TOKYO -- The net inflow of foreign residents into Japan was the largest ever during the last statistical year, as the government pushes policies to attract foreign workers to lessen the economic repercussions from a declining and graying population. ( read original story ...)
Japan looks to revive moribund TPP, sans US
TOKYO -- Japan is mobilizing the remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to resurrect the agreement without the United States, seeking a path forward for free trade in Asia with Tokyo as the senior partner. President Donald Trump ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's frugal households offer no respite for Bank of Japan, retailers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Naruhito Nogami, a 37-year-old systems engineer in Tokyo, drives to discount stores on weekends to bulk buy cheap groceries, even though he earns enough to make ends meet and the prospects for Japan's economic recovery are brighter. ( read original story ...)
Trump and Japan's Abe expand friendship as tensions mount with North Korea and China
Japan has also dispatched its largest warship – the Izumo ... the director for East and Southeast Asia at the Center for American Progress, told Fox News. In his first months in office the Trump administration has taken a more active stance toward ... ( read original story ...)
Central Pacific Bank And TSUBASA Alliance Of Japan Enters Agreement For Business Development
HONOLULU, April 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Pacific Bank (CPB), primary subsidiary of Central Pacific Financial Corp (NYSE: CPF), and each member bank of the TSUBASA Alliance enhancing Financial System (TSUBASA) of Japan today signed memorandums of ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Banks Could Use Common Blockchain for Money Transfer Trials
The Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) is working toward the development of a common blockchain platform for the country’s banks to begin trials of core banking processes including money transfers. The JBA is essentially an association that represents ... ( read original story ...)
Japan March exports seen up for fourth month, imports to jump on oil prices
Demand for electronics components from Asian nations likely continued to bolster Japan's exports, analysts said. The finance ministry will publish the trade data at 8:50 a.m. Japan time on Thursday (2350 GMT Wednesday). Japan and the United States will ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama eco-tyre unveiled
PETALING JAYA: YHI (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the local distributor of Yokohama tyres, has launched the new BluEarth-ES ES32 tyre which promises reduced fuel consumption and longer service life with the benefits of improved dry and wet handling. The new tyre is ... ( read original story ...)
Apple considers bidding for big stake in Toshiba chip business: report
Apple Inc. is considering teaming up with its supplier Foxconn to bid for Toshiba Corp.'s semiconductor business, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday - the latest twist in the sale of the world's second-biggest flash memory chipmaker. ( read original story ...)
ASEAN and Japan aim to foster startups in Southeast Asia
Its goal was to promote collaboration between ASEAN startups and Japanese companies. To that end, at the beginning of the meeting, the ASEAN Business Club, a group of leading companies in Southeast Asia, signed a memorandum of cooperation with nine ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's frugal households offer no respite for BOJ, retailers
Japan's economy has sustained a modest recovery cycle that ... A recent rebound in overseas demand has helped boost exports and output, pushing up business confidence to its highest in a year and a half, with companies upbeat on their spending plans. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Shares Open Lower After US Strike on Afghanistan
Metrotvnews.com, Tokyo: Tokyo shares opened lower Friday on rising geopolitical fears after the US military dropped a massive bomb in Afghanistan, adding to global tensions over the Middle East and the Korean peninsula. The weak start followed overnight ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya looks beautiful at night! French astonaut Thomas Pesquet shares the pic
New Delhi: French asronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared a very beautiful picture of Nagoya, capital of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, taken at night from the space station. He has shared the ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya looks beautiful at night! French astonuat Thomas Pesquet shares the pic
New Delhi: French asronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared a very beautiful picture of Nagoya, capital of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, taken during night time. He has shared the image with his social ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber : AND THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS ARE TEAMMATES FOR THE 8TH STRAIGHT YEAR
Release date- 13042017 - SANTA ANA, CA - Baseball's back and so is Yokohama Tire Corporation's (YTC) longtime sponsorship of the Los Angeles Angels. This is the eighth consecutive season in which YTC is a sponsor of the American League West team. ( read original story ...)
North Korea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles, Japanese PM warns
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan, as international concern mounted that a missile or nuclear test by the authoritarian state could be imminent. ( read original story ...)