Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday for the fourth consecutive session as renewed concerns about the return of coronavirus lockdowns in Europe and declining oil prices dented hopes of an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan calls for Renesas help from equipment makers at home and overseas
Japanese government bureaucrats have called and emailed equipment makers in Japan and overseas to request they provide parts and machinery to help Renesas Electronics Corp, restore chip production at ... ( read original story ...)
Japan state-funded hotel deal pays rent to Myanmar defence ministry
A consortium of private Japanese firms and a Japanese state entity paid rent on a multi-million dollar hotel and office development that ultimately went to Myanmar’s defence ministry, six company and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan could hold the key to rising U.S. Treasury yields: Art Hogan
National Securities' Art Hogan says the rebalancing of Japan's U.S. Treasury purchases at the end of its fiscal year could cap the rise in U.S. bond yields. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s judo gold medallist Koga dies aged 53 – NHK
Japanese judoka Toshihiko Koga, who won Olympic gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, died on Wednesday aged 53, public broadcaster NHK said. TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japanese judoka Toshihiko Koga, ... ( read original story ...)
Verve Group Expands Internationally With Launch of Operations in Japan
Verve Group, a global brand performance ad platform connecting brands and publishers to people in real time, has launched operations in Japan, appointing Suguru Aida to the role of Head of Japan as ... ( read original story ...)
BATTEN Girls, Japanese girls group, releases a video on the traditional art stage which used volumetric video technology
BATTEN Records, Private music label of BATTEN Girls, announced that this Stardust Promotion's Japanese girls group is going to release a new dance video "OiSa Volumetric Video ver." on March 24, 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Papers sent on Youtubers for allegedly livestreaming Osaka marijuana trafficking
The Osaka Prefectural Police sent documents on several male YouTubers in their 20s from Tokyo to prosecutors on March 23 on suspicion of viol ... ( read original story ...)
LaSalle Japan property fund sees assets reach US$1.4 billion
LaSalle Investment Management has acquired 10 more properties in Japan for 35 billion yen (US$321 million). The latest acquisitions bring the total assets under management of its flagship open-end ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic torch relay stirs mixed emotions ahead of its Fukushima start
By Kiyoshi Takenaka, Ju-min Park and Elaine Lies FUKUSHIMA/TOKYO (Reuters) - When Shusaku Sagi was 19, he watched his soccer training centre at J-Village in Fukushima morph into a base for workers ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo torch relay set to provide test run for holding COVID-safe Olympics
The Olympic torch relay is usually just a sideshow for the real thing; the prelude, the buildup, the warm-up act that could be skipped. Not this time. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens down 0.79 pct
TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Man, woman slash realtor during property visit, make off with ¥200
Tokyo police are hunting for a man and a woman who stabbed a female real estate agent during as property visit in Koto Ward on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Man arrested on suspicion of stealing $1.4M from Tokyo condo-buyer
Police here arrested a 33-year-old on March 21 on suspicion of stealing some 150 million yen (about $1.4 million) from a man he had asked to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shies away from sanctions on China over Xinjiang
As Europe, the U.S. and other major Western economies hit China with a spate of sanctions over alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang, Japan has so far stood pat, because of both a lack of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factory activity picks up in March on growing output, orders – flash PMI
An expansion of Japan's factory activity gathered pace in March, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday, helped by the prospect of a global economic recovery as an increasing number of countries ... ( read original story ...)