In the banking sector, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial is rising almost 3 percent and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial is adding more than 3 percent. Shares in Rakuten Inc are soaring more than 18 percent after the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open marginally higher ahead of key data
Tokyo stocks opened modestly higher on Monday in cautious trade after a mixed close on Wall Street, with eyes on key global data and central bank meetings this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was ... ( read original story ...)
Dollar changes hands around 109.11 yen level in early deals in Tokyo
The U.S. dollar changed hands around the 109.11 yen level in early deals in Tokyo on Monday. As markets opened here, the dollar was quoted at 109.11-13 yen compared with 108.98-109.08 yen in New York ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: A sobering strategy for pandemic times – Japan brewers bank on alcohol-free beer boom
TOKYO (Reuters), - His social life severely curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic, Tadasu Masuda found himself embracing the opportunity to take what in Japan are known as "liver rest days" and try ... ( read original story ...)
Biden: Summit of U.S., India, Japan and Australia went very well
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday the virtual summit he held last week with the leaders of India, Japan and Australia went very well. Biden and the other leaders pledged on Friday at the first ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka named Gamechanger of the year by Glamour
Naomi Osaka has gone through a major transformation both on and off the court. The 23-year-old who was once timid in front of cameras and press, is now using her voice to address racial injustices and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan leaning towards ending Tokyo state of emergency on March 21
Japan’s government is leaning towards ending a state of emergency for Tokyo and surrounding areas over Covid-19 as scheduled on March 21, the Sankei newspaper reported on Sunday. The government is ... ( read original story ...)
Staff at Tokyo Smoke Rymal say yes to union
Staff at a retail cannabis store in Stoney Creek have voted to unionize. The final vote for Tokyo Smoke Rymal to unionize with UFCW Local1006A came in Friday. The union says key issues for the 11 ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s Lessons for Japan’s Local Autonomy
In November 2020, the second referendum attempting to do away with the city of Osaka and turn the prefecture into a metropolis went down to narrow defeat. The failure of this signature plan dealt a ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Women’s Marathon 2021 Was Held With 4,704 Participants With Covid-19 Protective Measures
We are pleased to announce that the Nagoya Women’s Marathon 2021 was held today on Sunday, March 14 in the city of Nagoya, Japan as scheduled. The Nagoya Women’s Marathon 2021, a World Athletics ... ( read original story ...)
Lankan woman dies in Japanese detention centre
A 33-year-old Sri Lankan woman, who was being detained at an Immigration detention Centre in Nagoya, Japan had died on March 6, the Sri Lankan Embassy in Tokyo said yesterday. “She was there at the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics 2021: Bhavani Devi becomes first Indian fencer to qualify for the Games
Bhavani Devi scripted history on Sunday as she became the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics. Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju took to social media to congratulate the sabre fencer. ( read original story ...)
Japan considering 50 percent cap on spectators at Tokyo Olympics: report
Japan will consider limiting fan attendance for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games to 50 percent of a venue's capacity, a top newspaper reported on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Japan mulls 50 per cent cap on Games spectators, says media
When asked by Reuters about Sankei’s story, Masa Takaya, a spokesman for the Tokyo Olympic organising committee, said a decision will be made in April. IOC welcomes China’s coronavirus vaccine offer – ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to limit size of foreign delegations at Games – report
Kyodo said the Japanese government will restrict the accompanying staff to 11 people per head of state, while cabinet-level delegations will be limited to five people, the report said. The Tokyo Games ... ( read original story ...)
Lost to mountain, Japanese internee’s bones return home
When Giichi Matsumura arrived at his final resting place in late December, the people who knew him best when he disappeared from a Japanese internment camp in 1945 already were there. Then an Inyo ... ( read original story ...)