Japan's factory activity expanded for the first time in a year in May, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, but overall growth was modest and demand was still subdued while a weak yen raised the ...
USD/JPY Forecast: Japanese Capital Spending and PMI Impact on the Yen
With Japan’s capital investment softening and PMI modestly up, the Yen’s trajectory hangs on BoJ forward guidance amid evolving economic signals.
Japan’s capital spending up 6.8% in Jan.-March
Capital spending by Japanese companies in the January-March quarter increased 6.8 percent from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry s ...
Tokyo Disney Resort rides stop after power outage, no one injured
Some attractions at Tokyo Disney Resort theme parks automatically stopped Sunday after a brief power outage, with the operator report ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Q1 capex rises but at slower pace
Japanese companies raised spending on plant and equipment in January-March by 6.8% from the same period a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday. The data will be used to calculate revised gross domestic product figures due on June 10. ( read original story ...)
Strong earthquakes shake area near Japanese region hit by Jan. 1 fatal disaster, but no tsunami
Strong earthquakes have shaken Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that was hit by Jan. 1 fatal quake, but there authorities say there was no danger of a tsunami. ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits central Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO - A strong magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook central Japan on Monday but there was no tsunami warning, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. The shallow jolt, which hit ... ( read original story ...)
Strong quake shakes Japan’s hard-hit Noto Peninsula area
A strong earthquake registering an upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale struck the Noto Peninsula area of Ishikawa Prefecture early Monday, the Meteorological Agency said, just over six ... ( read original story ...)
Urgent: 5.9-magnitude quake rocks Japan’s Noto region
TOKYO, June 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted off Japan's Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture early Monday, the country's weather agency said. No tsunami warning ... ( read original story ...)
M5.9 earthquake hits Noto area, central Japan
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit the Noto area, Ishikawa prefectures in central Japan on Monday but no tsunami w ... ( read original story ...)
5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Reported
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Sunday (June 2), according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered in Anamizu at a depth of 4.8 kilometers (about three miles). ( read original story ...)
M5.9 earthquake hits Ishikawa Pref.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has hit Ishikawa Prefecture. Authorities say there is no threat of tsunami. The agency says the quake struck at around 6:31 a ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake hits Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture
TOKYO, June 3 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued after the ... ( read original story ...)
Man arrested for punching 67-year-old woman in face on platform at JR Sapporo Station
Police in Sapporo said Sunday they have arrested a 59-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting a 67-year-old woman while they were on a platform at JR Sapporo Station. According to police, the incident ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Nightscapes: Empty Shinjuku department store site elicits sense of loss, anticipation
The main building of the Odakyu Department Store Shinjuku, which had been a landmark of Shinjuku Station's west exit since its full opening in 1967, has been demolished. With permission, I entered the ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesian social commerce startup Evermos eyes IPO in 2 years
TOKYO -- Indonesian social commerce startup Evermos is eyeing an initial public offering in two years, co-founder Iqbal Muslimin said in an interview with Nikkei Asia, as the five-year-old company ...