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 ...)
Japan’s Fukoku Life plans to boost stocks, foreign bonds without FX hedge
Japan's Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance FKMLI.UL plans to step up investments in risk assets such as stocks and foreign bonds, seeking portfolio diversification to secure a steady income to offset low ... ( read original story ...)
Utah Has Been Hit by Over 700 Earthquakes Since the Magnitude 5.7 Quake on March 18
According to University of Utah Seismograph Stations the two largest aftershocks reached 4.6 on the moment magnitude scale, occurring at at 8:02 am and 1:12 pm on Wednesday, March 18. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Financial Markets Gird for Tokyo Emergency Measures
As the world’s most populous city prepares to adopt emergency measures to contain the deadly coronavirus, Tokyo’s financial markets are about to find out how resilient they are to social distancing. ( read original story ...)
Olympic Flame’s public display in Japan suspended
The Olympic Flame will be taken off public display in Fukushima after a state of emergency was declared for Tokyo and surrounding areas. ( read original story ...)
Pandemic hurts ability of nations to face natural disasters
Before New Zealand began its four-week lockdown to fight the coronavirus, a reporter asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern what would happen if an earthquake struck ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic flame to stay a month in Fukushima; next stop unsure
The Olympic flame will at the J-Village National Training Center in Fukushima. The public will have limited access to view the flame, and organizers hope to limit the crowd size because of ... ( read original story ...)
Slow-slip earthquake studies reveal effect of undersea volcanoes
Slow slip earthquakes take place slowly over days to months ... Dr Barnes said the latest discovery was significant to countries like New Zealand, Japan and Costa Rica which sit on the Pacific Ring of ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus impact cuts Japan March hotel occupancy rate to lowest on record -research firm
"The industry is facing a bigger crisis than it had after the Lehman crisis and the 2011 (earthquake, tsunami and nuclear) disaster which hit northern Japan," said Shiori Sakurai, business development ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake caused widespread avalanches in Idaho’s mountain ranges
Even though we were in a location that was safe from avalanches, we felt very vulnerable as the mountains shook around us." ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘slow earthquake’ zones may curb massive damage: researchers
KYOTO -- Slow earthquakes, in which faults slip more slowly than standard earthquakes and do not cause ground shaking, may act as a barrier against major fault ruptures and curb massive damage ... ( read original story ...)
Japan leader says SKorea cancelling intel deal damages trust
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said South Korea's decision to cancel a deal to share military intelligence is damaging mutual trust, and he vowed to work closely with the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s July core inflation hovers at two-year low, adds pressure on BOJ
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core inflation was unchanged in July ... The economy grew an annualized 1.8% in the second quarter thanks to robust household consumption and business investment. But despite ... ( read original story ...)