Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning as investors were cautious about chasing their upside following the benchmark Nikkei index's jump la ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Governor’s Coronavirus Plea Inspires Social Distancing Game
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's entreaty to residents to keep away from each other to halt the spread of the coronavirus has inspired a computer game of her navigating through crowds while uttering her ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese hospitality has a long way to go in M&A
Lawmakers last year introduced guidelines to make takeovers fairer, but the tussle suggests boards may need a bigger kick. Japanese hotelier and property owner Unizo said on April 3 that most of its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s exports sink in March as pandemic hits major markets
Japan’s exports sank 11.7% in March as the coronavirus pandemic slammed auto shipments to the U.S. The Finance Ministry said Monday that exports to the U.S. fell 16.5% in March from a year earlier, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan exports slump as coronavirus hits U.S., Chinese demand
Japan’s exports slumped the most in nearly four years in March as U.S.-bound shipments, including cars, fell at the fastest rate since 2011, highlighting the damage the coronavirus pandemic is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stimulus package boosted to $1.1 trillion due to cash payouts: draft
Japan’s economic stimulus package will be revised to 117.1 trillion yen ($1.086 trillion) from 108.2 trillion yen, boosted by the expansion of a cash payout scheme aimed at lessening the pain from ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama under the state of emergency
Closed entrance door for coronavirus (COVID-19) contamination control are seen in the hotel in Yokohama, Kanagawa-Prefecture, Japan on Sunday, April 19, 2020. APA Hotel & Resort Yokohama Bay Tower ... ( read original story ...)
Japan March exports fall 11.7% year/year: MOF
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s exports fell 11.7% in March from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data showed on Monday, reflecting a sharp drop in external demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Asian hotels press ahead with expansion despite pandemic
As flagship hotels go, the 190-room Four Seasons Tokyo at Otemachi sparkles like any other in the luxury hotel chain’s collection. But instead of a cavalcade of guests swarming the five-star property ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, in a State of Emergency, Yet Still Having Drinks at a Bar
Tokyo may have been lulled into complacency during the weeks when Japan contained the coronavirus while avoiding economically devastating lockdowns, our bureau chief writes. ( read original story ...)
Lack of aid guarantees divides prefectures over emergency business closures
Osaka – As Japan spent its first weekend under a national ... and to practice social distancing. But the issue of business closures and financial aid remains contentious. While some have called on ... ( read original story ...)
Federer pays tribute to WTA Legends, Osaka is ‘Together at Home’
Click here to find out more info. WTA Legends from Martina Hingis to Stefanie Graf were among the retired players whom Roger Federer paid tribute to over the weekend, Naomi Osaka joined the World ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s workers endure tents and toddlers in battle to work at home
Japan’s salarymen and women, the corporate troops who built one of the world’s biggest economies, are struggling with tents, earplugs and wandering toddlers in their hardest battle yet — the home ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan Passes 10,000 Domestic Cases of COVID-19
Japanese health ministry said Sunday that 568 new cases of the coronavirus were reported the day before, bringing a domestic total to 10,361. ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Fewer sick in S Korea, infections rise in Japan
South Korea on Sunday reported eight more cases of the coronavirus, the first time a daily increase has dropped to a single digit in about two months. The Korea Centers ... ( read original story ...)
Supermarket staff risk infection, shoppers’ ire as labor shortages bite in virus-hit Japan
Japan's supermarket employees are being driven to exhaustion from the pressure to keep selling daily necessities and food amid the spread of ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)