Southeast Asia offers a blank slate for Japan's biggest name in bookstores and video rentals, a business that is being made history by Netflix and other streaming services. ( read original story ...)
Japan: Nikkei starts 2022 with gains
At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average advanced 510.08 points, or 1.77%, to 29,301.79. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange added 37.89 points, ... ( read original story ...)
Daily COVID cases top 1,000 in Japan for first time in three months -Jiji
The number of new COVID-19 infections in Japan rose above 1,000 on Tuesday for the first time in three months, the Jiji news agency reported. ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Osaka aims to rediscover love for the game after winning return
Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka said rediscovering her love for tennis and not focusing on results and rankings were among her top goals for 2022, following her return to action in Melbourne on ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Rusty Osaka sees off Cornet in error-strewn return
Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka was rusty on her return to action for the first time in four months on Tuesday but still advanced to the second round of the Melbourne Summer Set tournament with a ... ( read original story ...)
PRESS RELEASE: Armacell strengthens its presence in Japan
Acquisition Armacell strengthens its presence in Japan (news with additional features) 2022-01-04 / 11:37 The issuer is ... ( read original story ...)
Workers pack Kanda Myojin shrine to pray for good business
Company employees, many wearing suits, flocked to Kanda Myojin shrine in central Tokyo to offer traditional prayers for “good business” on Jan. 4, the first working day of the year for many people. ( read original story ...)
Japan starts year’s 1st day of work amid Omicron fears
Japan's central and local governments as well as many companies started the year's first day of work Tuesday amid growing fear over the Omicron variant of coronavirus. The highly transmissible Omicron ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida lays out new contigency plan against Omicron risk
Japan will gear up efforts to deal with a possible surge in Omicron coronavirus cases and aim to deliver oral treatment using Pfizer Inc's drugs nationwide next month, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ... ( read original story ...)
6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan’s Ogasawara Islands: JMA
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on Tuesday struck off Japan's Ogasawara Islands of Tokyo Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). ( read original story ...)
6.3-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on Tuesday struck off Japan's Ogasawara Islands of Tokyo Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 6:09 a.m. ( read original story ...)
A 5.7 magnitude quake hits remote Japanese islands
TOKYO: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit remote Japanese islands in the Pacific early on Tuesday (Jan 4), but there was no tsunami warning, officials said. The underwater quake, measuring 43.4km in depth ... ( read original story ...)
Strong Quake Hits Japan’s Ogasawara Islands
News; Strong Quake Hits Japan's Ogasawara Islands; Strong Quake Hits Japan's Ogasawara Islands. News from Japan. Society Jan 4, 2022 ... ( read original story ...)
Murder mystery games a hit in China but Japan missing the fun
In the quiet suburban streets of Kami-Ikebukuro in Tokyo stands a three-story house that looks no different from the rest. Inside, ho ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese company launches ice pops using persimmons headed for the garbage heap
A travel agency in this southwest Japan city has launched ice pops using local persimmons that would otherwise have landed in the g ... ( read original story ...)
What I learned working for a Japanese company by Peter Hanami
Japan was the second-largest economy in Asia with an annual gross domestic product of US $4.15 trillion dollars, a population of 126 million people, and a GDP per head of US $32,700 in 2004. ( read original story ...)