If you love the Japanese rice cakes called mochi, early January is your last chance to get it at Japantown’s oldest business Benkyodo Company. ( read original story ...)
Anyone who has come here once will have to come back. Japan – the land of the cherry blossom
Japan is a very surprising and not always understandable country for Europeans. Its geographical position, its specific language, the special casino rules that can be seen on このページ, the peculiarities ... ( read original story ...)
Conor McGregor, Naomi Osaka, Formula 1: The Best Sports Business Stories Of 2021
The pandemic may have staggered the sports world in 2020, but 2021 was all about getting up off the mat. Here are some of our favorite stories from this year from Forbes’ SportsMoney team. ( read original story ...)
‘She dominates like Serena Williams’ claims Martina Navratilova on Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka goes about her business similarly to 23-time Slam champion Serena Williams according to tennis legend Martina Navratilova. ( read original story ...)
Profit recovery from pandemic to keep Tokyo stocks on uptrend in 2022
Market analysts forecast the benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average to rise to as high as 34,000, a level not seen since March 1990. ( read original story ...)
Japan: The Top News Stories of 2021
COVID-19 continued to dominate Japan’s headlines in 2021. The delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics were also held, and Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide stepped down to be replaced by Kishida Fumio. ( read original story ...)
Minor magnitude 2.6 earthquake at 184 km depth
Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, source, shake map, list of reports. File an "I felt it" report if you felt the quake! Features interactive map, read user ... ( read original story ...)
Biggest UK house price jump since 2006; Nikkei’s highest year-end close since 1989 – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ... ( read original story ...)
Biggest UK house price jump since 2006; Nikkei’s hits highest year-end close since 1989 – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ... ( read original story ...)
FOCUS: Profit recovery from pandemic to keep Tokyo stocks on uptrend in 2022
The Tokyo stock market is expected to maintain its upward momentum into 2022, as a continued rebound in corporate earnings will likely offset lingering concerns over global inflation along with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: New Fund Addresses SME Succession Crisis
The fund seeks to tackle a thorny problem: Many of Japan’s SMEs have been family-run for generations and face an uncertain future because there is no family member to take over the business. The fund ... ( read original story ...)
Japan keeps budget for lawmakers’ trips abroad despite pandemic
Japan’s draft budget for fiscal 2022, starting in April, includes ¥562 million in expenses for overseas fact-finding trips by lawmakers, almost unchanged from previous years, despite almost all such ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate 4.6 quake hits near Chiba, Chiba-shi, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake near Chiba, Chiba-shi, Japan, was reported only 12 minutes ago by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), considered the main ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s dairy industry to make massive milk donations to food banks, children’s cafeterias
Japan's raw milk producers have a New Year's period problem: demand is plummeting, meaning huge quantities of the white stuff may have to be ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan’s Economy May Surprise Us In 2022
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has articulated a clearer path to raising the country’s economic game than Shinzo Abe did in nearly eight years. ( read original story ...)
Record Number of Japanese Startups to Present at CES 2022 in Las Vegas
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) announced today that 52 technology startups will showcase their innovations at CES 2022 from Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas. The number of startups representing ... ( read original story ...)