A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 146 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan (91 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:38:16 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location o... ( read original story ...)
Didal targets Tokyo Olympics
“I want to earn qualifying points for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games,” Didal said ... “Maybe we will put up a family business—because I won’t be a skateboarder for the rest of my life.” ( read original story ...)
Toyota aims to create a more inclusive society via Tokyo 2020
Toyota is supporting the Paralympic movement through internal activities involving its employees, and by working in partnership with Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the All Japan Business Committe... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher as trade worries ease
Tokyo: Tokyo stocks closed marginally higher on Tuesday as trade worries receded after the United States and Mexico announced a breakthrough deal to rewrite a North American trade pact. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)
‘Everyone is seriously concerned’: 2 years after its viral Brexit letter, Japan is back with another dire warning on leaving the EU
"We just can't do anything. Everyone is seriously concerned," Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of Keidanren, the Japanese business federation, said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Tue... ( read original story ...)
World’s first autonomous taxi starts operating in central Tokyo
The vehicle is made by Tokyo-based robot maker ZMP and operated by the taxi ... I agree to receive a daily newsletter with the summary of articles from business-review.eu By submitting this form, you ... ( read original story ...)
Deeper economic ills at root of Japan’s latest sexism scandal
Yet in Japan, few expect anything to change any time soon. The scandal highlights broader problems facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to revive the economy. From stubborn gender roles to a har... ( read original story ...)
Preparing for Japan’s Next Tsunami
Forty-five minutes earlier, the largest earthquake Sakai had ever felt shook the port city of Kesennuma in northeast Japan like a rag doll. Sakai, now 67, went about his life once the shaking stopped, ... ( read original story ...)
New Year in Tokyo
which is a budget business hotel with onsen water in its large common baths- but it became a bit grungy with some budget tourists without appropriate manners using it. I used to stay there when I live... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher as Asian bourses rally
Tokyo markets closed higher on Monday helped by a relatively cheaper yen against the dollar and rallies in other Asian markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.88 percent or 197.87 points to clo... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher following Wall Street advance
Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday following gains on Wall Street last week as the US Federal Reserve chief signalled the central bank did not expect to accelerate interest rate increases. The b... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo fears losing a part of its soul as world’s biggest fish market moves
In October the core of its business – the hundreds of wholesalers that provide seafood, meat, fruit and veg to restaurants and shops across Japan – will move two kilometres east to new waterfront prem... ( read original story ...)
How Nestle’s Japan Experiment Could Create a $1 Billion Business
Nestle SA’s unit in Japan expects a fledgling business selling nutritional drinks and supplements to aging consumers to grow into a nearly $1 billion business within a decade as the food giant becomes ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 258 km ESE of Namie, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 258 km ESE of Namie, Japan (160 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of e... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Hachinohe in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Hachinohe in Japan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gh0l. Id of event: us10... ( read original story ...)
Japan to become new market for Okanagan cherry growers
The Japanese market has been opened to cherries grown in the Okanagan. The federal government announced Friday that it has secured access to Japan for fresh cherries from B.C. “The Government of Canad... ( read original story ...)