In response to concerns that personal information belonging to users of free messaging app Line was accessible to a Chinese affiliate firm, Prime Mini ... ( read original story ...)
Evolution of aseismic slip rate along plate boundary faults before and after megathrust earthquakes
The aseismic slip rate, which increases sharply immediately after a giant earthquake and then rapidly decays, increases again gradually toward the next event, according to observations of earthquakes ... ( read original story ...)
It’s almost the ‘Europification’ of Japan at times, says AllianceBernstein portfolio manager
John Taylor, co-head for European fixed income and portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, said it feels like the "Europification" of Japan at times. ( read original story ...)
Japanese food-tech venture Next Meats gets listed on the first plant-based stock Index, VegTech Index
Plant based business expert Elysabeth Alfano and vegan investor Sasha Goodman revealed the VegTech Index earlier this month, listing 21 globally operating environmentally conscious companies which are ... ( read original story ...)
Presence of interplate channel layer controls of slip during and after the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake through the frictional characteristics
Although the large coseismic slip of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake was limited to the middle segment, the observed negative residual gravity anomaly area in the southern segment corresponds to the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo business closure orders spur confusion days before capital reopens
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued business closure orders — as opposed to closure requests — on Thursday to more than two dozen food establishments that failed or refused to comply with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo orders 27 noncompliant businesses to close early
“We wanted to avoid giving business operators the impression that they can keep operating longer than requested,” a metropolitan government official said. “More businesses may defy the request if we ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei closes down after BoJ policy decision
Tokyos benchmark Nikkei index closed down more than 14 FridayJapanese shares opened lower as investors locked in profits after a rise ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Father-to-be Seaton has ‘unfished business’ with Games
Two-time Irish Olympian Ryan Seaton is set to miss the birth of his first child as he prepares to qualify for his third Games in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo gov’t orders noncompliant eateries to close early days before emergency end
TOKYO -- In the first move of its kind in Japan ... eateries in the Japanese capital to comply with shortened business hours requests. The metro government used powers laid down in Article ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s ‘Kill Bill’ restaurant cuts hours as fines levied over COVID curbs
The Tokyo operator of a restaurant famous for its cinematic links to the movie "Kill Bill: Volume I" has agreed to shorten its hours as the city government began enforcing fines for businesses failing ... ( read original story ...)
Despite easing of coronavirus measures, Tokyo restaurants don’t see a quick rebound
Restaurants and bars will continue to be asked to close early until the end of March, with the deadline pushed back by an hour to 9 p.m. ( read original story ...)
These Japanese Startups Are Powering Space Development
Japanese startups are helping power global space industry growth by supplying two essential tools for space development: robots and satellites. ( read original story ...)
Japanese company picks North Carolina over Texas for massive 725-job project
Project Galaxy, identified as Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, has made it official – picking the Raleigh, North Carolina area over a competing site in Texas for a $1.5 billion, 725-job biologics ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo team wants to use Wi-Fi and water to make monitoring crowd size easy
A group of entrepreneurs from Tokyo wants Wi-Fi to do more than just connect people ... The bounces increase as more people enter the space, which could trigger an alert to warn business owners or ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court denies nuke plant restart over evacuation plan
A Japanese court on Thursday ruled that a nuclear power plant northeast of Tokyo should not restart because it lacks an adequate emergency plans to safely evacuate ... ( read original story ...)