-based Kiraboshi Bank
Cino, Inc., a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the global financial services industry, announced that Kiraboshi Bank, a regional bank based in Tokyo, Japan, is live on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Australia to seek security agreement when premiers meet this week: Report
TOKYO: Japan and Australia seek to reach a new security agreement with particular regard to China's maritime expansion when the two countries' prime ministers meet in Perth on Saturday (Oct 22), Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will respond decisively to excessive FX moves, finmin says
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki warned on Tuesday Japan would take appropriate and decisive action against excessive currency moves driven by speculators, suggesting market intervention was ... ( read original story ...)