Amid mounting sanctions against Russia, Japanese electronics company Toshiba Corporation announced it is halting new orders and investments in Moscow. ( read original story ...)
Japan approves Novavax as 4th COVID vaccine amid new surge
Japan’s health ministry on Tuesday formally approved Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, a fourth foreign-developed tool to combat the infections as the country sees signs of a resurgence led ... ( read original story ...)
Cool Sales and Safety Jobs in Japan for April
There’s a great story the sales trainer Zig Ziglar used to tell about the importance of sales. He called it “The Proud Profession” and described it from the perspective of a person who wants to buy a ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake jolts northeastern Japan: Report
TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday (Apr 19), the national broadcaster NHK said. The epicentre of the earthquake was Fukushima Prefecture, the ... ( read original story ...)
Davao Oriental: Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 jolts Mindanao island in Philippines
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 hit Japan’s northeastern Fukushima Prefecture, the national broadcaster NHK said. However, no tsunami warning has been issued yet. It was reported at around 8.16am local ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s 7-Eleven operator picks former Uber executive as it looks overseas
Japanese retailer Seven & I Holdings Co , facing pressure from activist investors for structural reforms, has nominated a former executive of Uber Technologies Inc to join its board of directors, the ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes strike Philippines and Japan
The quake in the Filipino island of Mindanao was initially measured at magnitude 6.0. Earlier, an earthquake measuring 5.3 jolted northeastern Japan. ( read original story ...)
Insight – Tokyo’s superhero stocks need to take charge
TO wipe out superheroes, the villain of the Pixar movie The Incredibles had a fiendish plot: He would make them ubiquitous. ( read original story ...)
M5.3 quake hits Ibaraki, Fukushima, other parts of Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures as well as other parts of Japan on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake jolts northeastern Japan – NHK
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, the national broadcaster NHK said. ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake shakes Fukushima region
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 90 kilometers Fukushima Prefecture, on Tues ... ( read original story ...)
School bags are big business in Japan as classes start for another year
The iconic Japanese school bag has spawned an entire industry of its own, with manufacturers offering an endless range of customizable options, and some models even selling for more than 100,000 yen. ( read original story ...)
The Secret to Trader Joe’s Success? Embracing This Japanese Business Strategy
As just one example, beloved grocery chain Trader Joe’s has been practicing kaizen since 2007, when CEO John Bane adopted it in order to help the company expand. It’s not a coincidence that ... ( read original story ...)
From Punctuality To Super Cleanliness, Things That Make Japanese Trains Among The Best In The World
Railroads in Japan go back 140 years. Over this time, an impressive amount of know-how has been accumulated to ensure smooth-running railways. This helped to design a system that today is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby head says premature for BOJ to debate policy tweak
TOKYO : Japanese business lobby Keidanren's head Masakazu Tokura said on Monday it was premature for the central bank to debate tweaking monetary policy, in the wake of the yen's sharp declines ... ( read original story ...)
Japan on high alert after being rocked by second earthquake within 48 hours
The CGTN news agency said in a post on Twitter: “M5.5 earthquake struck Japan on Friday at 11.25pm local time at a depth of 20km (12.4 miles), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has reported.” ... ( read original story ...)