AN earthquake has struck off the east coast of Japan - just 200 miles east of Fukushima nuclear plant. The tremor is said to have measured above 6.1 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geographical Society (USGS). An earthquake has struck off the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake: Large 6.1 quake strikes off coast near Fukushima
The Japan earthquake has registered 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale. The US Geological Society (USGS) said it struck at a depth of 10km. It occurred 281 miles east of Kamaishi. The quake struck at around 2.27am local time (6.27pm BST). No tsunami ... ( read original story ...)
Which country has the most earthquakes and where and when was the biggest quake ever recorded?
Which country has the most earthquakes? Japan has the most recorded earthquakes in the world as it sits on a highly active seismic area, but research by the US Geological Survey suggests the answer is not quite as straightforward as it may seem. ( read original story ...)
BREAKING NEWS: Powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Japan near Fukushima
A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan near Fukushima. Details of the extent of the damage have not yet emerged regarding the quake which hit 281km South East of Kamaishi. A similar earthquake back in 2011 killed 15,894 ... ( read original story ...)
Rebuilding from 2011 Earthquake, Japanese Towns Choose to Go Off the Grid
Many of the cities in northern Japan damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami are building back their electric grids with renewable energy and micro-grids — bucking the nation’s old, centralized utility system by making communities in the region self ... ( read original story ...)
Shallow M5.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Honshu, Japan
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M5.9 hit off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 16:37 UTC on September 20, 2017 (01:37 JST, September 21). The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). USGS is reporting M6.1 at a depth of ... ( read original story ...)
Quiet energy revolution underway in Japan as dozens of towns go off the grid
TOKYO/HIGASHI MATSUSHIMA, JAPAN (Reuters) - A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a quiet shift away from the country’s old utility model toward self-reliant, local generation ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei tops 20,000 at break on weaker yen
TOKYO: Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index on Tuesday morning rose past 20,000 for the first time in six weeks after Wall Street saw another record close and a weak yen lifted exporters. The bellwether Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.45 percent, or 288.06 points, to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Steel says to raise product prices for second month
TOKYO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd , Japan's top electric-arc furnace steelmaker, said on Tuesday it would raise its product prices for a second month in October due to higher overseas prices and a tight domestic market. The ... ( read original story ...)
Money20/20 Asia invites attendees to their Tokyo Roadshow
Taking place at the Global Business Hub in the heart of Tokyo, the Money20/20 Tokyo roadshow aims to engage with and learn from the Japanese FinTech ecosystem in advance of the inaugural Money20/20 Asia conference - to be held in Singapore, March 13-15 th ... ( read original story ...)
Where to stay in Tokyo: hotels by district
Read expert review Yurakucho, a bustling business district – loosely linking Hibiya to Tokyo Station – is home to countless shops, restaurants (from the exclusively high-end to the tiny and atmospheric salaryman-packed venues that sit beneath the ... ( read original story ...)
How this weird looking fungus could build a Canadian business empire
based business is banking on the growing popularity of the maitake ... an invitation from Joe Fontana while the former London mayor was on a trade mission to Japan. "Right now we are preparing to sell," said Odaira, speaking through his translator and ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan is pouring lakhs of crores in cut-rate loans to build infrastructure across India
Investment Boost Away from the media glare, on the ground there was some serious business afoot, with both JICA and Jetro ( Japan External Trade Organisation) playing a critical role. Some 450 Japanese honchos congregated at the Gandhinagar summit earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Old people power: Japan’s rural elderly reverse gas station closures
“So the business is getting tougher every year.” And in Kawakami village, also in western Japan, the aging owner of the last pump stand handed the business for free to the village, and a public cooperative reopened it in April, offering various ... ( read original story ...)
Japan has a record 68,000 people over 100 years old — and the economy can’t keep up
"This is death to the family," Harvard sociologist Mary Brinton recently told Business Insider. Japan's centenarian population has been rising year over year since 1971, when there were just 339 centenarians. Last year, government data showed there were ... ( read original story ...)
All you wanted to know about Indo-Japan trade
of India told Business Standard. Exports of soymeal - a processed soyabean product rich in proteins used as animal feed - to Japan greatly reduced in the wake of sustained high price compared to a low international price in 2014-15 and 2015-16. ( read original story ...)