TOKYO -- Tokyo's Kabutocho district ... The rise of online brokerages forced many smaller brokerages in the area out of business. Among members of the association, only 13 brokerages, including Kyokuto Securities, are based in Kabutocho and Kayabacho ... ( read original story ...)
Kauai companies join Tokyo trip
HONOLULU — Seventy-three companies represented Hawaii at the 2017 Tokyo International Gift Show. Kauai companies there included Aunty Lilikoi, Kauai Kookies and Salty Wahine. This year marks the sixth consecutive year that the Department of Business ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Daiwa House to debut hotel-style apartments
OSAKA -- Daiwa House Industry plans to launch a type of apartment where guests can enjoy hotel-style services and check out anytime, as Japan's hotel shortage worsens amid a surge of tourists into the country. While such home-sharing services as Airbnb ... ( read original story ...)
The science of earthquakes: Examining what caused the devastating natural disasters in Mexico and Japan
The moving reason police are trying to track down a woman called Andrea Heartbroken gran of triplet brothers who died tells of 'hardest day ever' The 5 best games at EGX 2017 you’re not playing ( read original story ...)
China says North Korea earthquake a ‘suspected explosion’
China's earthquake administration said in statement that the earthquake ... Pyongyang has fired an intermediate-range missile over Japanese territory for the second time in two weeks, a day after Kim Jong Un threatened Tokyo for supporting the US. ( read original story ...)
A 3.4-magnitude earthquake in North Korea was a ‘suspected explosion’, says China
The earthquake comes after days of increasingly bellicose rhetoric ... The quake comes amid soaring tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons programme, with the firing of two missiles over Japan in recent weeks and its sixth and largest nuclear test earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake In North Korea Sets Off Alarm And Speculation
Japanese officials say North Korea could send a nuclear-armed missile over Japan if it tests a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific. A small quake detected in northern North Korea was a natural event, South Korean officials said. There's been a cap on North ... ( read original story ...)
Third earthquake hits Mexico in September, this time of magnitude 6.8
“So a smaller earthquake can cause the damaged buildings to fail ... rescuers were readying to re-enter the site, joined by teams from Japan and Israel. Fernandez said officials told them they knew where people were trapped on the fourth floor. ( read original story ...)
A celebrity listing crashes Japanese exchange’s party
TOKYO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - On Japan's newest exchange, fame can pay off. That may not be so great for investors though. Last month, Hikaru, a Japanese YouTube star so famous he can go by a single stage name, listed himself on Valu, a platform for people to ... ( read original story ...)
How McDonald’s Japan was saved by chocolate fries and Pokémon
When she took over McDonald’s Japan, the business was already troubled. Annual revenue was in a freefall since 2009, and would continue dropping through 2015. Same-store sales were declining, and annual operating profit hadn’t grown since 2011. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Game Show 2017: Day 3 analysis and recap with T3’s man in Japan Marco Zangirolami
OK, after analysing in detail all the latest trends and news from the firstand second day of the Tokyo Game Show 2017 ... and knows very well how easy is to lose money in this business. Hokuto ga gotoku / Fist of the North Star Sega for the first time ... ( read original story ...
Japan’s Creww foraying into coworking space business
Tokyo-based Creww, the Japanese startup behind a community platform offering open innovation opportunities to startups, announced on Wednesday that it is foraying into the coworking space business with the collaboration of major developers and real estate ... ( read original story ...)
Reports conflict about North Korea earthquake
South Korea's weather agency said a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was detected in North Korea and appeared to be a natural occurrence. But Japan's Kyoto News reported that a Chinese monitoring agency determined the quake to be magnitude 3.4 and was likely ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Haebaru in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Haebaru in Japan on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.07 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/09/17 / 2017-09-02 21:26:30 / September 2, 2017 @ 9:26 pm ... ( read original story ...)
An earthquake was detected in North Korea — and it could be from a missile test
Bloomberg quoted the China Earthquake Networks Center as reporting the location ... agency said the quake may have occurred naturally. Wall Street Journal Japan editor Alastair Gale theorised on Twitter that the quake may have been a failed weapons ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Earthquake: Photos of Fukushima’s Last Tsunami
After a 6.1-magnitude shock hit today, Japan recalls the 2011 event that decimated Fukushima. After a 6.1-magnitude shock hit today, Japan recalls the 2011 event that decimated Fukushima. ( read original story ...)