Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto apologized to shareholders in Osaka on Thursday for a scandal in which the forme ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online Event Scheduled for September 23-27
The official website for the Tokyo Game Show 2020 event announced on Thursday that the event will be held online from September 23-27. September 23 will be a business day for business discussions only ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake in Japan: 6.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Chiba Prefecture
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture in Japan on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). ( read original story ...)
Japan Stuck In Downturn As Manufacturing Hit By Trade Woes
Flash Japan PMI signals a further sharp decline in output, led by accelerating downturn in manufacturing. Trade weakness hit demand for Japanese goods and servi ... ( read original story ...)
Mizuho shareholders reject first climate motion put to a Japanese company
Shareholders in Mizuho Financial Group Inc on Thursday rejected a motion for it to align its business to the Paris Agreement, the global pact to fight climate change and its effects. The annual genera ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake today: 6.2-magnitude quake strikes off Chiba Prefecture, Japan
The temblor occurred at around 4.47 a.m., with its epicentre at a latitude of 35.5 degrees north and a longitude of 141.2 degrees east, and at a depth of 30 km, Xinhua reported citing the JMA. The ... ( read original story ...)
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan
The quake logged 5 minus in some parts of Chiba Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby expresses concern over US work visa halt
The head of Japan's most powerful business lobby expressed concern Wednesday over the United States' decision to halt the issuance of ... ( read original story ...)
Strong quake strikes off eastern Japan
TOKYO: A strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck early on Thursday (Jun 25) off the eastern coast of Japan, the US Geological Survey said, but no ... ( read original story ...)
Supply constraint from earthquakes in Japan in input-output analysis
Many people can recall shocking news images of Japan sustaining earthquake damage. Between 1996 and September of 2018, there were 155 earthquakes in Japan that resulted in human injuries. In 20 of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby expresses concern over U.S. work visa halt
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The head of Japan's most powerful business lobby expressed concern Wednesday over the United States' decision to halt the issuance of certain work visas this year, saying the ... ( read original story ...)
Olympus leaves the camera business
The maker of the first designed-from-the-ground-up digital SLR is going the way of Kodak, Polaroid and other historic camera manufacturers. ( read original story ...)
Olympus to Exit Camera Business After 84 Years
Olympus, which has been under pressure from U.S. shareholder ValueAct Capital to improve shareholder returns, said it planned to sell its camera unit to focus on medical devices. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: 55 new cases in Tokyo as Japan expands testing
Tokyo reported 55 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, the largest number since early May, but officials say the jump does not mean an immediate return to ... ( read original story ...)
Olympus says to sell camera business to Japan Industrial Partners
Japan's Olympus Corp 7733.T said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell its loss-making camera business dating back 84 years to Japan Industrial Partners In ... ( read original story ...)
7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Mexico, Kills at Least 4
The 7.5-magnitude quake, centered on the Pacific Coast in the state of Oaxaca, damaged some structures and caused buildings to sway in Mexico City. ( read original story ...)