The latest price tag for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been trimmed slightly, but is still nearly twice the initial estimate even after a major cost-cutting effort. The organizers said Friday that the event will cost a total 1.35 trillion yen ($11.9 billion). ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 unveils budget cuts
Tokyo 2020 organisers Friday unveiled a "significant" cut in their budget for hosting the games, as the city comes under pressure to keep a lid on spiralling costs. The overall games budget now stands at a total of 1.35 trillion yen ($12.6 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s central bank leaves its monetary policy unchanged
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept its policy rate, 10-year government bond yield target unchanged The BOJ voted 8-1 to stand pat on rates with Goushi Kataoka as the sole dissenting voice The central bank said the economy is growing moderately and inflation ... ( read original story ...)
Japan approves record defence spending that favours U.S.-made equipment
TOKYO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Japan's government approved a record military budget on Friday but did not earmark enough extra money to stop a splurge on U.S.-made ballistic missile defence kit from putting a squeeze on funding for an ambitious domestic jet ... ( read original story ...)
Ando leads Osaka Marathon entries | iaaf.org
PDF En Anti-Doping Therapeutic Use Exemptions IAAF Position Statement of Platelet-Derived Preparation PDF En Organisers of the Osaka Women’s Marathon have announced their elite field for the IAAF Gold Label road race on 28 January. Yuka Ando leads a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open flat ahead of holidays
who account for a large portion of Tokyo trade, are absent from trade ahead of the Christmas holidays," said SBI Securities in a commentary. The news that Catalan separatists won a snap regional poll Thursday in Spain did not immediately upset the foreign ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Cabinet OKs record $46 bln defense budget
(Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) Abe has called North Korean missile threat a "national crisis" for Japan, luring public support for greater military roles and equipment that used to be taboo under Japan's strictly self-defense ... ( read original story ...)
Japan approves record defense spending that favors U.S.-made equipment
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government approved a record military budget on Friday but did not earmark enough extra money to stop a splurge on U.S.-made ballistic missile defense kit from putting a squeeze on funding for an ambitious domestic jet fighter ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Cabinet OKs record US$46 billion defence budget
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet on Friday approved Japan's biggest 5.19 trillion yen (US$46 billion) defence budget to bolster ballistic missile defence capability amid escalating threats from North Korea. Under the plan endorsed Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Japan unveils record defence budget against N. Korea threat
Japan's defence budget will swell to a record $46 billion for the next fiscal year, the government said Friday, as the nation shores up its missile shield against the threat posed by North Korea. The defence spending was part of a $860-billion national ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan Canada Finance says info breached
A Nissan Motor Co. logo is displayed at the Tokyo Auto show in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2017. Nissan Canada Finance says it has been the victim of a data breach that may have involved the personal information of some customers who financed their vehicles through ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan keeps policy steady; Kuroda dismisses talk of early exit
The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Thursday and its governor said economic improvements alone would not trigger a withdrawal of stimulus, reassuring markets it will lag well behind its overseas peers in ending crisis-mode easing. Governor ... ( read original story ...)
DOJA Cannabis and Tokyo Smoke announce merger and strategic investment from Aphria Inc.
Tokyo Smoke, and Van der Pop. CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Warns Fukushima-level Magnitude 9 Mega-Earthquake Could Strike
A mega earthquake as big as Fukushima may strike Japan within the next 30 years, a government report has showed. On Tuesday, the Japanese government’s Earthquake Research Committee said in a revised report that there was a 70 percent chance that a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese property market on the upturn
Held for the second time on 18 and 19 November at the Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, PropertyGuru’s Japan Property Investment Show attracted more than 170 potential investors. Organised in partnership with Japanese developer Dualtap, highlights included ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the Aussie chasing fame in Japan — by any means necessary
"I stumbled across these videos of foreigners who were clearly big names over there but we hadn't heard of them," he told News Breakfast. With the help of two filmmaker friends, David has just released a documentary of his experience — Big In Japan ... ( read original story ...)