TOKYO (Reuters) - In Japan, convenience is king and getting tested for COVID-19 can be highly inconvenient. Part of solution, as it is for a range of daily necessities in Tokyo, has become the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Green Future Requires Returning to Its Nuclear Past
About once a month, the same group of two dozen Japanese government officials, company executives and professors file into a bland white and beige conference room at the nation's economy, trade and ... ( read original story ...)
China’s crackdown leaves Japanese finance firms in HK jittery
Top banker wants to pull his firm's operations out of HK because 'without freedom, there is no financial business'. ( read original story ...)
China’s Hong Kong crackdown alarms Japanese finance firms: Senior banker
China’s crackdown in Hong Kong has left Japanese finance firms “very much afraid” and reconsidering whether to remain in the city, a senior banker said ... ( read original story ...)
EAST Asia Wrap: Kawasaki Frontale shine, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors slip
Kawasaki Frontale show their pedigree in J1 League, while there were ups and downs in the K League 1. Yu Kobayashi steered J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale to victory, while Vissel Kobe and ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka : “I hope it’s an inspiration to a young girl with big dreams to know that anything is possible”
On International Women’s Day, the IOC talks with tennis star Naomi Osaka on the importance of sport and strong female role models in the fight for gender equality. ( read original story ...)
Japan maintains monetary easing but prepares ground for ‘nimble response’
The Bank of Japan’s biggest review of its monetary policy in almost five years will maintain monetary easing but lay the groundwork for a “nimble” response to changing conditions, according to the ... ( read original story ...)
First Quad Summit Meeting Likely This Week: Japan Government Sources
The United States, Japan, Australia and India plan to hold the first meeting of their leaders this week under the so-called Quad framework, three government sources in Japan said. The Quadrilateral ... ( read original story ...)
Harvard professor claims WWII ‘comfort women’ in Japan were not sex slaves, igniting uproar
J. Mark Ramseyer has ignited international uproar for a paper claiming that Koreans who were kept as sex slaves in wartime Japan, many of them teenagers, had willingly chosen to work as prostitutes. ( read original story ...)
With vaccine program in disarray, Japan faces new battle to contain variants
TOKYO — Japan's coronavirus vaccination program is in disarray — mostly from self-inflicted wounds. Vaccinations are at a crawl, upending hopeful predictions that life could start to return to normal ... ( read original story ...)
A tale of two earthquakes: In Japan, some lessons learned, others deferred
But the focus on strengthening supply chain links was especially acute in seismically active Japan, which has long been expecting another major quake in the industrial heartland along this country's ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Crypto Chief Flags Institutional Demand Driving Boom
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is seeing substantial demand for digital assets from institutions as it works to restart its cryptocurrency trading desk. ( read original story ...)
Why Bitcoin Won’t ‘Break’: Expert Explains Crypto Boom
CEO of Flipside Crypto discusses why Bitcoin has surged, the SEC's role in crypto, new projects to watch and why we won't likely see a fall back to $10,000. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average closes down 0.42 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average closed down 0.42 percent at 28,743.25 on Monday, while the broader Topix shed 0.19 percent at 1,892.54. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)
Most Japanese don’t want foreign fans to attend Tokyo Games – poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Most Japanese do not want international spectators to attend the Tokyo Games this summer amid fears a large influx of visitors could spark a resurgence in new coronavirus infections, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s January current account surplus sees first decline in five months
The current account balance, one of the widest gauges of international trade, registered a surplus of ¥646.8 billion ($6 billion), down 2.3% from a year ago. ( read original story ...)