The Japan Tourism Agency estimates overseas visitors spent 672.7 billion yen, or about 6.3 billion dollars, from January to March while they were in the country. That is down 41.6 percent from the ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka asks citizens for raincoats amid shortage of protective gear
The Osaka city government requested Tuesday that citizens offer unused raincoats as an alternative to protective gear that is in shor ... ( read original story ...)
5.4-magnitude quake hits 102 km ESE of Nago, Japan — USGS
HONG KONG, April 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 102 km ESE of Nago, Japan on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka asks for raincoats as medical workers short of anti-virus gear
The Osaka Municipal Government said it will accept raincoats of any type and color but they have to be unused. “We’d like to seek cooperation from those who have raincoats that have never been used,” ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign Visitors to Japan Plummet 93% in March on Coronavirus
Total foreign arrivals, which include tourism and business arrivals, plunged to just 193,700 from 2.76 million in the same month last year, the Japan National Tourism Organization said. Wealth of ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Japan Sees More Patients and a Dire Projection
Japan could see some 850,000 people seriously sickened by the coronavirus and almost half of them dying if no social distancing or other measures are followed, according to an expert estimate released ... ( read original story ...)
Shiseido: Japan Cosmetics Giant’s Outlook Is Less Pretty This Year, But Share Price Has Yet To Look In The Mirror
Shiseido is a Japanese cosmetics and personal care company with a portfolio of brands and is the fifth largest cosmetics company globally. Notwithstanding Shise ... ( read original story ...)
‘A Reminder That Nature Is Strong’: In Japan, A 1,000-Year-Old Cherry Tree Blooms
At more than 1,000 years old, the tree has lived through wars and famines, earthquakes and storms. One of the worst nuclear disasters in history took place in 2011 near this part of northeastern Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Central gov’t pushed back on Tokyo’s business closure request to fight coronavirus
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been working out plans to ask a wide range of businesses where people could crowd together to halt operations in･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
In Rural Japan, a 370-Year-Old Tradition Falls to One Child
Every year, students in a mountain village spend months preparing for an elaborate Kabuki performance. An aging society has put their show — and their school — in jeopardy. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s February Machinery Orders Rise in Sign of Business Resilience
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders unexpectedly rose in February, suggesting business investment remained resilient even as companies braced for a major jolt to demand from the ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Accordia Golf Trust Updates On Impact Of State Of Emergency Announcement In Japan
Accordia Golf Trust: * UPDATES ON IMPACT OF STATE OF EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN JAPAN * JAPAN LOCAL GOVTS OF AFFECTED PREFECTURES ANNOUNCED TYPES OF BUSINESS T ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s March Bankruptcies Rise as Coronavirus Halts Business
Tokyo Shoko Research, which tracks Japanese bankruptcies, said there were 740 in March, up 11.8 % from a year earlier. Among them, 12 firms went bankrupt due to the coronavirus pandemic as declines in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Revises Down Emission Figures Cut by Renewables, Nuclear
Japan revised lower its latest greenhouse gas emissions figures, which it had already reported as the least since records began in 1990.Emissions fell 3.9% from a year earlier, data Tuesday from the ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Japan gov’t has duty to help protect vulnerable workers’ jobs amid pandemic
Business results at Japanese companies have gone into freefall as the novel coronavirus continues to spread, sending severe tremors across the country･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Just Energy Announces Sale of Japanese Business
Just Energy Group Inc. (“Just Energy” or the “Company”) today announced that it has sold all of the shares of Just Energy Japan KK (“Just Energy Japan”) to Astmax Trading, Inc. The purchase price was ... ( read original story ...)