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Toyota Century luxury sedan to be unveiled at 2017 Tokyo Motor Show; To rival BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Toyota Century is equipped with furnishings that can be used for either personal or business use like the writing table ... will making it big later this month at the 45th Tokyo Motor show and is scheduled to showcase the production version of its Toyota ... ( read original story ...)
Double earthquake strike in Japan: Tokyo hit by TWO huge tremors in space of hours
Witnesses claim to have felt the quakes as far away as Tokyo, some 195 kilometres away. One said: "Long and strong earthquake. Probably lasted for more than 15 seconds. Felt like intensity 5 here in Chiba-shi." The latest quake to hit Japan today struck ... ( read original story ...)
Counter intelligence: Japan brings out the bazooka in AI war with China
China may have the clear lead in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the region, but Japan’s government, realising how vital the sector is to its economic future, has intervened in the hopes of levelling the playing field. ( read original story ...)
Japanese firms explore business prospects in south central region
Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The “Meeting Japan – South Central Region” conference took place in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa on October 6 to discuss bilateral cooperative prospects in the near future. Attending the event were ... ( read original story ...)
Abe says Japan fully behind US on pressuring North Korea
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that his government fully supports the U.S. stance on pressuring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, with all options on the table. In a televised debate Sunday among leaders of major political ... ( read original story ...)
‘Smaller’ earthquakes pose greater risk than the next Big One
One side will rush west, toward Japan. The other side will rush east, in a seven-hundred-mile liquid wall that will reach the Northwest coast, on average, 15 minutes after the earthquake begins. By the time the shaking has ceased and the tsunami has ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes off eastern Japan, no tsunami risk
TOKYO (AFP) - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Fukushima in Japan on Friday (Oct 6) but there was no risk of a tsunami, officials said. The shallow quake hit at 4.59pm (3.59pm Singapore time), 255km east of Ishinomaki, according to the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Governor Koike leaves door open for ruling party PM post election
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike does not expect her new conservative party to pick a candidate for prime minister during the campaign for the Oct. 22 election, leaving the door open to eventually backing a lawmaker from Prime Minister Shinzo ... ( read original story ...)
6.0-magnitude earthquake hits off Japan coast, no tsunami warning
TOKYO: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Fukushima in Japan on Friday but there was no risk of a tsunami, officials said. The shallow quake hit at 04:59 pm (0759 GMT), 255 kilometres east of Ishinomaki, according to the United States ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake with magnitude 6 strikes Iwaki, Japan – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6 struck Iwaki, 195 km northeast of Tokyo, European quake agency EMSC said in a tweet on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits off the east coast of Honshu, Japan
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M6.0 hit off the east coast of Honshu at 07:59 UTC on October 6, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). USGS and EMSC are reporting the same magnitude and depth. According to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, PH extend liquidity buffer deal
The central banks of the Philippines and Japan on Friday signed their amended third bilateral swap agreement (BSA), a stopgap measure for short-term liquidity problems. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Bank of Japan, which acted as the agent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Earthquake Shakes Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Site
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked Japan's coastline Friday, threatening an already volatile area and recalling the disaster of 2011, in which at least 16,000 people died. Friday's temblor struck at about 4 a.m. EDT near the Japan Trench, about 200 miles ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor Koike unveils new party manifesto
A new Japanese political party led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike reveals its policy attack plan saying it wants to end nuclear power in the country. Ryan Brooks reports. She may not be aiming for Japanese leader Shinzo Abe's job just yet, but on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
A $1 trillion money manager says Japan is the biggest opportunity for his business
Business Insider deputy executive editor Matt Turner speaks to David Hunt, president and CEO of PGIM, who says that Japan is at the top of his firm's list in terms of international opportunities. He notes that there are large institutional investors there ... ( read original story ...)