Japan, Philippines, Australia and Canada. Google's Public Alerts complement SOS Alerts by helping the local and public authorities communicate emergency messages specifically related to official weather, public safety and earthquake alerts. According to ... ( read original story ...)
Koenji: A Guide To Tokyo’s Retro Hub
Initially a sleepy farming settlement on the Ome-kaido Highway, Koenji saw an influx of small merchants and laborers displaced from downtown Tokyo by the destruction caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake ... when the Japanese PSE law went into effect ... ( read original story ...)
Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, Longevity Expert, Dies at (or Lives to) 105
He was taken hostage in 1970 when Japanese Red Army terrorists hijacked a commercial ... equipped his hospital the year before to handle mass casualties like an earthquake. He also wrote a musical for children when he was 88 and a best-selling book when ... ( read original story ...)
Melted Nuclear Fuel Found Below Fukushima by Underwater Robot
Recently, however, the Japanese have built a small underwater robot ... questions about what happened to Reactor #3’s fuel supply in the hours following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the plant on March 11, 2011. Previous attempts to see into ... ( read original story ...)
Matsuya Kanda – 130+ year old soba shop in Tokyo
Matsuya Kanda resides in a traditional Japanese building designed in the Taisho architectural style. A great earthquake destroyed the original building, so a new one was built in 1924 and has survived to this day. The interior is timeless, consisting of ... ( read original story ...)
Leonardo Inaugurates its New Airborne Systems Facility in L’Aquila, Making the Abruzzo Region A Hub for Leonardo’s High-tech Production
Built to high standards that include earthquake resistant construction ... having secured significant contracts in countries including Italy, the UK, Sweden and Japan. Market prospects are strong, as by 2020 all NATO nations will be required to upgrade ... ( read original story ...)
Clock ticking on 2020 Games as Tokyo marks 3 years until start
Japan marks three years to go until Tokyo 2020 Olympics Japan also observed a national exercise to encourage tens of thousands of commuters to work from home, in a bid to ease rail and road congestion before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and reform the country's ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo futures fall on position adjustments
TOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures fell in thin trade on Wednesday, despite an overnight rally in oil prices, as investors were adjusting their positions after the new January contract started trading earlier in the session ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo RPG Factory’s Lost Sphear Launching January 2018
Last month at the E3 in Los Angeles, Tokyo RPG Factory gave fans an early taste of the ... Liability Company has invested 0.05% in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). The business had revenue of $7.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts ... ( read original story ...)
Hitachi teams up with CleanMax to harness India’s rooftop solar power for Japanese firms
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., which teamed up with India’s leading rooftop solar solution provider CleanMax Solar in May to tap emerging business opportunities ... at Hitachi High-Technologies, based in Tokyo. “Our plan is to achieve a 50-megawatt ... ( read original story ...)
Asia stocks, dollar steady as investors await Fed clues
People walk past an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. Reuters Published by the Editor for International Publications Limited from Tropicana Tower (4th floor), 45, Topkhana ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba board to meet Wednesday, weigh offers for chip unit: source
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp's (6502.T ... Toshiba is scrambling to sell its flash memory unit to cover losses from its bankrupt U.S. nuclear business Westinghouse. But it has struggled to close a 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) deal with the group it ... ( read original story ...)
Little-covered Tokyo small caps take turn in the spotlight
TOKYO -- Investors seem to be seeking out small- and midcapitalization ... Companies that had reported strong earnings the previous day gained sharply, including business and home software developer Solxyz, which added 11%, and Japan Pure Chemical, which ... ( read original story ...)
Asia stocks inch up, dollar steadies as investors await Fed clues
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged up early on Wednesday ... back from a two-year high of $1.1712 hit on Tuesday on a stronger-than-expected German Ifo business survey. Expectations that the European Central Bank would begin phasing out its easy monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Meiji’s decision to end Karl sales in eastern Japan leaves older fans up in arms
After Meiji Co.’s decision to pull its long-selling corn puff snack Karl from shelves in eastern Japan, avid fans have flocked to stores to buy stockpiles of the treat. Summit Inc., a Tokyo-based supermarket chain operator, said sales of Karl tripled ... ( read original story ...)
Lotte DF Japan expansion ‘includes Fukuoka and Osaka’
“At this point, we are planning to expand our business to many locations including Fukuoka and Osaka, however the exact location and time is not decided yet,” a Lotte source told TRBusiness. “Even though we are planning to expand our business in the ... ( read original story ...)