Acquisition marks company’s confidence in Malaysia’s vibrant semiconductor and machinery industry, says Mida CEO. ( read original story ...)
Average price of existing condominium sales in Tokyo Metropolitan Area (JPY 10,000 per sq. m.) (1992=100)
This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation. Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in ... ( read original story ...)
Is This (Finally) The Time To Invest In Japan?
After three decades of being shunned by international investors, the Japanese stock market is attracting renewed interest this year.
Japan’s southern islands prepare for Tropical Storm Mawar
Businesses and residents in Japan are making preparations as weakened Tropical Storm Mawar, previously a typhoon, approaches the country’s southern Okinawa islands. ( read original story ...)
Japan reports warmest spring on record
Japan experienced its warmest spring on record this year, the national weather agency said Thursday, as greenhouse gasses and El Nino send temperatures soaring worldwide.The United Nations said last ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM unveils $25 bn plan to tackle birthrate crisis
Japan's prime minister unveiled a $25 billion plan on Thursday to expand support for young people and families in a bid to help raise the country's plummeting birthrate.At Thursday's meeting, Kishida ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Hitachi Astemo appoints Honda veteran as next CEO
Japan's Hitachi Astemo said on Thursday an auto industry veteran will take over as top executive from Brice Koch, who handled the automotive supplier's response to misconduct over testing and other ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Spend About $25 Billion on Families to Boost Births
Japan will spend around ¥3.5 trillion ($25 billion) on policies meant to bolster its sliding birthrate, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday, without fully explaining how he will fund the plans. ( read original story ...)
Japan Seeks Security Clearance System in Line With US Allies
The Japanese government aims to set up an official clearance system for accessing classified information related to economic security as it seeks to strengthen cooperation with its allies including ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tells US it wants closer cooperation to deal with North Korea
Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Thursday told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin he wanted to deepen security cooperation with Washington and South Korea after North Korea's failed rocket ... ( read original story ...)
Snap up one of Japan’s 8.5 million ‘ghost’ homes for just £2k
Listed for an even smaller price tag – just JP¥400,000, or £2,400 ($3k) – this residence in the town of Numata on Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's islands, is another real estate steal from the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s tallest wooden tower is opening in Ginza later this year
The Ginza skyline in Tokyo has just welcomed a towering new addition: the Takagi building, a sustainable medium-high-rise edifice. Constructed primarily from Tama timber, this 56-metre-tall tower is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s capital spending jumps 11 pct in Jan.-March quarter
Capital spending by Japanese companies in the January-March period rose 11 percent year on year posting an eighth straight quarter of ... ( read original story ...)
Elizabeth Warren: ‘Crypto Is Helping Fund the Fentanyl Trade’
On Wednesday, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren said during a senate hearing that cryptocurrency was being used by criminals in the Chinese fentanyl trade, and that American lawmakers were in a ...
Nagoya court rules not recognizing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional
The Nagoya District Court on Tuesday ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, a large symbolic step toward marriage equality in the only Group of Seven nation with no legal ... ( read original story ...)
US defense chief calls China’s refusal to meet unfortunate during visit to Tokyo for talks
Tokyo and Seoul are also discussing real-time sharing of North ... Get top headlines from the Union-Tribune in your inbox weekday mornings, including top news, local, sports, business, entertainment ... ( read original story ...)