TOKYO -- IHG Hotels & Resorts, a U.K.-based hotel chain, said Friday that it will open three hotels in Osaka this year under its midprice brand Garner, targeting the growing tourism market in Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s imperial family hosts a poetry reading with a focus on peace to welcome the new year
Japanese Empress Masako has expressed her yearning for peace as a mother’s love in her poem, read at an annual celebration of poetry at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Japanese man so successful at doing ‘nothing’ for others, he now does it for free
The client wants to do something, and I just go along. No deep commitment is expected and no personality required.” ... ( read original story ...)
Little Tokyo Wishing Tree Removed From Japanese Village Plaza
Ikeda, known by her friends as Nikki, stayed up until midnight on Jan. 15 tearing down the wishes of hundreds of Little Tokyo visitors. “I closed at 7 and spent five hours to take down the paper,” she ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei logs weekly jump as chip shares rally
Chip-industry stocks led a rally in Japan's Nikkei share average on Friday, lifting the benchmark index to a weekly gain. The Nikkei advanced 1.4% to close at 35,963.27. However, technical indicators ...
Tokyo Jan core inflation seen falling below 2%, first time in 20 months
Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital Tokyo in January likely fell below 2% for the first time since May 2022, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday, reinforcing the view that price ... ( read original story ...)
Will Japan see more marriages with Tokyo’s taxpayer-funded AI-driven dating app or it is just ‘throwing money away’?
Critics are unconvinced that another dating app will reverse Japan’s declining population. Instead, they suggest more be done to address fundamental reasons why people avoid getting married and having ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida May Dissolve His Faction Over Slush-Fund Scandal
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is weighing the dissolution of his political faction after a slush-fund scandal roiling the ruling Liberal Democratic Party spread to include his own inner circle, ( read original story ...)
Japanese chip shares’ rally puts Nikkei on track for weekly gain
Japan's Nikkei share average climbed more than 1% on Friday, lifted by chip-industry stocks, with the benchmark index headed for a second straight weekly advance. The Nikkei was up 1.6% at 36,034.71, ...
Japan’s finance minister: Watching currency moves carefully
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday the government was watching currency moves carefully, when asked about the yen's recent fast-pitched declines.
Japan’s Suzuki: Watching FX moves ‘carefully’
USD/JPY is off the highs but remains well-bid above 148.00 in Asian trading on Friday. The Yen is under fresh selling pressure following the release of soft Japanese CPI inflation data. Further upside ...
Japan watching forex moves closely, stability important: minister
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Friday the government is carefully watching developments in the currency market as sta ...
Japan finance minister Suzuki says watching FX moves ‘carefully’
Japan finance minister Suzuki: • Forex moves are driven by various factors. • The government is watching FX developments carefully. • Its important for FX to move stably, reflecting fundamentals. The ...
Japan Trade Finance Market 2024 | Analysis, Recent Trends And Regional Growth Forecast By 2032
The increasing international trade is supporting the growth of the market in Japan. In line with this, the economy of the country relies on exports and imports of goods and services, making trade ...
3DEO Secures Strategic Investment From Development Bank of Japan and Seiko Epson Corporation to Accelerate Growth and Innovation
DEO, a Los Angeles-based leader in design, engineering and metal additive manufacturing (AM), today announced a significant investment from the Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ) and Seiko Epson ...
Situation remains severe for Central Japan earthquake survivors
The situation in central Japan's Noto Peninsula remains severe more than two weeks after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. Cold weather is expected on Friday in the devastated area, and there are ... ( read original story ...)