Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday announced the creation of a 2 trillion yen ($19.2 billion) fund to promote investment in environmentally friendly projects, as part of additional ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Midnight Har-Bar 2020 Christmas
This large-scale nighttime event takes place on two Saturdays in December at different locations in Yokohama’s Minatomirai area. Between 7pm and 12midnight on D ... ( read original story ...)
Submarine Santa brings festive cheer to Tokyo aquarium
Dressed in a Santa Claus costume, a mask and flippers, a diver waved through a curtain of tropical fish in a Tokyo aquarium at socially distanced spectators watching from behind glass. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics delay costs may reach $2.8 billion
The cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympics could reach about $2.8 billion, according to figures released Friday by the Tokyo organizing committee, the Tokyo city government and ... ( read original story ...)
Postponed Tokyo Olympics To Cost Extra $2.4 Billion
The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will cost at least an extra $2.4 billion, organisers said Friday, with the unprecedented postponement and a raft of pandemic health measures ballooning an ... ( read original story ...)
In new stimulus package, Japan to offer subsidies for regional banks which merge
The proposed stimulus package also calls for a review of regulations that govern the scope of banks' businesses, with an eye to spurring digitalisation ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to give more financial aid to hospitals fighting pandemic
Amid a resurgence of infections in various parts of the country, the new economic package is expected to be approved next week by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet. ( read original story ...)
Japan should weigh safety net for pandemic-hit firms, says PM aide
Japan should consider creating a safety net for companies that may need help surviving the hit from the coronavirus pandemic, such as airlines and transportation firms, said Heizo Takenaka, a close ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Court Bars Operation of Kansai Elec.’s Ohi Reactors
A Japanese court ruled two nuclear reactors in the western part of the country can’t resume operation, dealing a blow to the government’s effort to expand atomic power generation to help meet its ... ( read original story ...)
Tax bureau worker arrested over alleged coronavirus benefit fraud in central Japan
NAGOYA -- A 26-year-old employee at a central Japan office for the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau was arrested on suspicion of fraud on Dec. 2, for al ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games postponement to cost $2.8 billion: organisers
The postponement of the Tokyo Games until next year because of the novel coronavirus pandemic will cost 294 billion yen ($2.8 billion), organisers said on Friday. The extra costs will be shared by ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-In new stimulus package, Japan to offer subsidies for regional banks which merge
Japan will offer subsidies to regional banks that merge with rivals as part of plans to encourage economic growth in regional areas, a draft of a stimulus package seen by Reuters showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)
This Time, a Cartoon Depiction of Naomi Osaka Is More True to Life
Last year, the tennis champion was shown with light skin in an instant noodle ad. Now, she’ll be portrayed as a manga character, and illustrators insisted on getting details right. ( read original story ...)
Japan machinery orders to rebound in October but coronavirus clouds outlook: Reuters poll
Japan's core machine orders likely rebounded in October along with demand for Japanese exports, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, but a resurgence in coronavirus cases at home and abroad could dampen ... ( read original story ...)
Zero interest rates: what UK investors can learn from Japan
For the properly adventurous there is a fund that invests in Turkish bonds, which offers a tempting interest rate and a five-year return history of minus 54 per cent. What is almost completely absent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business sentiment recovery slows in November: Teikoku Databank
Of 10 regions in the country, Hokkaido saw its diffusion index deteriorate for the first time in six months, while all others enjoyed better readings. ( read original story ...)