The 2018 growth estimate for Japan was revised up 0.1 point to 0.7 percent ... citing supportive financial conditions and strong business and consumer confidence. But the forecast does not take into account a fiscal stimulus from planned tax cuts that ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama cruise project puts city in casino frame: Nomura
Banking group Nomura thinks the Japanese cities of Yokohama (pictured) and Osaka are “prime” targets for construction ... Bernstein and Co LLC said in an October 3 report on the Chinese cruise tourism business that there was much room for growth ... ( read original story ...)
AirAsia X Could Swap 66-Jet Airbus A330Neo Order to A350s
AirAsia X is also exploring the business case for adding Airbus A321neos to serve routes ... adding that serving the U.S. from Japan could be a more interesting market, with an Osaka-Honolulu route doing “very well.” Fernandes said plans to sell ... ( read original story ...)
Sprayable earthquake-resistant concrete could ‘save lives,’ researchers say
Researchers say spraying a 10-milimetre layer of EDCC on a masonry wall kept it from crumbling in a simulation that mimicked the 9.0 magnitiude earthquake that hit Tohoku, Japan in 2011. "It can take shaking of about 200 per cent level of the actual ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Ishinomaki in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 14:47:19 / October 9, 2017 @ 2:47 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:47:19 / 11 ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake proof: UBC engineers develop ‘unbreakable walls’
like the earthquake that struck Tohoku, Japan in 2011. The material is called an eco-friendly ductile cementitious composite (EDCC) and is so strong and flexible that it acts like steel, bending during an earthquake instead of crumbling like concrete. ( read original story ...)
UBC Researchers Develop New Concrete That Resists Earthquakes
When sprayed onto the surface of traditionally poured interior concrete walls, it reinforces against seismic intensities as high as the magnitude 9.0-9.1 earthquake that hit Tohoku, Japan in 2011. “We sprayed a number of walls with a 10 millimetre-thick ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Encourages Business Aviation
Japan has set ambitious targets to double foreign visitors to 40 million a year by the 2020 Olympics, and business aviation will play a role. The goal behind the increased tourism target is to generate $8 billion in spending by overseas visitors to Japan ... ( read original story ...)
PHL products on display in Fabex Kansai
entitled “Philippine Seminar on Business Opportunities on Agriculture and Logistics”, organized by the Osaka Port Promotion Association at their conference hall on October 11. ( read original story ...)
Police: Tokyo, Osaka Prefecture home to 90% of sleazy JK shops
The NPA conducted the on-site inspections under the adult entertainment business regulation law ... information regarding actual situation of the JK industry. Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture were home to 106 JK shops as of the end of June. ( read original story ...)
Fried Goat and Deep-Fried Roti Sure Beat the Usual Business-Trip Meals
I don’t go on any jungle safaris; I stay along the highway in a business hotel with a conference room and ... In Tokyo, we mostly skipped breakfast and went for brunch; in Osaka, I attempted to eat supermarket sushi for breakfast but ended up cooking ... ( read original story ...)
How You Can Improve Business Support
Let the business talk and show them that you are listening by capturing ... If you were to visit a particular restaurant in Portland, Oregon, you would get a similar experience in Osaka, Japan. In a world that is always changing people need certain levels ... ( read original story ...)
Sharp to buy stake in Taiwan mobile phone retailer
OSAKA -- Hon Hai Precision Industry unit Sharp plans to invest ... network as a channel for selling products related to the internet of things, as well as business-to-business offerings. Sharp has been actively acquiring vendors, with an eye toward ... ( read original story ...)
Kobe Steel’s Falsified Data Casts Another Blow to Japan’s Reputation
TOKYO — For decades, Japanese manufacturers of cars, aircraft and bullet trains have relied on Kobe Steel to provide raw materials for their products, making the steel maker a crucial, if largely invisible, pillar of the economy. Now, Kobe Steel has ... ( read original story ...)
Toyoda Gosei to Exhibit at Tokyo Motor Show 2017
KIYOSU, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. will exhibit at the Tokyo Motor Show 2017, to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from Wednesday, October 25 to Sunday, November 5. Toyoda Gosei is a specialist in the fields of rubber, plastics and LEDs ... ( read original story ...)
Australian execs network in Tokyo
With the Japanese economy heating up (from the deep freeze), a bevy of Australian corporate leaders have jetted up to Tokyo this week for the 55th Japan-Australia joint Business Conference, which has been the best attended in some years. ( read original story ...)