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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)