Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co Ltd, will open the Grand Nikko Awaji on Oct 1. After being operated as The Westin Awaji Island and managed by Yumebutai Co Ltd and ... ( read original story ...)
New Zealand Olympic boss Kereyn Smith believes Tokyo Games will include fans
Bubbles and restrictions expected but crowds could still attend Tokyo 2021 where athlete welfare remains priority. ( read original story ...)
Man pleads not guilty to fatally abusing girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter
A 25-year-old man on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to fatally abusing the two-year-old daughter of his 22-year-old girlfriend at their apartment in Sapporo last year. According to the indictment read at ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, a revolutionary response to the pandemic: Better work-life balance
As companies rethink Japan’s intense work culture, one chief executives plans to move his workers to a picturesque island. ( read original story ...)
Rapper Kanye West and Naomi Osaka Visit Cap-Haitien, Haiti
A lot of major international superstars never visited Haiti before, some rarely visit Haiti, but since when the Haitians across the world want a better Government with the Youth (La Jeunesse) to lead ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Appraising The Landscape
Japan's leading economic index, exports, and industrial production have improved sequentially, but inflation continues to be anemic. ( read original story ...)
In Japan, a revolutionary response to the pandemic: salarymen in shorts
As companies rethink Japan’s intense work culture, one chief executives plans to move his workers to a picturesque island. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s NTT to Take Full Control of Mobile Unit in $40 Billion Deal
NTT Docomo, which broke free of its tradition-minded parent to become a global pioneer of the mobile internet, is returning to its old home in a $40 billion deal that erases its independence. ( read original story ...)
Japan: Lawyers and Big Business in the Land of No Lockdown
Law firms have faced unusual pandemic challenges in Japan, according to local leaders at Freshfields, Baker McKenzie and Nishimura. ( read original story ...)
Japan pledges to remove ‘comfort woman’ statue in Berlin
The Japanese government vowed to get rid of a newly erected "comfort woman" statue in Berlin, a day after activists in Germany held an inauguration ceremony for the symbol of Japanese wartime ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo: Experience The Magical “Tokyo Sea of Clouds”
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, a luxury urban resort, will launch "Tokyo Sea of Clouds" and "One Thousand Lights" on October 1st to celebrate a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan land prices fall for first time in 3 years amid pandemic
An average price of land in Japan this year fell 0.6 percent from last year for the first decline in three years as the coronavirus pandemic caused a drop in land demand for commercial operations such ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto and blockchain won’t catch on until they’re actually useful
Taking blockchain tech from buzzword to essential technology should have a singular focus: Making it useful for people’s everyday lives. ( read original story ...)
Novogratz Plows Ahead In DeFi Amid the ‘Gamifying’ of Crypto
Scams and get-rich-fast schemes in decentralized finance, or DeFi, are giving the crypto industry a black eye, according to Mike Novogratz, chief executive officer of Galaxy Investment Partners LLC. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s NTT launches $40 billion buyout of wireless unit Docomo
Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) said it will spend 4.25 trillion yen ($40 billion) to take its wireless carrier business private, in a deal that opens the path to lower prices as the ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Nikko Changshu to Open in 2023
Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., announced today that it will open Hotel Nikko Changshu in 2023. The hot ... ( read original story ...)