* Says its stock will begin listing on Nagoya Stock Exchange Second Section on April 20 Source text in Japanese:goo.gl/4J5VQ0 Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops raid yakuza HQ in Nagoya over ¥3 million extortion
Tokyo police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Kodo-kai as a part of an investigation into the extortion of an elderly man out of nearly three million yen (Fuji News Network ... located in Nagoya’s Nakamura Ward, in search of evidence connected ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM: N. Korea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles
TOKYO -- 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 ...)
U.S. wants trade to dominate economic talks with Japan – source
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Thursday, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is seeking to fend off U.S. pressure to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM: NKorea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles
Japan, under its postwar constitution ... Follow Mari Yamaguchi on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchi Find her work at AP News https://www.apnews.com/search/mari%20yamaguchi ( read original story ...)
HCM City and Osaka treasure closely-knit relationship
HÀ NỘI — Politburo member and Secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee Đinh La Thăng on Thursday attended the opening ceremony of “HCM City days in Osaka 2017” as part of a visit of HCM City’s high-ranking officials to Japan. The event has ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei slumps amid dollar selloff in Asia
Japan’s Kei Nishikori drops a point. Japan’s Nikkei index dropped more than 200 points early Thursday. President Donald Trump’s comments on the U.S. dollar sent the currency lower against its Asian counterparts, prompting a selloff in key regional ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks down after Trump voices forex concerns
"Investors of Japanese equities are in the process of testing where the bottom would be," he told Bloomberg News. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.68 percent, or 125.77 points, to end the day at 18,426.84, while the Topix index of all first ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM says North Korea may be capable of firing missiles loaded with sarin
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan. Abe's comments Thursday to a parliamentary panel on national security and diplomacy come amid looming concern about ... ( read original story ...)
Yukio Kanao Named General Manager for the Imperial Hotel Tokyo
Japan's 127 year-old Imperial Hotel, Ltd. has announced the appointment of Yukio Kanao as General Manager of the Tokyo flagship Imperial Hotel, effective April 1, 2017. Kanao was formerly Deputy General Manager of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and Senior ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops search for woman suspected in ¥840,000 fraud
Tokyo police are searching for a woman (Fuji News Network) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police are seeking the help of the public in locating a woman suspected in the swindling of an elderly person in Kita Ward out of nearly one million yen earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Nomura targets younger generation as demographic crunch looms
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nomura Holdings Inc aims to leverage its access to about 1.6 million members of employee stock ownership plans to tap a new generation of customers as its client base grays. The country's largest brokerage is ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops nab sushi chef in molestation of 8-year-old girl
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a sushi chef in the molestation of a young girl in Edogawa Ward last month, reports TBS News (Apr. 12). On the afternoon of March 7, Noritatsu Kino, 51, stopped the girl, 8, as she commuted home on a road in the ward ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower on yen's strength after Trump's remarks on dollar
TOKYO, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday on the yen's continued appreciation against the U.S. dollar following U.S. President Donald Trump warning that the dollar was getting too strong. As of 9:15 a.m. here, the 225-issue Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Drift An Important Chapter In Fast & Furious Series Feels Chris Morgan
But the screenwriter Chris Morgan feels it is their third film Tokyo Drift(though tanked at the box office), which is crucial in the growth and progression of the Fast & Furious franchise. "Originally, I started as a fan. I went to see the original film at ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, US to widen scope of talks on North Korea strike
TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. plan to conduct prior consultations on any military action by the latter against North Korea, broadening a decades-old framework to include operations by American forces other than those stationed here. The U.S. agreed in 1960 ... ( read original story ...)