Japan was shaken near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 only 13 minutes ago, NIED reported. The quake hit at a great depth of 374.3 km beneath the epicenter near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate yet deep magnitude 5.9 earthquake 89 km southeast of Ise, Japan
Japan was shaken near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 only 13 minutes ago, NIED reported. The quake hit at a great depth of 374.3 km beneath the epicenter near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, ... ( read original story ...)
1st LD Writethru: 5.3-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Mie Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 on Friday struck off Japan's Mie Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 10:39 p.m. local time, with its ... ( read original story ...)
Light magnitude 4.8 quake hits 54 km south of Obihiro, Japan in the afternoon
Just 11 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Obihiro, Obihiro Shi, Hokkaido, Japan. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Friday 15 January 2021 at 5:40 pm local time, at a ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, You Can Rent a Person To Do Nothing
But for one man in Japan, it's quite the opposite. Shoji Morimoto, 37, lives in Tokyo and has been offering himself “for rent” since 2018 to do nothing. Yes, nothing. He takes requests from people ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Tertiary Activity Drops In November
Japan's tertiary activity dropped for the sixth month in a row in November, data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ... ( read original story ...)
Disaster in Japan
Nineteen hours after the world's fifth strongest earthquake rippled across Japan, causing several aftershocks and a horrific tsunami, 500 people are known dead with nearly 600 more missing. Edwin ... ( read original story ...)
How Japanese companies prepared for Brexit
I originally wrote the article below for the Teikoku Databank News in September 2019. On re-reading it, I am relieved to see my predictions held up. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Wants the Olympics to Happen Even if the Public Doesn’t
Tokyo Wants the Olympics to Happen Even if... The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, rescheduled for this July and August but still keeping the 2020 name, will be a landmark event that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bars entry for new arrivals and business travelers due to new COVID-19 strains
Authorities will name and shame returnees who breach quarantine restriction, and rescind the residency status of foreign nationals if they fail to adhere to controls. ( read original story ...)
Decision to halt all business travel to Japan an abrupt about-face for Suga administration
To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government announced on Jan. 13 that it will suspend entry of all nonresident foreign nationals in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan suspends business visit program for 11 economies including Sri Lanka
Japan has suspended a program that allowed business visits by people from certain economies as it tightened border restrictions over renewed coronavirus fears ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new virus emergency met with public indifference
Japan’s expanded state of emergency went into effect Thursday as the government seeks to stop a surge of new coronavirus infections, though with the restrictions not binding ... ( read original story ...)
Japan suspends business visit program for Vietnam, 10 other economies
Japan has suspended a program that allowed business visits by people from certain countries, including Vietnam, as it tightened border restrictions over renewed coronavirus fears. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-based SODA, which runs Japan’s largest sneaker resell platform, lands $22 million led by SoftBank Ventures Asia
Tokyo-based SODA, which runs sneaker reselling platform SNKRDUNK, has raised a $22 million Series B led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. Investors also included basepartners, Colopl Next, THE GUILD and ... ( read original story ...)
What Japan’s Disaster-Proofing Strategies Can Teach the World
The country’s infrastructure is already one of the world’s safest, and investment in risk management is ramping up. ( read original story ...)