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 ...)
Public viewing of Tokyo tuna auctions resumes
Public viewing of tuna auctions resumed on Monday at the Toyosu Market in Koto Ward, Tokyo, about eight months after it was suspended amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Argentina, Bolivia, Japan extend condolences to quake-hit Turkey
Top authorities from Argentina, Bolivia and Japan extended their condolences to Turkey on Monday over the loss of lives from last week's earthquake in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese apparel maker Renown to go into liquidation as sales hit by virus
Japanese apparel maker Renown Inc., which had sought court protection to revive its century-old business, will go into liquidation am ... ( read original story ...)
Japan panel makers see capacity utilization rates keep improving
Japan-based LCD panel makers including JDI and Sharp, a unit of Foxconn Electronics, have seen capacity utilization rates at their fabs improve significantly thanks to a robust panel demand for IT and ... ( read original story ...)
South America, Japan stand with quake-hit Turkey
Reminding that his country also suffered greatly from earthquakes, Suga said "Japan and Turkey have always supported each other in past earthquakes. Japan is forever with the Turkish people while ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nidec plans $2b EV motor factory in Europe: Nikkei
Nidec Corp will spend 200 billion yen (US$1.9 billion) on a new plant in Serbia to build motors for electric vehicles. ( read original story ...)