Japan is considerably an earthquake-prone region. Thus, the Village House Vietnamese Customer Service Team in Kato City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, led an earthquake preparedness event for its ... ( read original story ...)
Tourists flock to Japan after COVID restrictions lifted
Eager to admire colorful foliage, eat sushi and go shopping, droves of tourists from abroad started arriving in Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says will decide steps on Sakhalin-1 in consultation with partners
Japan will decide what to do about the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia's Far East in consultation with its partners as it reviews details of a decree by Moscow, Japanese industry minister ... ( read original story ...)
Fumio Kishida backs Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose policy despite yen plunge
Fumio Kishida has signalled his support for the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy despite the yen’s plunge to its lowest level in real terms since the 1970s. In an interview with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nidec says no truth to report about inappropriate buybacks
Japan's Nidec Corp said on Tuesday it was "absolutely not true" that it had engaged in inappropriate handling of share buybacks, responding to a report from magazine Toyo Keizai. ( read original story ...)
As Japan reopens, weak yen is both good and bad news for travel sector
Relief and delight swept Japan's travel sector after the country reopened to tourists without restrictions on Tuesday (Oct 11), amid some trepidation that the weak yen would contribute to too many ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Receives Some Bad News from Friendly Portugal
Overall the crypto market has lost over $2 trillion since its November highs. Cryptocurrencies, which are the public face of the crypto industry that wants to disrupt the traditional financial ...
Japan’s Kishida backs Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose policy despite yen plunge – FT
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signalled his support for the Bank of Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy in an interview with the Financial Times and said the central bank needs to maintain its ...
Japan Finance Minister: U.S. has shown understanding on Tokyo’s FX intervention
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday the United States has shown "a certain extent" of understanding about the currency market intervention Tokyo conducted last month.
Japan logs August’s smallest-ever current account surplus as import
Japan's current account surplus shrank to its smallest amount on record for the month of August, Ministry of Finance data showed on Tuesday, with surging prices of energy imports outstripping price ...
Japan to take proper steps if forex volatility rises: finance chief
Suzuki said he plans to explain Japan's position on currency intervention when he meets with finance chiefs from the Group of 20 economies in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday. "There is no change ...
Japan Finance Minister to Explain Yen Intervention at G-20 Meeting
By Megumi Fujikawa Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said he plans to explain the nation's recent yen-buying intervention to the Group of 20 ...
Hokkaido man arrested as police probe murder of university student
A man who was arrested Monday on suspicion of abandoning the victim's body has made statements to police indicating he killed the woman. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Opens Same-Sex Partnership System for Applications
A system to register same-sex partnerships opened for applications in Tokyo on Tuesday, in a symbolic step forward for a country that has fallen behind its peers on embracing diversity.Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks plunge in morning on US rate hike fears
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks plunged Tuesday morning, with the Nikkei index losing more than 2 percent, on fears over aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve after the release of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister: US has shown understanding on Tokyo’s FX intervention
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday the United States has shown "a certain extent" of understanding about the currency intervention Tokyo conducted last month. Suzuki also told r ... ( read original story ...)