An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 81 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan at 00:51 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. The epicenter, with a depth of 58.577 km, ... ( read original story ...)
HERE SDK Navigate now available in Japan
The HERE SDK Navigate is the latest HERE location service extended to Japan. Yokohama -- HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, today announced that HERE SDK Navigate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s August wholesale inflation hits 9% as price rises broaden
Japan's wholesale prices rose 9.0% in August from the previous year, data showed, signaling that high raw material costs continued to squeeze corporate margins. ( read original story ...)
Report: Japan’s Sony sells music business in Russia
Japan's Sony Group Corp has sold the Russian branch of its music business given heightened human rights concern over the Ukraine conflict and ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Custody Specialist Anchorage Digital Offers Japanese Yen Stablecoin
Stablecoins such as USDT and USDC have become cornerstones of crypto and the catalysts for new trading paradigms such as decentralized finance (DeFi). But non-crypto natives are now realizing the ...
Japan’s Sony sells music business in Russia -Nikkei
Japan's Sony Group Corp 6758.T has sold the Russian branch of its music business given heightened human rights concern over the Ukraine conflict and business difficulties as Western sanctions against ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends higher on hopes for increased tourism, weak yen
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index closed at a more than two-week high Monday following Wall Street's upbeat lead late last week, with hopes for a pickup in tourism and a weak yen lifting ...
Asia-Pacific markets set for mixed mixed ahead of U.S. inflation report
Futures in the Asia-Pacific were mixed on Tuesday as investors look ahead to the U.S. inflation report for August ...
Tokyo station employee tells passengers to use rear train cars if they ‘do not want to be groped’
A Tokyo train station employee is facing backlash for an announcement he made instructing passengers to take the rear train cars if they “do not want to be groped.” During the evening rush hour, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Top Refiner Is Gearing Up for the Oil Industry’s Decline
Japan’s biggest oil refiner is drawing up plans to consolidate production as domestic demand slumps because of a shrinking population and efforts to cut emissions. Eneos Holdings Inc. has an outline ... ( read original story ...)
How do Japanese show they care? By sending a telegram.
Just in one year, more than 4 million telegrams crisscrossed Japan carrying articulations of celebration, mourning and thanks. A recent scandal, however, may cool the enthusiasm for some senders. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo to restart brewing Yebisu beer in Tokyo’s Ebisu after 35 years
Sapporo Breweries Ltd said Monday it will start brewing its flagship Yebisu beer at the brand's birthplace of Tokyo's Ebisu district for the first time in 35 years. The beer company will set up around ... ( read original story ...)
Man goes on trial for murder of 19-year-old woman in Chiba
A 25-year-old man went on trial Monday over the murder of a 19-year-old woman, whom he met on a social networking service, in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, in May 2021. In the opening session of the ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesian Consulate General in Osaka holds cooking class for local high school students
Staff members at the Indonesian Consulate General in Osaka taught local high school students in this western Japan city how to c ... ( read original story ...)
The Ins and Outs of Tokyo Street Style, What’s Trending & What to Shop
What’s considered fashionable is often whittled down to the likes of France and Italy; Chanel and Gucci. After all, the global fashion capitals, dubbed the “Big Four,” include Paris, Milan, London and ... ( read original story ...)
The pros and cons of living on Tokyo’s outskirts
When we first found our previous apartment in Minami Asagaya, my partner and I were thrilled. It was near a lovely park and gave us an easy commute to work. And then the coronavirus pandemic hit. ( read original story ...)