Demand for condos slowing in Tokyo but heating up in Osaka

OSAKA – Demand for condominiums in Osaka is growing among family households as well as the wealthy, with the increasing supply of affordable properties a stark contrast to falling demand in central Tokyo. The number of new condos listed for sale in the ... ( read original story ...)

Land acquisition is the biggest problem here: Kenji Hiramatsu

The atmosphere for India-Japan business ties is continuously improving, Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu said, although he does agree that it is investment, not trade, that is increasing at present. PM Abe will be visiting India later this year ... ( read original story ...)

Calling card: the evolution of business cards in Japan

Another theory suggests that Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s delegation carried business cards with them when the Black Ships sailed into Tokyo Bay in 1853. “The people who were on the ship with Perry already had something that looked like business cards ... ( read original story ...)

The Best New Hotels and Hostels in Tokyo 2017

As Tokyo gears up for the 2020 Olympics, the desperate need for rooms has seen a host of buildings being converted into an exciting new breed of boarding houses. The hipster crew behind northeastern Tokyo guesthouses Toco. and Nui. are at it again. ( read original story ...)

Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul vow to combat financial instability

TOKYO: East Asia’s three biggest economies vowed Friday to work together to help prevent market instability as tensions run high over Pyongyang’s weapons program. North Korea’s efforts to develop an arsenal of nuclear-armed missiles have fueled ... ( read original story ...)

Japan boosts swap deals with Asean

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN— The Japanese government has proposed to extend its bilateral swap agreement, a stop-gap measure for short-term liquidity problems, with the Philippines and other Asean countries. “As economic ties between Asian and Japan strengthen ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's population crisis just hit a 67-year low

Ever since 1950 when Japan began tracking its population of children, the number has never been as low as it is today. New data from the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry finds the population shrank by 170,000 kids from this time last year ... ( read original story ...)

Japan: Our best bet in this part of the world

A hotel near the official residence of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo is even positioning itself as the preferred accommodation for Filipino business and leisure tourists. Apparently, The Capitol Hotel Tokyu is looking at the Philippines as ... ( read original story ...)

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

[68] The hypocentral region of this earthquake extended from offshore Iwate Prefecture to offshore Ibaraki Prefecture. [69] The Japanese Meteorological Agency said that the earthquake may have ruptured the fault zone from Iwate to Ibaraki with a length of ... ( read original story ...)

Seabed seismic sensors would have cut 2011 Japan tsunami toll

A new tsunami warning system could have saved many of the 22,000 people killed by the massive tsunami following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, had it been in place there at the time. That’s the message from simulations assessing how the system ... ( read original story ...)

Hokkaido, Japan shaken by 5.5 magnitude earthquake

The region of Hokkaido, Xinhua in Japan has been hit by a preliminary 5.5 magnitude earthquake, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. On the Japanese seismic scale, it registered at a level four. Anything from six and up would be powerful enough to ... ( read original story ...)