Category: NEWS

Hidankyo's Hiroshima branch chairperson, Tomoyuki Mimaki, who was standing by for the announcement, cheered and teared up when he received the news. ( read original story ...)

As chair, Barna succeeds Alexis Garcin, president and CEO of Michelin North America, Inc., who is stepping down from the USTMA board. ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines is giving free domestic flights for international tourists, but experts warn it may worsen overtourism in Tokyo and Kyoto. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Mitsui & Co plans to re-enter global precious metals trading to hedge client risk after a nine-year absence, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. ( read original story ...)

Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. ( read original story ...)

A passenger riding an Osaka Metro Co. train suffered a suspected chemical burn on Oct. 10 after sitting on a wet seat.A station attendant cal･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the group, ... ( read original story ...)

Papers have been sent to prosecutors on a Tokyo rental firm manager who allegedly allowed foreign tourists to drive go-karts on the street without a valid license. ( read original story ...)

Local governments ask Japan’s government for more information about the spill, including where the water flowed, why contaminated water was stored on base and what preventative measures will be taken. ( read original story ...)

Investors pushed Bain Capital to almost halve the valuation it was seeking for Japan's Kioxia in an IPO, leading the U.S. buyout firm to scrap its plans for an October listing of the memory chipmaker, ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said he hopes Japan can meet China halfway and keep bilateral relations on the right track, state media reported, as the two countries try to ease escalating tensions in the ... ( read original story ...)

Turkey has imposed anti-dumping duties on some steel imports from China, Russia, India and Japan, according to a decision published in the Official Gazette on Friday, with the highest tariffs on ... ( read original story ...)

Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 36-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of murder following the death of a couple, believed to be his parents, in their apartment in Nagoya's Midori Ward. The ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's finance ministry plans to suspend Nomura Securities' primary dealer status for government bonds for a month starting on Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The step comes after Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core consumer inflation rate likely eased in September as energy costs eased due to government subsidies, while export growth slowed sharply, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Volleyball regularly features in lists of the world's top five most popular sports and a rebranded Japanese league is launching its new season later on Friday with the aim of translating that ... ( read original story ...)