Stocks involved in Japan’s semiconductor supply chain jumped in Tokyo on Tuesday following a report that chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will build an advanced packaging facility in ... ( read original story ...)
Keep Japanese Yen Hedged Despite Higher Manufacturing Activity
A s a global Covid-19 vaccine continues its deployment globally, Japan's economy is showing signs of life with its manufacturing activity ticking higher in December. Nonetheless, investors should keep ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Japanese utility executives turned blind eye to tsunami risk
Executives at Tokyo Electric Power downplayed the risks of a deadly tsunami, according to a Japanese press report. ( read original story ...)
Japan fish auction fizzles as Tokyo’s ‘Tuna King’ fails to bid, citing pandemic woes
The most expensive fish of the day – a 208kg (459-pound) bluefin caught off the northern Aomori region of Japan – was bought for a fraction of the millions of US dollars usually shelled out at the New ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo records second highest daily COVID total; US bases count another 34 coronavirus cases
In South Korea, all foreign travelers arriving after noon Friday must provide proof of a negative PCR test for the coronavirus within 72 hours of their departure for the peninsula. ( read original story ...)
JGBs gain on imminent COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo
TOKYO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds (JGBs) gained on Tuesday as an imminent tightening of social restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 underpinned the allure of low-risk ... ( read original story ...)
NHK WORLD-JAPAN to explore Mega-Tsunami
First-hand footage, insights, eyewitness reports TOKYO, JAPAN - Media OutReach - 5 January 2021 - NHK WORLD-JAPAN, the 24-hour international English-language TV channel from Japan's public broadcaster ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Office Workers Pray on the First Business Day of the New Year
Office workers, wearing face masks to ward off the coronavirus, pray at Kanda Myojin shrine on the first business day of the new year in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, January 4, 2021. Photo by Keizo Mori/U ... ( read original story ...)
Palantir Technologies Expands Japan Business with New $22.5 Million Contract
Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) announced today that on December 28, 2020, it was awarded a $22.5 million, one-year contract in partnership with SOMPO Holdings for the “Real Data Platform for ... ( read original story ...)
Activists in Japan rally against plans to export radioactive material to Utah
Activist and farmer Tomoyo Tamayama was already an expert in the ways radiation exposure can disrupt communities when earthquakes shook Japan’s Pacific coast in 2011.The quakes and associated tsunami ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Mulling Declaring Emergency for Tokyo as Cases Surge
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is considering a state of emergency in Tokyo and surrounding areas, with coronavirus cases at record highs and Japan’s vaccine rollout still more than a month away. ( read original story ...)
Likely Tokyo Emergency Adds to Fears Economy Will Shrink Again
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s heavy hint that he will declare an emergency in the area around Tokyo later this week has deepened fears that Japan’s economy will shrink again even with the support of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close down on first trading day of the year
Tokyo stocks closed down on Monday, the first trading day of the year, after a volatile session with investors nervous as the government weighs ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Japan: Tokyo braces for fresh state of emergency as cases spike
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has so far held off on declaring another emergency as it could slow his push to keep the country’s economy going. ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks start year in red as Tokyo braces for state of emergency
Japanese shares ended lower on Monday after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he is considering a state of emergency for Tokyo and surrounding prefectures to contain a spike in local coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes near Ōfunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred early evening on Sunday 3 January 2021 at 6:59 pm local time near Ōfunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan, as reported by NIED. According to preliminary data, the ... ( read original story ...)