Shareholder activism in Japan remains buoyant this year, although the numbers so far indicate it is likely to be slower than 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
ShakeAlert Promises Earthquake Early Warning Of About 10 Seconds
Earthquakes are highly destructive when they strike, and unlike many other natural disasters, they often hit with minimal warning. Unlike hurricanes and floods, and even volcanoes to an extent, ... ( read original story ...)
Over a million vaccines from Japan arrive in Taiwan as island continues Covid-19 battle
Taipei thanked Japan for the shipment of 1.24m doses of AstraZeneca’s product while the US has also promised to send supplies. ( read original story ...)
Japan LGBTQ activists push for equality law before Olympics
Japanese sexual minority groups and their supporters, in a last-ditch effort to get long-sought equality legislation passed before the Tokyo Olympics, submitted requests on Friday to the governing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan B2B Payment Services Customer Report 2021: Understand the Financial Services Needs of Business Customers – ResearchAndMarkets.com
The "Japan B2B Payment Services Voice of Customer, 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Japanese government encourages a shift toward cashless through initiatives such ... ( read original story ...)
A New Approach to Calculate Earthquake Slip Distributions
A transdimensional, probabilistic approach is more flexible than traditional least squares fits and provides better handling of sharply varying slip distributions. ( read original story ...)
Japan Donates More Than 1 Million AstraZeneca Jabs to Taiwan
Japan delivered to Taiwan 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca PLC's coronavirus vaccine on Friday for free, in a gesture that will more than double the number of shots the island has received to date. ( read original story ...)
Embattled Japan donates more than a million Covid-19 shots to Taiwan, doubling Taipei’s vaccine stocks
The Japanese government has gifted 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to Taiwan in an effort to alleviate the island’s supply challenges and slow down a domestic spike in virus cases ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s COVID vaccine arsenal more than doubled by donation from Japan
Japan will deliver to Taiwan on Friday 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca PLC’s coronavirus vaccine for free, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said, in a gesture that will more that double the amount ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to provide 1.24 mil. doses of vaccine to Taiwan
Japan will provide 1.24 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan in an effort to help the self-ruled island alleviate its struggle ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Japan’s April household spending rises faster than expected
April household spending up 13.0% y/y vs f’cast +9.3% * Household spending up 0.1% m/m in April vs f’cast -2.2% * Spending surges after taking heavy hit in April last year (Adds analyst comments) ... ( read original story ...)
People Spurning Former Jobs And Naomi Osaka Are The Same Event
Many people are deeply perturbed with tennis player Naomi Osaka. How had she the gall to refuse time with the press when that was part of the contract with the French Open? Why wasn’t she performing ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s Withdrawal From the French Open Raises a Question Every Leader Must Be Prepared to Answer
Citing mental health concerns, tennis superstar Naomi Osaka refused to attend post-press conferences. If you ran the French Open, what would you have done? ( read original story ...)
Japan’s service sector shrinks for 16th month as health crisis hits demand
Japan's services sector activity contracted for the 16th consecutive month in May as an extension of coronavirus emergency curbs at home and ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka serves and aces press conferences. But why we do we even bother with them?
Tennis star Naomi Osaka has forced a conversation about press conferences. If they're just 'television images but not news', why have them at all? ( read original story ...)
Chris Jones: Naomi Osaka’s protest will succeed — because celebrity is changing fast
One night before the pandemic, I watched a famous Broadway star generously spend a half-hour or so greeting fans outside the theater. As we stood on the sidewalk, I remarked upon the warm post-show ... ( read original story ...)