There, a portion of hillside fell about a kilometre to the ocean below, triggering a tsunami that reached a height of over 90 meters — almost as high as London’s Big Ben (96 meters), and well above the runup of the 2011 tsunami in Japan. The tsunami ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.5 quake hits Tokyo area, no tsunami warning
TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 hit the Tokyo area on Thursday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The quake was centred in southern Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, according to the agency. ( read original story ...)
North Korean missile tests spook neighbours, but ‘what to do?’
Attitudes in Japan, South Korea and China toward the threat vary, but likely reflect a sangfroid partly born of living with the legacy of the Cold War and ever present risks of huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many Japanese have mixed feelings ... ( read original story ...)
Sony sees recovery with a nearly quadrupling of profit
Also helping Sony's bottom line was the absence of the damage it suffered from the April 2016 earthquake in southwestern Japan that shut down its semiconductor plant, and gains from insurance recoveries related to that quake, it said. Sony was long an ... ( read original story ...)
New Alaska Seafloor Map Suggests High Tsunami Danger
This produces a big earthquake, and the ocean floor may jump up or down like a released spring. That motion transfers to the overlying water, creating a surface wave. The 2011 Japan tsunami was a surprise, because it came partly on a "creeping" segment of ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s neighbours resigned to missile tests
Attitudes in Japan, South Korea and China toward the threat vary, but likely reflect a sangfroid partly born of living with the legacy of the Cold War and ever present risks of huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many Japanese have mixed feelings ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 open mascot design competition to public
Tokyo 2020 had revealed in March that the names will come from creative professionals, rather than from the general public. Mascots are a popular element of modern Japanese culture, usually created to promote a particular region, event or business. ( read original story ...)
Asia shares fall as Apple’s glossy earnings effect fades
TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets mostly fell Thursday as the rally from news of Apple's strong earnings that spurred record highs for the Dow Jones industrial average faded. Myriad worries over China's rising debt, weaker commodity prices and possible rising ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe to launch new cabinet after scandals
Tokyo, Aug 3 (AFP) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today ... including allegations of favouritism to a friend in a business deal — which Abe strongly denies. Abe will reportedly reappoint former defence minister Itsunori Onodera to the post after ... ( read original story ...)
Can Japan provide answers to the west’s economic problems?
Others, especially in business, believe it is a pipe dream to think the economy ... walked into Kakio station, on the outskirts of Tokyo, and sat down on a platform bench. They looked like sisters, said one witness. They were dressed in their best clothes. ( read original story ...)
Update on Toshiba Memory Corporation’s Investment in Production Equipment for Fab 6 at Yokkaichi Operations
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary that manufactures Flash memory, will unilaterally invest in manufacturing equipment for the Fab 6 clean room at ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares dip on profit-taking after Dow hits 22,000
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares dipped on Thursday as investors locked in recent gains after Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 22,000 barrier for the first time in its 121-year history. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ... ( read original story ...)
Furukawa Electric begins mass producing stealth dicing tape
TOKYO--(Antara/BUSINESS WIRE)-- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5801) has begun mass producing expand separation dicing tape, a type of tape for use with semiconductors. Expand separation dicing tape delivers high-grade separation of IC chips from ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Memory Corporation Unveils Single Package NVMe TM Client SSD Utilizing 64-Layer, 3D Flash Memory
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Memory Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, today announced the launch of the BG3 series, a new line-up of single package NVM Express TM (NVMe™) client SSDs integrating Toshiba Memory Corporation’s cutting ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda and Cardurion Pharmaceuticals Launch Cardiovascular Development Partnership
OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) and Cardurion Pharmaceuticals today announced the creation of a new cardiovascular development partnership. Cardurion, a recently launched Boston-area based ... ( read original story ...)
EXCHANGE: Award winner touts children’s literature
Roberta Trites, a distinguished professor and interim department chair in the College of Business, is only the third American ... the International Institute for Children's Literature in Osaka, Japan. The award, first given in 1987, is presented every ... ( read original story ...)