The archery venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games was officially unveiled on Sunday, becoming the first of the Games new venues to be completed. Yumenoshima Park Archery Field, located ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude-5.6 earthquake jolts Japan, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck Japan's northernmost Hokkaido prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. According to the JMA, the earthquake, which ... ( read original story ...)
5.6-magnitude earthquake hits Japan
Tokyo, April 28 (IANS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck Japan’s northernmost Hokkaido prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. According to the JMA, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan activist Murakami advances in bid for lucrative crematorium business
Tokyo-based Kosaido emerged earlier this year as the unlikely battleground between Murakami, 59, and U.S. private equity giant Bain & Co, after both made competing bids for it - and its stake in a ... ( read original story ...)
Sony sees lower annual profit as gaming business slows
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Sony Corp warned its annual operating profit would drop, after two years of record highs, as its previously thriving gaming business slows and its PlayStation 4 (PS4 ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka downs Hsieh in Stuttgart opener
Stuttgart — World No 1 Naomi Osaka beat Hsieh Su-wei 6-4 6-3 in her first clay-court match of the season in Stuttgart on Thursday. US and Australian Open champion Osaka, who lost to Taiwanese veteran ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s March factory output decline flags risk of GDP contraction
and business investment are all likely to be weak," said Hiroaki Muto, chief economist at Tokai Tokyo Research Center. "Still, we already see a turnaround in China, and that will lift manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s March factory output declines, rise in inventories raises concerns
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory output fell in March for the first time in two months and inventories rose at the fastest pace in a year as the U.S.-Sino trade war dents the country's manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)
In bail reprise, ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn leaves Tokyo jail, agrees to limit contact with wife
After a Tokyo court rejected an appeal by prosecutors against his release, Ghosn left the Tokyo detention center on 10:22 p.m. (1322 GMT), dressed in a dark suit and white shirt with no necktie, a ... ( read original story ...)
6 Things in Japan that Shocked a Thai Girl
Conversely there has been an increase in the number of Thais coming to Japan on business and for pleasure. What do Thais expect and what are their impressions when they come to Japan? To answer that, ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Nago in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 153 km ESE of Nago, Japan (95 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 12:23:14 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Chichi-shima in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 178 km WSW of Chichi-shima, Japan (111 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 140.5687 East, latitude 26.4497 North, depth = 403.11 km. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Zozo sees profit recovering this year after bodysuit blunder
But the company said it expects business to pick up as Japanese consumers were just beginning to buy clothes online. It forecast a 24.7 percent rise in operating profit to 32 billion yen for the ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares dip; euro weighed by sagging German business morale
The euro slumped to a 22-month low against the U.S. dollar overnight after the drop in German business confidence highlighted the divergence between data in the euro zone and the United States. MSCI's ... ( read original story ...)
Wirecard lands $1 billion investment from Japan’s Softbank
BERLIN (Reuters) - Japan’s Softbank Group Corp will buy ... analysts welcomed the investment as a vote of confidence in the business that will allow the Munich-based firm to enlarge its ... ( read original story ...)
I got a $20,000 first-class flight from New York to Japan for just $257 by using credit card points. Here’s exactly how I did it
That's what we did in this case. All Nippon Airways, or ANA, a Japanese airline, opened up a ton of first and business class availability between the US and Asia all at once for the coming year. I ... ( read original story ...)