Bunk up at the Hilton Tokyo Bay if you’re planning a few days at Tokyo Disney. The large property, located outside the city’s center, has an indoor and outdoor swimming pool as well as five restaurant... ( read original story ...)
Boulevard Partners plans 68-unit TOC project in Little Tokyo
Boulevard purchased the property four-and-a-half months ago for ... The site is less than 1,000 feet away from the Metro’s existing Little Tokyo/Arts District Orange Line station, making it ... ( read original story ...)
What the world can learn from Japan
For example, Western business schools teach students to explore, to challenge, to do more and to expand business. Japanese, on the other hand, define success more in terms of collective survival. Soci... ( read original story ...)
Seven Bank ATMs go biometric for account opening
Japan’s Seven Bank will equip its ATMs with face recognition capabilities to let users open bank accounts on the spot. According to Japan Today and sources close to the matter, the tech could be comin... ( read original story ...)
Japan bank to let users open accounts via ATMs
TOKYO — Seven Bank Ltd. will allow customers to open accounts through ATMs at convenience stores and other places as early as autumn 2019, it has been learned. The bank will equip ATMs with new ... ( read original story ...)
Nomura to switch to merit-based pay for Japan-based brokers
Competition for skilled workers is intensifying in Japan, where the labour market is the tightest ... SEE ALSO: Nomura focuses on expansion of investment banking business in US Tokyo-based Nomura's ne... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Seven Bank taps facial recognition tech for ATM-based account opening
Japan's Seven Bank is planning to add facial recognition technology to its ATMs, enabling users to open accounts through the machines, according to local press reports. The bank, a subsidiary of retai... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Nissan chairman Ghosn’s lawyers to give news conference Tuesday – FCCJ
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lawyers of ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd (Tokyo:7201.T - News) chairman Carlos Ghosn are scheduled to give a news conference on Tuesday, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) ... ( read original story ...)
Meet Tokyo’s Subway Robots
As thousands of Olympic organizers, Tokyo city administrators, and local and foreign volunteers scurry to prepare for the upcoming 2020 Summer Games, another, somewhat less anxious, worker named ARISA ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake: Large 6.4-magnitude tremor strikes off coast
An earthquake at an estimated magnitude of 6.4 has struck off the coast of south east Japan. The quake was 39km (24 miles) deep and centred 116 km south southeast of Kagoshima. The earthquake struck a... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake: Large 6.4-magnitude tremor strikes off south east coast
A huge 6.4-magnitude tremor has struck off coast of Japan today. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.4 has struck off the coast of south east Japan. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan EARTHQUAKE: Huge 6.4 magnitude quake hits just off east coast
The quake was 24 miles deep and centered 116 km southeast of Kagoshima. There has been no immediate reports of any damage or casualties. Earthquakes are very common in Japan, which is one of the world ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake mapped: Where did 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit JUST NOW?
The huge earthquake struck 16km (9.9miles) south-southeast of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture. The island sits about 116km away from Kagoshima off mainland Japan. Striking at 12.39pm GMT (9.39pm lo... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes near Nishinoomote, Japan
A strong earthquake hit near southern Japan on Tuesday, shaking buildings, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. No tsunami was expected. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck in ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful 6.4 Quake Hits off Southeast Japan – USGS
Japan is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. The 2011 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami killed over 15,000 peo... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo businessman pays record £2.5m for bluefin tuna at city’s new fish market
A Japanese businessman paid a record £2.5 million for a tuna in the first auction of the new year in Tokyo's new fish market. The winning bid of 333.6 million yen was paid by Kiyomura Corp, whose owne... ( read original story ...)