The Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) has announced its Year 4 Championship will take place in Sapporo, Japan in early 2025. ( read original story ...)
Driver forgets to open and close train doors at subway station in Sapporo
A subway driver forgot to open and close the doors on a train in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sunday. According to the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau, the driver forgot to open the train doors at Jieitai ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei touches one-month high in choppy trade
Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday to touch the 39,000 level for the first time since late July, helped by a softer yen and Wall Street's gains at the end of last week.The Nikkei .N225 closed ...
Japan Inc. posts record ordinary profits for Apr.-Jun. quarter
The combined ordinary profits of Japanese companies have set a new record for the April-to-June period. The weaker yen and a growing number of overseas visitors helped push up the overall figure.
Japan looks to bring in four-day week to tackle staff shortages
Japan is attempting to address staff shortages by coaxing more ... The trend even has gained traction in the notoriously consuming finance industry. Brokerage SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. started ...
Tokyo Metro headed for IPO as soon as October
TOKYO -- Japan's central and Tokyo metropolitan governments are preparing ... in what could be the Tokyo Stock Exchange's biggest initial public offering since 2018. The IPO could value Tokyo Metro at 640 billion yen to 700 billion yen ($4.37 billion ...
Tokyo Metro headed for IPO as soon as October
TOKYO -- Japan's central and Tokyo metropolitan governments are preparing ... in what could be the Tokyo Stock Exchange's biggest initial public offering since 2018. The IPO could value Tokyo Metro at 640 billion yen to 700 billion yen ($4.37 billion ...
Japan’s manufacturing PMI remains contractionary in August, softer than initially thought
The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI was revised upward to 49.8 in August 2024 from flash data of 49.5, higher than July's reading of 49.1, indicating that factory activity moved closer to ...
Ovialand delays anew planned IPO
The Olivares family-led housing developer Ovialand Inc. is still on wait-and-see mode for its P2.2-billion initial public offering (IPO), pushing it back again, this time to 2025 depending on the market conditions.
Japan teen jumps to death, killing pedestrian below
Warning: This article contains details that readers may find distressing Two people have died in the Japanese city of Yokohama after a teenage girl jumped to her death from a shopping centre, hitting ... ( read original story ...)
China warns Japan of retaliation over potential new chip curbs, Bloomberg reports
China has warned severe economic retaliation against Japan if it further restricts sales and servicing of chipmaking equipment to Chinese firms, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people ... ( read original story ...)
Book Review: Predicting Disasters: Earthquakes, Scientists and Uncertainty in Modern Japan
This history of Japanese earthquake prediction provides a compelling account of how disaster policies are made and unmade. It offers interesting insights into Japan’s post-war development and its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is having a hard time convincing employees to take 4-day workweeks
Japan launched an initiative to help people cut back on work. But three years in, few people take a four-day workweek. ( read original story ...)
Two lesser known neighbourhoods to check out on your next Tokyo trip
Visit the ultra-modern Toranomon area or Fuji Speedway, with motorsports, outlet shopping and Mount Fuji views. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
The takeover fight that could reshape Japan
Couche-Tard’s approach to the owner of 7-Eleven could kick-start a wave of M&A activity in a country that has tended to avoid it ( read original story ...)
A US Army vet moved to Japan with his wife and bought an abandoned house for $35,000. They have no plans to leave.
"Before, we were moving every few years, so our walls were never painted and we never hung up pictures," Lawrence Covian told BI. ( read original story ...)