Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens up 1.00 pct

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened up 1.00 percent at 27,723.70 on Friday, while the broader Topix gained 1.10 percent at 1,869.35. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)

Japan buys 122,180 tonnes food wheat via tender

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought 122,180 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada, and Australia in a regular tender. Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps a ... ( read original story ...)

M6.0 earthquake hits off the coast of Fukushima

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima Prefecture at 8:58 a.m. local time on Friday, according to Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake hit at a depth of 40 ... ( read original story ...)

Macromill Opens Life Science Business

Tokyo-based online specialist Macromill has launched a Life Science Business, which will conduct research and acquire biochemical data relating to healthcare, and use panels for human clinical trials ... ( read original story ...)