Paramount Pictures chairman Jim Gianopulos delivered a keynote address to Tokyo's TIFFCOM content market Wednesday, offering a detailed recap of how COVID-19 has reshaped the movie business in 2020. ( read original story ...)
Japan left with only one nuclear reactor working due to shutdown
Japan will have to limp by on just one nuclear reactor for the next six weeks after Kansai Electric Power Co. shut down the No. 4 reactor at its Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, ... ( read original story ...)
Turnaround remains challenging for businesses hit by 2011 disaster in Japan
Firms involved in seafood processing, one of the main industries in the northeastern coastal areas hit hard by the disaster, are particularly struggling. ( read original story ...)
Path to turnaround remains challenging for firms hit by 2011 disaster in northeastern Japan
Many small businesses hit by the 2011 earthquake and the subsequent nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan continue to face difficul ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwanese start-up airline StarLux to begin flights to Japan
StarLux Airlines Co. said on Tuesday that it is ready to begin Tokyo and Osaka next month. Chief Executive Officer Glenn Chai told reporters that the airline will offer two round-trip flights each ... ( read original story ...)
Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 210 km depth
Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, information source, shake map, list of reports. Feature interactive map: submit / read I-felt-an-earthquake reports and links to ... ( read original story ...)
Survey of Tokyo 2020 sponsors reveals concerns about extra payments
A survey of Tokyo 2020 sponsors has revealed that no companies are planning on pulling out but there are significant worries about extra payments ... ( read original story ...)
Local woman donates $950,000 to help restore Japan’s quake-hit Kumamoto Castle
KUMAMOTO -- A local woman has donated 100 million yen (about $950,000) to this southwestern Japan city for the restoration of Kumamoto Castle damaged by the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake -- a record ... ( read original story ...)
FOCUS: Race to boost financial hub status intensifies among Japan cities
It provides support and advice in doing business in the city, with experts such as lawyers and accountants also available. "In times like this, speed matters," a city official said. Osaka is also ... ( read original story ...)
China & Japan Continue To Keep Turnstiles Spinning; ‘Demon Slayer’ Tops $150M – International Box Office
Asia continues to power international box office with local titles atop the charts. This is a trend we can expect to carry on as the Hollywood studios have widely vacated the rest of 2020, and as Euro ... ( read original story ...)
ZOZO launches ZOZOSUIT 2, a 3D body measurement suit, and opens its measurement technologies, ZOZOSUIT 2 and the ZOZOMAT for business partnership
In offering its measurement technologies to third parties, ZOZO hopes to power revolutionary new services by combining its measurement intelligence with the technologies and unique expertise of brand ... ( read original story ...)
‘Gender reveal’ cakes help expecting Japanese women feel connected amid COVID-19 crisis
Gender reveal parties, events in which pregnant women reveal the sex of their fetus via the color of the cross section of a cake or by other creative ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake of magnitude 4.7 reported 95 km northeast of Sapporo, Japan
Just 57 minutes ago, a 4.7 Fukagawa, Japan. The tremor was recorded early morning on Tuesday 3 November 2020 at 5.18 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 214 km below the surface ... ( read original story ...)
Former energy minister al-Sada honoured with Japan’s ‘Order of the Rising Sun’
Former Minister of Energy and Industry HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada is among this year’s foreign recipients of "2020 Autumn Imperial Decorations" ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks snap five-session losing streak on buybacks
Tokyo stocks rose for the first time in six sessions Monday ... Logistics firm Nippon Express rocketed 10.26% on the firm’s rosier profit forecasts for the current business year ending next March. ( read original story ...)
Most Tokyo Games sponsors see additional contributions as key factor to extend contracts
Around 80% of Japanese sponsors of the 2020 Tokyo Games postponed to next summer due to the coronavirus pandemic responded to a recent Mainichi Shimbu ... ( read original story ...)