FC Tokyo will square off against Consadole Sapporo at the Ajinomoto Stadium in a J-League group clash. Here is our TKY vs SAP Dream11 prediction. ( read original story ...)
Number 1111 ‘Pocky train’ departs Osaka Station at 11:11 a.m., Nov. 11
A train with the vehicle number "1111" left Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station in this western Japan city's Kita Ward at 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11 (11/11) -- creating a departure comprising a series of 12 "1" ... ( read original story ...)
Japan warns of third wave amid rising Covid infections
Heavily subsidised domestic tourism campaign and colder weather being blamed for rise in cases ... ( read original story ...)
Factbox: Oil refiners shut plants as demand losses may never return
JAPAN * Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp, permanently shut the 115,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit at its Osaka refinery on September 30 as planned. AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND * ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Suga Orders Third Extra Budget as Virus Impact Drags
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ordered the putting together of a third extra budget Tuesday, amid concern the economy’s recovery from a pandemic-triggered recession may lose steam. The long ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 pandemic hitting single-parent households hard
A single father in Nagoya has adopted lifestyle rules and routines to financially survive the COVID-19 pandemic. But he fears the belt-tightening changes will not be enough. The 49-year-old shops at ... ( read original story ...)
60% of Japan’s major cities, Tokyo wards lack toilet stocks for disasters: survey
A Mainichi Shimbun survey has found that some 60% of Japan's 20 ordinance-designated cities and Tokyo's 23 special wards have yet to formulat ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s new coronavirus cases top 300 for first time since late August
Tokyo reported 317 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, topping the 300 threshold for the first time since Aug. 20, data from the Metropolitan Government showed. (Reporting by Hitoshi Ishida; Editing ... ( read original story ...)
Fujitsu’s Fugaku supercomputer helps Tokyo university speed up cancer research
Japan's Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Fujitsu Laboratories have jointly announced that using Fujitsu's Fugaku supercomputer has allowed them to achieve cancer gene analysis in less ... ( read original story ...)
Let It Go! Japan PM Declares War On Ink Stamp ‘Hanko’
Japan's new prime minister is declaring war, but there's no danger of an international conflict: the target of his ire is the humble ink stamp known as hanko. It might seem paradoxical in a country ... ( read original story ...)
South Korean Spy Chief Proposes Olympic Summit With U.S., North Korea, Japan: Report
South Korea's spy chief has proposed a summit of the leaders of the United States, Japan and the two Koreas during the Tokyo Olympics next year, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Wednesday. Park ... ( read original story ...)
Roland files for re-listing in Japan’s largest IPO this year
Musical instrument maker Roland has filed for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei has learned, a move that is expected to make it the nation's biggest IPO this year. The ... ( read original story ...)
BUZZ-COMMENT-Strong Nikkei demand adds to support for USD/JPY
The Nikkei 225 index has been in rally mode since bottoming at 22,948.47 on Oct 30, catapulting above 24,000 on Nov 5 and then piercing 25,000 on Tuesday. USD/JPY has rallied alongside the Nikkei, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares climb over 29-year peak as vaccine hopes continue to cheer
Japanese shares hit a more than 29-year high on Wednesday, as investors remained hopeful of a swift global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccine-related developments. TOKYO, Nov 11 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s financiers face a carbon cleanup
New Prime Minister Suga wants to cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050. That’s ominous for MUFG, Mizuho and peers, who provided more than $150 bln in loans and underwriting for fossil fuels over five ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is key to containing threat from China
Joe Biden presented himself as the candidate of the old normal, the carpet-slippered president who would Make America Sleep at Night Again. But the country’s nervous exhaustion was only partly down to ... ( read original story ...)