TOKYO—Japan’s Defence Ministry is seeking to more than double spending on missile defence, including purchases of costly American arsenals, to defend against North Korean threats. The record-high 5.3 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Renesas Electronics considering buying U.S. chip maker: source
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automotive chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp is considering buying U.S. chipmaker Integrated Device Technology Inc, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan would boost missile defences in record military budget
TOKYO — Japan's Defence Ministry is seeking to more than double spending on missile defence , including purchases of costly American arsenals, to defend against North Korean threats. The record-high 5 ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese messaging app operator Line to launch cryptocurrency
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Line Corp said on Friday it will launch a cryptocurrency in September, as the company tries to build up a wide range of businesses using its popular messaging app as a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Actress Helps Tokyo Police Raise Crypto Cybersecurity Awareness
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department ... emails sent to the exchange’s employees to spread viruses. In July, news.Bitcoin.com reported that the number of cases involving phishing emails ... ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido’s first gin distillery offers a gin flavoured with kelp, shitake and daikon
SAPPORO (Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network) - Hokkaido’s first gin distillery has opened in Sapporo, with kelp and other local products used to create a spirit with a distinctive flavour. Hokkaido Lib... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama adopts new work schedules to combat turnover
In an effort to combat employee turnover, Yokohama Tire Corporation created a new work schedule for its West Point plant employees. Prior to February, Yokohama employees would work six 12-hour day shi... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘lonely dolphin’ sparks public outcry after being abandoned at derelict aquarium
The plight of a lonely dolphin and dozens of penguins that have been abandoned in a derelict aquarium in Japan since the start ... and the other animals.” News of the abandoned animals spread ... ( read original story ...)
Japan basketballers who paid for sex get 1-year suspensions
Yuko Mitsuya, the head of the Japan Basketball Association, bowed in apology before making the announcement at a Wednesday news conference in Tokyo. “They lacked the sense of pride and responsibility ... ( read original story ...)
‘Made in Japan’ Is Now Big in China
OSAKA, Japan—Makers of consumer goods, basking in a warm spell between Asia’s two biggest economies, have discovered that the factories in this country have an advantage China can’t match. They can pu... ( read original story ...)
Japan Denies Report Trump Brought Up Pearl Harbor in Trade Talks
Japan’s chief government spokesman denied a Washington Post ... in any case this isn’t true,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news briefing Wednesday in response to a question ab... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Itochu to buy stake in EV startup Singulato: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Itochu Corp (8801.T) is to invest less than 1 billion yen ($9.05 million) in Singulato Motors, a Chinese smart, connected electric vehicle startup – a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese man expelled from North Korea arrives home: media
Tomoyuki Sugimoto, who is believed to be a videographer from Shiga prefecture in central Japan, arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport on a flight from China, Kyodo and Jiji news agencies said. Japanese me... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama’s New App for Creating Social Media Content Is Free to Tire Dealers
Yokohama Tire Corp.’s new Rallio app is designed to help tire dealers easily publish and personalize Yokohama-created social media content on all their communication channels. The tool is free to deal... ( read original story ...)
Japanese man returns home after release by North Korea
Kyodo News said Sugimoto confirmed his identity to its reporters who were on the same Air Koryo flight out of Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. NHK television quoted a Japanese diplomat as ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Global shares mostly rise on US, Mexico trade deal
TOKYO — Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday after the ... index topped 8,000 for the first time after the North American Free Trade Agreement news, although the trade deal isn’t final. The U.S. s... ( read original story ...)