The Reds drew 3-3 with Gamba Osaka at the Suita City Stadium on Tuesday after a last gasp goal from Baba Diawara gave United a lifeline to making the knockout stage of the intercontinental tournament. But Adelaide must now rely on Chinese giant Jiangsu ... ( read original story ...)
Hoshino Resorts sees strong potential in troubled Osaka site
The property is to open its doors in 2022 and will be Hoshino's second-largest location. But this seemingly ideal site comes with a long and freighted history: The Airin district, Osaka's skid row, is right nearby. The Festival Gate development blending an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan central bank seen upbeat on growth, gloomy on prices; policy on hold
TOKYO Brightening global growth prospects will allow Japan's central bank to keep monetary policy steady this week and invest time solving the puzzle of why inflation remains stubbornly low despite a tightening job market and robust economic recovery. ( read original story ...)
Self-made rebel takes on $13 billion Japan giant in M&A fight
Japanese companies' owner-managers often have no incentive to improve profitability, because that would increase the inheritance tax incurred when their business is passed on to the next generation, Sasaki says. Non-owner managers, meanwhile, lack ... ( read original story ...)
Asia tracks French election rally; weak yen lifts Tokyo
WALL STREET: U.S. shares were buoyed by the news from France and also strong earnings reports. The Standard & Poor's 500 index jumped 1.1 percent to 2,374.15. The Dow Jones industrial average also rose 1.1 percent, to 20,763.89. The Nasdaq composite gained ... ( read original story ...)
Witness Volunteers Repair Over 300 Homes Following Japan Earthquakes
EBINA, Japan—Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan completed repair work on 348 homes of their fellow members, which were damaged by the earthquakes that struck Kumamoto, Japan, on April 14 and 16, 2016. Some 15,000 volunteers participated in the construction ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is invading…the PSE
But while all of this is going on, noninstitutional investors are finding their way here also. A Japanese-run property brokerage house, Seven Seas Properties Corp., has been successfully marketing Philippine real estate to its Japanese clients for some ... ( read original story ...)
China clamps down on excess steel as Japan decries Trump ‘protectionism’
Analysts say the revocations were unlikely to be a direct response to Trump’s plan, but rather a part of China’s reform measures aimed at reducing surplus steel capacity that many estimate at around 300 million tonnes, about three times Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Abandoned Avonlea: Anne theme park in Japan now like a ghost town
Nancy.Russell@cbc.ca In its heyday in the 1990s, Canadian World in Ashibetsu, Japan attracted tens of thousands of visitors on a summer day. The theme park includes an almost perfect replica of Green Gables house in Cavendish, P.E.I., and other landmarks ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Nikon sues ASML, Zeiss over chip-making technology
Nikon Corp. said Monday it has taken legal action in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan over the use of semiconductor lithography technology in products made by Dutch and German companies. Nikon said it is seeking to stop Dutch company ASML Holding N.V ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Will Award a 'Chelsea FC Experience' to 12 Young Soccer Players
Yokohama Tire Corp. in conjunction with US Youth Soccer, will send 12 Yokohama Skills Challenge participants (along with chaperones) to England for a “Chelsea FC Experience.” The contest runs through June 3, 2017. The contest is open to US Youth Soccer ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Iiyama in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Iiyama in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 138.6341 East, latitude 36.8923 North, depth = 1.91 km. Event id: us10008hk5. Ids that are associated to ... ( read original story ...)
KDDI: TELEHOUSE OSAKA 2 Data Center in Osaka to Provide Direct Connection to JPIX, Japan's Largest Internet Exchange Operator
TOKYO & OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KDDI CORPORATION (TOKYO:9433) (KDDI) and Japan Internet Exchange Co., Ltd. (JPIX) have agreed to establish a JPIX connection point (PoP [1]) within the TELEHOUSE OSAKA 2 data center operated by KDDI in Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Post risks becoming the 'next NTT'
The company is perilously close to becoming another Nippon Telegraph and Telephone -- a symbol of a privatization IPO gone wrong. Japan Post shares ended Monday's trading little moved. The stock rose 0.74% to 1,345 yen, as investors remained wary of an ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya group looks to spread jump rope ‘culture’ to the world
Japan Jump Rope Project (JJRP), a nonprofit organization based in Nagoya’s Moriyama Ward, has applied to designate July 8 as Rope Day. It has also donated jump ropes to schools overseas and to disaster-hit regions. In mid-March, the organization held the ... ( read original story ...)
Tax cut advocate Kawamura cruises to fourth term as Nagoya mayor
NAGOYA – Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura easily won re-election to a fourth term Sunday on popular support for his tax reduction policies. Kawamura, 68, who leads a local political party called Tax Cut Japan, ran against two other candidates — Masateru ... ( read original story ...)