Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.00%. The best ... ( read original story ...)
Takisada-Nagoya goes the extra yard in textiles and fashion industry
The Japanese trading company has become a partner of choice for apparel manufacturers, fast-fashion retailers and suppliers from China and around the globe ... ( read original story ...)
Kevin Muscat set to take over at Ange Postecoglou’s former club Yokohama F. Marinos
A-League championship-winning mentor Kevin Muscat is reportedly set to succeed Ange Postecoglou as coach of Japanese club Yokohama F. Marinos. ( read original story ...)
Japan sticks to economic assessment in June report
With about a month to go until Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games, Japan kept its economic assessment for June largely intact, sticking to its view that the economy remained impacted adversely by the ... ( read original story ...)
The Tokyo Olympics just got an important no-confidence vote — from Japan’s emperor
Emperor Naruhito is concerned holding the Games will fuel covid-19 infections in Japan, the head of the Imperial Household Agency said. ( read original story ...)
Century-old expert Osaka Rasenkan Kogyo delivers the world’s most flexible steel hoses
The company’s latest product, the Micro Mini Flex, is considered the thinnest flexible steel hose in the world ... ( read original story ...)
Japan regulator grants safety approval to Chugoku Elec’s reactor restart
Japan's nuclear regulator has given initial safety approval for Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc's 9504.T No.2 reactor at its Shimane nuclear power station in Matsue, western Japan, which has been shut ... ( read original story ...)
China’s crypto-miners look abroad as regulators tighten noose
When a prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining projects this month, Chris Zhu scrambled to move clients' machines southward, spending over a week to ... ( read original story ...)
Mining bitcoin could be about to get a whole lot easier after China’s crypto crackdown
China's bitcoin crackdown intensified over the weekend, with authorities in the hydropower-rich Sichuan province ordering crypto miners to shut down operations. According to reports, more than 90% of ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Bosses See Miners Fleeing China as Crackdown Spreads
The heads of some of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges say Bitcoin miners are moving out of China as authorities intensify their crackdown on the space. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei ends flat; startup Mercari jumps on first annual profit outlook
Japanese shares were flat on Thursday as uncertainty over domestic corporate earnings kept investors on the sidelines, while Mercari jumped after the technology startup forecast its first annual net ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to abolish fiscal, debt advisory panel -govt officials
Japan's finance ministry will abolish a nearly two-decade-old panel consisting of academics and corporate executives that has offered long-term ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to abolish two-decade-old fiscal, debt advisory panel
Japan's finance ministry will abolish a nearly two-decade-old panel consisting of academics and corporate executives that has offered long-term proposals on fixing the country's worsening finances, ... ( read original story ...)
Saitama man had girl, 13, sign ‘slave contract’ before sex in Nagoya love hotel
Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 29-year-old man who had a teenage girl sign a contract to be his slave before paying her for sex ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Japan emperor appears ‘concerned’ about COVID-19 spread through Games -Kyodo
Japanese Emperor Naruhito appears "concerned" about the possibility the Olympic Games could cause the coronavirus to spread as feared by many in the public, Kyodo News quoted an official at the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top court rules couples must use the same surname
Japan's top court on Wednesday threw out a challenge by three couples who wanted to keep their own surnames after marriage, ruling that laws stipulating Japanese couples must choose one family name ... ( read original story ...)