A powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the Tokyo area on Thursday night (local time), injuring more than 30 people, damaging underground water pipes and halting trains and subways. The ... ( read original story ...)
Trevor Noah Lists Japanese-Inspired Bel Air Mansion For $29.75 Million
Just nine months after purchasing the property, Trevor Noah has listed his Bel Air mansion for $29.75 million, Dirt reports. The comedian paid $27.5 million for the 11,375 square foot ... ( read original story ...)
Pokemon teams with Universal Studios Japan for expanding theme park experience
After several delays associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Super Nintendo World finally opened at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka earlier this year. Universal Studios Japan is wasting little ... ( read original story ...)
Attack on Chinese businessman in Japan prompts hunt for alleged assailants
A trading firm owner in Tokyo told police two Chinese-speaking men assaulted him and later took off with US$985,600. ( read original story ...)
Challenges await Japan’s new Cabinet
Analysts expect no major economic policy changes from Abe era despite new faces TOKYO－Fumio Kishida, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected on Monday as the new Japanese prime ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 5.9 quake hits northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
Following the earthquake, Tohoku Electric Power Co. said no abnormalities were found at its two nuclear power plants in Aomori and Miyagi prefectures. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Chikyoren hires PGIM for new global property mandate
Japan’s Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials has hired US asset manager PGIM Inc. for its third global real estate mandate of the year. The pension fund, Japan’s second largest and ... ( read original story ...)
Will Japan’s Kishida Take Relations With the Koreas in a New Direction?
The Japanese Diet recently elected longtime top diplomat Kishida Fumio as the country’s next. While a seasoned negotiator with both Pyongyang and Seoul, Prime Minister Kishida will likely maintain a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Ministry of Justice begins study on proposed amendment of security legislation
Tomoharu Hagiwara of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu explores the reasons behind Japan’s decision to amend its security law system ... ( read original story ...)
If I could go anywhere: the deep mountains and mysterious valleys of Tokyo’s Nezu Museum
A vast estate in metropolitan Tokyo, this museum and garden in the former home of businessman and philanthropist Nezu Kaichirō is a place of calm beauty. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares slump on inflation fears, eroding confidence
Tokyos benchmark Nikkei index gave up more than three percent on Tuesday morning amid global worries over inflation and the Chinese economy, with high-tech shares hit particularly hard. ( read original story ...)
After Wall Street’s sell off, Asian tech and property stocks feel the jitters
Asian stocks mostly tumbled Tuesday following the US market sell-off, as tech and property dragged. Japan's benchmark Nikkei slid as much as 3.5%, taking the drop from recent record highs to 10%, ... ( read original story ...)
Fumio Kishida elected as Japan PM, forms new cabinet
Fumio Kishida, leader of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected on Monday as the new prime minister, the 100th in the Asian countrys political history, forming a new cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
Will the growing rigidity of the Japanese PM bring the Kuriles closer to Tokyo?
Oleg Obukhov New prime minister, but the same aspirations. Kunashir, Shikotan, Iturup and Habomai are not letting go of the Japanese authorities. The country’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new PM names US as a major partner
Ksenia Naka. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that relations with the US will remain the basis of the country’s foreign policy, he said at his first press conference in this capacity. ( read original story ...)
A DC Company is Building Modular Getaway Homes
A DC-based company is wading into the world of design-led modular homes. TOMU recently announced the launch of TOMU Villas, a line of "Japanese and Scandinavian-inspired" The line consists of studio, ... ( read original story ...)