Earthquakes have plagued Japan through the start of 2019. The latest tremor struck on the island of Kyushu on January 26. Fortunately no casualties were reported but the natural disaster followed two ... ( read original story ...)
5 powerful productivity tips I learned in Japan transformed my life and my business
For the past 24 years, I've been lucky enough to call Japan my home. What I've learned over that time is that things are different here. I've worked with executives from multi-national corporations su... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas taps British peer Centrica’s digital prowess in tie-up
TOKYO -- Tokyo Gas plans to leverage technological assistance from U.K. energy giant Centrica under a new partnership as the Japanese utility battles to keep its turf from eroding further in a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to strengthen steps to help foreign visitors in event of massive Tokyo quake during 2020 Olympics
The ministry will also notify visitors about the possibility of an earthquake on its website for foreigners ... quake along the Nankai Trough which extends off the coast of central Japan to the southw... ( read original story ...)
Silver Peak Appoints Dean Vaughan Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan to Accelerate Business Expansion Across the Region
SINGAPORE and TOKYO, Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver Peak ®, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network™, today ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas CEO Says to Step Up Overseas LNG Investment
Under a three-year business plan that kicked off last April, Tokyo Gas plans to spend 260 billion yen (2 billion pounds) to boost its earnings from abroad to 20 percent of its targeted operating profi... ( read original story ...)
PHC Holdings Signs Agreement to Acquire Anatomical Pathology Business from Thermo Fisher Scientific
TOKYO — PHC Holdings Corporation (headquarters ... to acquire Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology business for approximately US$ 1.14 billion. Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology business ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 77 km ESE of Ohara, Japan
A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Ohara in Japan. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 141.1344° East, 34.9184° North. A tsunami wa... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 213 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 213 km N of Chichi-shima, Japan (132 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:25:29 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka admitted her fear of ‘slipping and sliding’ on grass courts ahead of Wimbledon
Naomi Osaka has not let back-to-back Grand Slam victories go to her head, and has openly admitted her fears ahead of two of the year's biggest tournaments. Osaka has exhibited great tennis in the new ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese banks’ overseas business is ‘on fire’: WisdomTree
Watch JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon speak on the shutdown, Brexit and U.S.-China trade Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese cuisine still on a roll
... there is a huge potential for Japanese food because Japanese restaurant branches are concentrated in Bangkok, suburban areas and some tourist destinations. In a move to tap the ample business oppo... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Hirara in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Hirara in Japan. Id of earthquake: us2000j9g8. Event ids that are associated: us2000j9g8. A tsunami warni... ( read original story ...)
Australian Open: Osaka wins, becomes world no 1
Japan’s Naomi Osaka said she was “in a state of shock” on Saturday after holding her nerve to battle past Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open in a three-set thriller that also delivered her the w... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 55 km S of Hirara, Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Hirara in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j9ch. Id of event: us2000j9c... ( read original story ...)
Ring of Fire news: Japanese island ROCKED by third quake in three weeks
The quake, which happened at a dept of just over six miles, registered a lower 5 on the Japanese earthquake scale, equivalent to 4.4 on the standard moment magnitude scale in the town of Nagomi, which ... ( read original story ...)