Tokyo’s Haneda airport saw a record 80.1 million passengers last year, aided by a rise in the number of foreign tourists and launches of new routes connecting Japan and U.S. cities, the airport operator said Friday. The number of passengers using the ... ( read original story ...)
10 stunning side-by-side photos show just how destructive Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami were
March 2017 marks the six-year anniversary of Japan's Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, a series of hydrogen explosions that were the worst since Chernobyl. Though the nuclear disaster itself killed no ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's environment minister sees business risk in building new coal-fired plant
TOKYO Chugoku Electric Power Co and JFE Steel may need to rethink ... coal-fired power plant, flagged a business risk and suggested the companies should consider all options including scrapping the plan. JFE Steel is a unit of JFE Holdings Inc. "It is ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Business Hotel
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3 Business Hotels in Ikebukuro For Travelers On a Budget!
If you’re visiting Japan on a business trip but fancy a spot of sightseeing around Tokyo, this is a good place to be based. The hotel has a long-running bakery which serves free breakfast including salads and other healthy options. They also offer free ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Yen Shrugs At Weaker Business Sentiment
Japanese businesses are less confident now than they were in the last quarter of 2016, a survey showed Large manufactures are much gloomier However, the Yen barely moved. Well, it is “payrolls Friday” The Japanese Yen was steady on Friday despite news ... ( read original story ...)
It just got easier to become a permanent resident of Japan — here’s how you do it
While the US mulls over limiting immigration, in Japan the federal government has just loosened the requirements for new, highly-skilled immigrants to become permanent residents. Under the new law, which will take effect in March, applicants with multiple ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei index snaps four-day losing streak
Tokyo' stocks snapped a four-day losing streak Thursday as exporters got a lift from the cheaper yen, but Toshiba dived on news its troubled US nuclear unit could be headed for bankruptcy. Toyota, Panasonic and other firms doing business overseas benefited ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's economy gets an upgrade
Japan’s economy grew faster than first thought in the final ... The Cabinet Office said that private business investment grew by 2% for the quarter, up from the initial estimate of 0.9%, contributing 0.3 percentage points to GDP. The quarterly increase ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong asset manager turns his attention to buying short-stay apartments in Japan
While many Chinese investors have looked to acquire Japanese office buildings and apartments as the yen has weakened, including conglomerate Anbang Insurance Group, which is in talks to buy 200 residential properties from Blackstone Group for US$2.3 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan lawmakers want first strike options as North Korea's missile threat grows
Japan Self-Defense Forces soldiers inject fuels into a unit of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo Thomson Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Rattled by North Korean military advances, influential Japanese lawmakers are ... ( read original story ...)
Fukushima earthquake anniversary marked with workshop on lessons learned
This Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of what's been called "The Great East Japan Earthquake," the 9.0-magnitude earthquake which struck near the northeastern coast of Japan in 2011 and caused a massive tsunami. The earthquake and resulting wave led to ... ( read original story ...)
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Prof. Yunus Praises Ajinomoto for Its Sustainable Social Business
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takaaki Nishii, CEO of Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Ajinomoto)(TOKYO:2802) met with Prof. Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2006 and a founder of Grameen Bank, and discussed about Ajinomoto’s nutrition improvement project in Ghana ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares open lower on global..
TOKYO: Tokyo shares opened lower on Tuesday with investors spooked by global political uncertainties and cautious before key US jobs data later in the week. Markets were jolted after North Korea fired four missiles into waters near Japan on Monday, stoking ... ( read original story ...)
Photo Exhibition Commemorates Sixth Anniversary Of East Japan Earthquake And Tsunami
In commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, the Osaka Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago, the Japan America Society of Chicago, Japanese Chamber ... ( read original story ...)
Forget moving to Canada — it just got easier to become a permanent resident of Japan
Japan’s Ministry of Justice ... advanced specialized/technical activities, and advanced business management activities. Applicants in these categories who scored sufficient points by the system’s rubric were eligible for a preminent resident visa ... ( read original story ...)