Japanese automaker Subaru Corp laid out targets for selling and making battery electric vehicles (EVs) on Thursday, aiming for global sales of 200,000 units a year by around 2026 as it seeks to tap into the growing EV market. ( read original story ...)
Marketmind: US debt drama crashes Japan’s G7 party
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is highlighting three core priorities at the start of the G7 finance ministers' three-day meeting in Niigata, ( read original story ...)
South Korea-Japan Deal Helps Counter Pyongyang, Adviser Says
A recent warming of ties between South Korea and Japan will help them share information with their US ally to keep an eye on North Korea, said a top adviser to Seoul who helped draw up a deal to remedy an impasse that hurt security and trade ties. ( read original story ...)
Lower Tokyo Office Vacancies Give Relief to Market After Covid
Tokyo’s office vacancy rate fell in April, offering temporary relief to landlords as cities around the globe struggle with empty space after hybrid work took root during the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Two more handed suspended jail terms in Tokyo Olympics scandal
Two Japanese businessmen were handed suspended prison sentences on Thursday in the latest convictions in a bribery scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Last month, the former chairman of a high ... ( read original story ...)
5.4 magnitude earthquake near Tokyo causes minor injuries, damage
An earthquake has shaken Japan’s capital, Tokyo, and surrounding areas, injuring several people and causing minor damage ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo middle school teacher arrested on suspicion of murder
A junior high school teacher was arrested on May 10 for allegedly fatally slashing a man at a house here in February this year. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Otsuka Pharma gets FDA approval for Alzheimer’s agitation drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Otsuka Pharmaceutical's brexpiprazole to treat agitation in patients with Alzheimer's on Thursday, making it the first approved drug for the indication, ... ( read original story ...)
EUROPE US debt drama crashes Japan’s G7 party
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is highlighting three core priorities at the start of the G7 finance ministers' three-day meeting in Niigata, Japan today: reining in global inflation, bolstering ... ( read original story ...)
S’porean man, 33, buys old house in Japan for S$30,000 & remakes it into a guesthouse
A Singaporean man, Lee Xian Jie, 33, bought a home in rural Japan for S$30,000. His story has been documented in various chats, interviews, and most recently, hashed out in more detail in The Straits ... ( read original story ...)
G7 finance ministers tackle global economic challenges as Yellen seeks to reassure on debt standoff
The financial leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations are meeting in Japan as a standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling looms as one of the biggest potential threats to the global economy. Treasury ...
US Debt Standoff Overshadows G7 Finance Leaders’ Meeting
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was expected to face questions from her G7 counterparts, meeting in the Japanese city of Niigata, on how Washington intends to prevent turbulence in financial markets, ...
DPM Lawrence Wong in Niigata, Japan, for G-7 meeting of finance chiefs
Singapore’s Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will attend a meeting of finance chiefs and central bank governors from the Group of Seven (G-7) bloc of wealthy industrialised ...
The true price of a Japanese cinema ticket
From June, the price of watching a film at Japan’s biggest cinema chain, Toho, will rise by ¥ 100 ($.074): a hike of between 5 to 8 per cent depending on the type of ticket. Not wallet-shredding or ... ( read original story ...)
PREVIEW China and US debt woes may dominate G7 finance chiefs’ talks
China will be the elephant in the room at this week's meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders, who will seek to diversify supply chains away from the country -- but also try to get Beijing's ...
G-7 finance chiefs to discuss bank woes, Ukraine, emerging risks
NIIGATA (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven will meet Thursday for three-day talks in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, as they aim to boost confidence in the banking sector, coordinate ...