TOKYO (Reuters) - Line Corp shares jumped as much as 17 percent on Tuesday after the Nikkei business daily reported the Japanese chat app operator would tie-up with China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hits south Japan, no tsunami warning
Southern Ibaraki Prefecture of Japan was struck by a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 earthquake, the weather agency in Toksyo said on Tuesday. The quake, which struck at 8:33 am local time, logged 4 on t... ( read original story ...)
Japan still to slip in the sea under its central bank debt burden
President Trump banned a CNN reporter only to find his position overturned by the judicial system. Well CNN is guilty of at least one thing – publishing misleading and alarmist economic reports about ... ( read original story ...)
Melbourne Named Top APAC Property Investment Prospect for 2019
and took Sydney to third place in the annual barometer of industry sentiment which was based on input from more than 350 property professionals. Singapore took the second-ranked spot on the list, and ... ( read original story ...)
Korea, Japan, China agree on ‘close cooperation’ to fight disease
During a trilateral meeting in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture over the weekend, the three ministers pledged to maintain "close cooperation" on urgent issues affecting the region, South Korean news agency ... ( read original story ...)
China Airlines increases Nagoya service in S19
China Airlines in summer 2019 season is increasing Taipei Taoyuan – Nagoya service, currently served 12 weekly. From 31MAR19, overall service will increase to 14 weekly, with a mix of Boeing 737 and A... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Traffic Up, Facility Upgrades Coming
“For 2018, we are expecting more than 70 foreign ships calling, which is 28 percent more compared to last season,” said Yutaka Yasunaga, senior vice president of marketing for the Yokohama Kawasaki In... ( read original story ...)
Russia-Kazakh Drama ‘Ayka’ Wins Grand Prix at Tokyo Filmex
Ayka by Sergey Dvortsevoy won the grand prix at Tokyo Filmex, which wrapped Sunday after seeing a 26 percent jump in attendances over last year. The Russia-Kazakhstan drama follows a Kyrgyz woman who ... ( read original story ...)
South Korean lawmakers land on disputed isle, prompting Japan protest
... lawmakers was carried out despite Japan's advance protests and requests to call it off," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference. "In light of our country's ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Sheikh Ahmad case casts cloud over Tokyo meetings
TOKYO (Reuters) - Amid concerns about the 2026 Winter Games bidding process, a legal case hanging over a powerful International Olympic Committee member and lingering questions over boxing’s ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Mitsubishi Motors fires Ghosn, CEO to be interim chairman
TOKYO — The board of Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors, which is allied with Renault and Nissan, voted Monday to dismiss Carlos Ghosn as its chairman after his arrest last week, citing a lack of tr... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign workers increasingly join labor unions
Nikkei surveyed 22 major retail and service companies, including operators of supermarkets, restaurants and hotels. Eighteen of the companies, or 80% of the total, confirmed that non-Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Sergey Dvortsevoy’s ‘Ayka’ Wins Grand Prize at Kinoshita-Backed Tokyo Filmex
The Tokyo Filmex festival concluded its 2018 edition by giving its grand prize to Sergey Dvortsevoy’s “Ayka.” This was the first edition of the festival under the control of property to entertainment ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: AOC slams funding cuts for minor sports ahead of Tokyo
saying they would create “enormous problems” for planning and budgeting ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games. The government-funded Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) announced a new investment ... ( read original story ...)
Japan delights at Osaka winning bid to host Expo 2025
"Osaka would have a bigger presence in Asia in terms of not only tourism but also business," Matsunaga said. However, some people have not been as enthusiastic about the upcoming expo. Koichi Maeda, w... ( read original story ...)
Japan November factory activity expands at slowest pace in two years: flash PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing activity expanded at the slowest pace in two years in November and new orders contracted for the first time since September 2016, a preliminary survey showed, ... ( read original story ...)