Human resources company Pasona Group Inc. will transfer its main functions and 1,200 employees from Tokyo to Awajishima island in Hyogo Prefecture starting in September to mitigate potential business ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and regions hold scaled-back disaster drills amid pandemic
The central government's exercise was based on the assumption that a magnitude 9.1 earthquake occurred at 7:10 a.m. off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka vows to keep shining light on racial injustice after win at US Open
Naomi Osaka vowed to continue highlighting issues of racial injustice after reaching the second round of the US Open with a hard-fought win over Misaki Doi ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end flat on robust trading firm shares, gains locked in
Tokyo stocks ended nearly flat Tuesday, as buying in trading companies as well as high-tech issues following an overnight gain in U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s next premier to find pandemic eroding job market gains made by ‘Abenomics’
Whoever succeeds Shinzo Abe as Japan's prime minister will be confronted with growing signs that the job market is deteriorating in an economy laid low by the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka wears a mask bearing Breonna Taylor’s name before U.S. Open first-round match
Naomi Osaka wore a black mask with the name of Breonna Taylor emblazoned across the front before the start of her U.S. Open match Monday night. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka digs deep but allays injury fears in US Open victory
Naomi Osaka showed no signs of discomfort from the injury that forced her to miss a final on Saturday ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka allays injury fears in three-set opening win over Doi
Naomi Osaka showed no signs of discomfort from the injury that forced her to miss a final on Saturday but the former champion still had to dig deep to beat fellow Japanese Misaki Doi 6-2 5-7 6-2 to ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka wears mask in memory of Breonna Taylor at US Open
Naomi Osaka wore a mask bearing the name of police shooting victim Breonna Taylor before and after a first-round victory at the U.S. Open ... ( read original story ...)
US Open 2020: Naomi Osaka through but Coco Gauff out in New York
Former champion Naomi Osaka overcomes a scare in her US Open first-round match, but American teenager Coco Gauff is knocked out on day one. ( read original story ...)
What next for Japan’s wealthy travellers?
But for wealthy Japanese, this will not be enough. Fortunately, they too will almost certainly find what they want — as long as investors seize the opportunity. Indeed, an example of what can be done ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ruling party’s Noda will not run to succeed Abe: Kyodo
Japanese ruling party politician Seiko Noda will not run in the race to head the Liberal Democratic Party and succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Napa’s oldest family-owned winery narrowly escapes Hennessy Fire
As the Hennesey Fire grew dangerously close to Napa Valley’s oldest winery on Aug. 18, the Sunseri family nervously watched as flames engulfed surrounding hills. ( read original story ...)
75 years later, Japanese man recalls bitter internment in US
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the first thing Hidekazu Tamura, a Japanese American living in California, thought was, “I’ll be killed at the hands of my fellow ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Property rights index
A subcomponent of the Index of Economic Freedom, the property rights index measures the degree to which a countrys laws protect private property rights, and the degree to which its government enforces ... ( read original story ...)
Japan must avoid rise in property tax for commercial land: LDP exec
Japan must avoid any increase in property tax for commercial land as the coronavirus pandemic is hurting many companies, Akira Amari, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s tax panel, was ... ( read original story ...)