Once a premier industry event, Tokyo Game Show has been increasingly overshadowed by global competitors in recent years. But as the pandemic forces it online, some see a chance for reinvention. ( read original story ...)
Big in Japan: giant Gundam robot makes its first moves in Yokohama
It stands just over 18 metres tall and weighs 25 tonnes. And, after years of painstaking work, a life-size Japanese Gundam robot has just proved to its legions of fans that it really can move. ( read original story ...)
Korean Air to Resume Flights to Osaka
The A330-300 will fly to Osaka from Sept. 30 to Oct. 28, offering 24 business-class seats and 248 economy seats. Korean Air used to fly to more than a dozen Japanese cities, but Japan in March ... ( read original story ...)
Overtime, Kevin Durant’s The Boardroom Announce Young CEO Experience Conference With Naomi Osaka, Adam Silver
Kevin Durant's Thirty Five Ventures and Overtime have announced a Young CEO Experience Conference, a free conference on Oct. 27 geared toward a younger audience and featuring Naomi Osaka and Adam ... ( read original story ...)
Mixing business and pleasure, Japan’s national parks get ‘workation’ upgrades
National parks across Japan have improved internet access and taken other steps to attract teleworkers as the coronavirus pandemic has increased interest in the idea of a “workation” — a vacation that ... ( read original story ...)
Rock chunks fall 7 meters to ground from JR Sapporo station building
Six chunks of granite weighing between 5.1 and 7.6 kilograms each were found on a sidewalk beside a station building in this capital city o ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic sponsors in need of persuading that Tokyo Games will actually happen
A study last week from the University of Oxford showed Tokyo to be the most expensive Summer Olympics dating from 1960. And the meter is still running. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei slips on virus and stimulus worries after long weekend
Japanese shares eased on Wednesday as the market caught up with the losses in global markets following the country's long weekend, weighed down by fears about rising coronavirus infections and a delay ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to ease entry restrictions for all countries, but not tourists
TOKYO -- Japan hopes to ease entry restrictions and resume accepting visitors from around the world in October, Nikkei has learned. The government will limit entry to 1,000 people per day. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM wants basic policy on new digital agency by year-end – Media
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday he wanted to compile a basic policy on a new digital agency by the end of this year and submit the bills to next year's ordinary session of ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka
Seven matches. Seven masks. Seven names. Watching Naomi Osaka play the U.S. Open, I was inspired by how beautifully she wove her dominant athletic performance into another narrative. Believe me ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to further ease COVID-19 entry curbs but not for tourists: Asahi
Japan is considering allowing more foreigners into the country for longer stays starting as early as next month, while keeping the COVID-19 entry curbs in place for tourists, the Asahi newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SBI wants to shake up regional banks. It may get a Suga boost
Japanese financial firm SBI Holdings Inc has ambitions to revive struggling regional banks by taking stakes and pushing them into higher-margin businesses - a strategy that may get a boost ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Manufacturing PMI Inches Higher In September – Jibun Bank
Disclaimer | Commerce Policy | Made In NYC | Stock quotes by finanzen.net (RTTNews) - The manufacturing sector in Japan continued ... the softest in four months. Business confidence rose to ... ( read original story ...)
New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel to close, reopen under new management
The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel last week filed a WARN notice with the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations saying 110 of the hotel’s 114 employees will be laid off Nov. 30 “due to sa ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Is Beating Gold as 2020’s Top Asset So Far
A cryptocurrency mania known as decentralized finance has helped to turn digital currencies into this year’s best-performing asset by far. ( read original story ...)