STORY: This Japanese robot can peel bananas without squashing the fruit (most of the time)Location: Tokyo, JapanResearchers at University of Tokyo trained the dual-armed robot using ‘deep imitation le ... ( read original story ...)
Famed directors denounce sexual abuse in Japan’s filmmaking industry
A #MeToo moment may be growing in a country where top movie directors have signed a petition expressing outrage over allegations of sexual violence in the film industry. ( read original story ...)
Cryptocurrency: Kakao Piccoma buys Japan’s Sakura Exchange BitCoin for global expansion
Kakao Piccoma, the Japanese subsidiary of South Koreas Kakao Corp., has acquired the Sakura Exchange BitCoin cryptocurrency exchange firm. The purchase will help Kakao achieve its goal of global ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby head says 100 yen to dollar “sustainable” – newspaper
The head of a major Japanese business lobby said on Wednesday that 100 yen to the dollar was a "sustainable" exchange rate in the longer term, expressing discontent with the yen's recent weakening, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsui to pick 49% stake in ReNew Power’s power project
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui has agreed to take a 49 per cent stake in ReNew Power's round-the-clock renewable power project, the Indian firm said on Wednesday. ReNew signed a 400 MW Round-The-Clock ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei posts biggest fall in four weeks after hawkish Fed comments
Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday by its most in nearly four weeks, tracking Wall Street as hawkish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials raised prospects of bigger rate hikes and ... ( read original story ...)
Ukrainian evacuees join family in Osaka
Millions of Ukrainians have fled their country in search of safety. Some have come to Japan. Twenty Ukrainian evacuees arrived on a government plane on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks fall on fears of aggressive US monetary tightening
Tokyo stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, weighed by concern that the U.S. central bank may tighten its monetary policy more aggressive ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka company reprimanded over false ‘drink miso soup to lose weight’ ad
Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency issued action orders on April 5 demanding a company in Osaka amend its claim that one can easily lose weight ... ( read original story ...)
CORRECTED: Tokyo stocks open lower as tech issues fall
Tokyo stocks opened lower Wednesday, dragged down by technology shares that tracked an overnight fall in their U.S. counterparts. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ... ( read original story ...)
Nuclear Power’s Growing Fan Base in Japan Faces a Reality Check
Voices calling for Japan to ramp up its use of nuclear power are getting louder, but a rapid return is unlikely even as the nation faces another possible energy crunch this summer. ( read original story ...)
Activists seek to secure Japanese immigrants’ ‘sacred’ land
This is the historic Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Church that sits on a 4.5-acre landscape This content is written and produced by Religion News Service and distributed by The Associated Press. ( read original story ...)
Gross Rental Yield in Japan
The gross annual rental income, expressed as a percentage of property purchase price. This is what a landlord can expect as return on his investment before taxes, maintenance fees and other costs. The ... ( read original story ...)
Worldcoin Promised Free Crypto If They Scanned Their Eyeballs With “The Orb.” Now They Feel Robbed.
The Sam Altman–founded crypto startup has said it aims to alleviate global poverty, but so far it has angered the very people it claims to be helping. ( read original story ...)
Osaka University team proves safety of iPS-based cornea transplant
An Osaka University research team has concluded that the worlds first clinical trial, transplanting corneal tissues derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, was safe and effective. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s central bank will be ‘alarmed’ if yen crosses 130 per dollar, says ex-vice minister
The Bank of Japan will be "alarmed" if the dollar-yen level crosses above the 130 level, according to Eisuke Sakakibara, a former vice minister of finance for international affairs. The Japanese yen ... ( read original story ...)