TOKYO — Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Thursday urged the Group of 20 major economies to renew their commitment to sustaining the international order based on cooperation and openness that has ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis: Osaka bashes through to third round
MELBOURNE: U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka eased through to the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday with a dominant 6-2 6-4 win over unseeded Slovenian Tamara Zidansek. The Japanese number o... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei dips on investor caution, Topix buoyed by BOJ talk
* Nikkei down 0.2 pct, Topix gains 0.35 pct * Speculation of BOJ's ETF buying seen supporting Topix * Financial firms lifted by rise in U.S. peers * Automakers sag amid wariness over U.S. tariffs ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: US Open champ Osaka advances at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The Latest on Thursday at the Australian Open (all times local): 5:10 p.m. U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka is through to the third round at Melbourne Park after beating Tam... ( read original story ...)
BOJ warns Japan faces new risks as population shrinks
TOKYO — Japan faces unforeseen risks in guiding economic policy as its population of about 126 million ages and declines, the governor of its central bank said Thursday. Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Ku... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s optimistic millennials shed frugal habits and lift spending
TOKYO -- For Japan's young people, among Asia's most cautious consumers for some years now, the pessimism that weighed on their spending is lifting in places as the country experiences its longest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, US vow to cooperate in space, cyber domains, over North Korea
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan agreed Wednesday to cooperate in new domains of warfare like outer space and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei dips, early bounce fizzles on investor caution
TOKYO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average started higher on Thursday but quickly reversed course as investors remained cautious about the outlook for riskier assets. The Nikkei was down 0 ... ( read original story ...)
Samurai sunrise: Japan’s MUFG bank emerges as a new financier for India Inc’s global mandates
Junsuke Koike and Shashank Joshi of MUFG. Japan’s MUFG Bank ( formerly Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) has great expectations of India. UPL chief executive Jai Shroff experienced this after Japan’s larg... ( read original story ...)
NTT Communications to Expand Ecosystem for Interconnection of Major Data Centers in Japan
The data centers will include the Tokyo No. 1 to No. 10 data centers, Yokohama No. 1 Data Center and Saitama No. 1 Data Center in the Tokyo area and the Osaka 1 to 3 data centers, Osaka 5 Data ... ( read original story ...)
Theerathon scooped by J1-League side Yokohama
SCG Muang Thong United have agreed the terms of a one-year loan contract for their left wing back Theerathon Bunmathan with J1-League side Yokohama F Marinos. Theerathon is currently playing for Thail... ( read original story ...)
How hyper-realistic plastic food became a $90 million industry in Japan
He would go on to start one of the biggest plastic food manufacturers in Japan that now controls an estimated 60% of the fake food market. By the 1950s, fake food had caught a wave of popularity. Hanu... ( read original story ...)
Buying property in Japan? This mini tower house can be yours for ¥1.3 mil
People often say that Japan is a land of contrasts. It’s a country where faxes coexist with futuristic robot technologies, ancient shrines peer out from the shadow of city high rises, and women in kim... ( read original story ...)
Japanese ship to drill world’s deepest hole in earthquake-prone trough
Jan. 16 (UPI) --A Japanese drilling ship is boring a hole beneath the seabed at the Nankai Trough, a major earthquake-prone hot spot, according to multiple reports. Japanese news service The Page repo... ( read original story ...)
Multinational bunch of Tokyo Halloween revelers referred to prosecutors for overturning truck in Shibuya
Four other men in their 20s were arrested in December in relation to the incident on suspicion of property destruction ... talks to end a decades-long territorial dispute, but called on Tokyo to recog... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo gov’t mulls building int’l convention center at Tsukiji market site
According to the metropolitan government, it will implement measures against soil contamination and conduct investigations on buried cultural property after the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic ... ( read original story ...)