A top leader for the Tokyo Olympics resigned Thursday after acknowledging that he made a derogatory remark about a well-known female Japanese entertainer, another scandal that has angered women's ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games creative head quits over sexist remarks
Tokyo Olympics creative head Hiroshi Sasaki said he has resigned after making a derogatory comment about a popular female Japanese entertainer, in the latest controversy over insensitive remarks ... ( read original story ...)
Confirmed: Greater Tokyo’s state of emergency ends after Sunday March 21
The state of emergency will be lifted as planned on March 22 for Tokyo, but some restrictions remain in place After Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on the evening of Wednesday March 17 that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to end coronavirus emergency in Tokyo despite rebound fears
Japan on Thursday will approve ending a monthslong state of emergency in Tokyo set up to curb the spread of the coronavirus, despite concerns of a resurgence ahead of the spring party season and next ... ( read original story ...)
Change in way Japan does business arising from coronavirus pandemic forecast to continue by Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
THE coronavirus pandemic is “likely to usher in a raft of structural changes in the way Japan does business”, the £761 million Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has declared. The investment trust ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court denies resumption of Tokai Daini nuclear power plant: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Mito District Court ruled on Thursday that ... Operation of the plant in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, has been suspended since a major earthquake in March 2011, ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan’s carmaking heavyweights could be facing an electric shock
Japan’s traditional carmaking giants need to raise their game in the race to develop pure, battery-driven electric vehicles or risk being left behind by Chinese, American and European producers, ... ( read original story ...)
Tracking past earthquakes along the Japan Trench
The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) and Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (MarE3) / Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) will joi ... ( read original story ...)
Why Selling To Japanese Buyers Can Be So Hard, And What To Do About It
Knowing what a client needs is the key enabler to craft a sales presentation tailored to that particular buyer that resonates, excites and satisfies. ( read original story ...)
Ten years after the Fukushima disaster in Japan
Rather than lessons being learned, the true cause of the disaster is being papered over to protect the capitalist profit system. ( read original story ...)
Konichiwa Osaka! W Hotels Debuts in Japan with the Opening of W Osaka
W Hotels Worldwide, part of Marriott Bonvoy's portfolio of 30 extraordinary brands, today lifted the curtains on Japan's first-ever W Hotel. Making its debut along vibrant Midosuji Boulevard, W Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, US to share China concern as ministers meet in Tokyo
Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are to discuss their concern over China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the President Joe Biden’s administration tries to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Fast Retailing says two supplier factories set on fire in Myanmar
Japan's Fast Retailing Co 9983.T said on Tuesday that two supplier factories in Myanmar had been set on fire amid violent unrest following a military coup. The Kyodo News agency said the blaze ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hit with magnitude 5.0 earthquake
Watch "Japan hit with magnitude 5.0 earthquake", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Healthcare Innovation Goes Hand-In-Hand With Quality Of Life
Faced with the most elderly population in the world, Japan is applying its technological know-how to coping with the problems that arise from this social phenomenon, particularly in the area of ... ( read original story ...)
Institutional Investor Publishes 2021 Japan Research Rankings
Daiwa Securities Group achieves first place in the leaders’ table as this year’s top research provider for JapanNEW YORK, March 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Japan Research survey determines the ... ( read original story ...)