This year’s Remote Island Disaster Exercise, or RIDEX, involved about 200 Marines and airmen from the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Kadena Air Base, along with 400 troops from the Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.1 just reported 42 km south of Nemuro, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred early morning on Thursday, November 4th, 2021, at 1:58 am local time near Nemuro, Nemuro-shi, Hokkaido, Japan, as reported by Japan's National Research ... ( read original story ...)
China’s common prosperity push may force Japanese businesses to ‘reconsider investment strategy’
Japanese businesspeople working in China say they have been disappointed with Beijing’s current policy direction, which might stifle spending and investment. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Cement Group Announces FY22 Q2 Results
Quarterly Financial Review Tokyo Cement Group (Tokyo Cement) reported its results for the second quarter ended 30th September 2021, with a turnover of Rs. 11,885 Mn reflecting a Year-on-Year growth of ... ( read original story ...)
Weak magnitude 2.7 earthquake at 31 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 ...)
Japan to reduce quarantine from 10 to three days for business travelers and students
The government is considering reducing the quarantine time for vaccinated foreign nationals that arrive in Japan for short business trips, study abroad and technical training to three days from the ... ( read original story ...)
With patrons missing, 20% of Tokyo restaurants keep shorter hours
Despite the lifting of pandemic-related business restrictions, nearly a fifth of restaurants in Tokyo have maintained shorter operating hours due to uncertainty over the return of customers. The ... ( read original story ...)
Police hunting for loose monkey spotted in Tokyo
Police in Tokyo are trying to locate a loose monkey in the city after the primate was spotted near a religious shrine and a subway station. ( read original story ...)
Inspur Information and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Make Parking Smarter Using AI and Edge Computing
Inspur Information and the Tokyo Institute of Technology announced a collaboration to build a smart parking system using edge computing. The parking system uses Inspur Information’s EIS200 edge ... ( read original story ...)
Yasuharu Sasaki Named CCO at Dentsu Tokyo
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo has announced that the company has appointed Yasuharu Sasaki as its Chief Creative Officer. Sasaki will lead the 800-plus team of creatives in the company, as they aim to help client ... ( read original story ...)
Bridgestone exiting conveyor belt business in portfolio restructure
Bridgestone will withdraw completely from the conveyor belt business by the end of 2024. What does this mean for the company? ( read original story ...)
Japan Looks to Restart Issuing Business Visas, Nikkei Says
Japan is looking at restarting issuance of long-term business visas as part of a broader easing of Covid-era border controls, the Nikkei reported without citing how it obtained the information. ( read original story ...)
Chancellor: Japan tortoise will outpace U.S. hare
Japan might be said to have invented stakeholder capitalism. Its companies have long proclaimed an allegiance to the “five joys” – namely employees, customers, suppliers, society, and last of all, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan looks to resume issuing long-term business visas
Japan will consider resuming issuance of long-term visas to foreign business travelers as coronavirus cases decline and other countries make progress on vaccinating their populations, Nikkei has ... ( read original story ...)
Light magnitude 2.9 earthquake at 8 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 ...)
Japan To Ease COVID Quarantine Norms For Business Travellers From Nov 8; To Boost Economy
As the cases of COVID-19 show a declining trend in Japan, the government has announced to ease quarantine guidelines for business travellers from November 8. ( read original story ...)