TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's core machinery orders unexpectedly rebounded in June to post their largest monthly expansion on record, in a sign corporate investment remains resilient to slowing ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall St gains
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday, following rises on Wall Street, as concerns over the US-China trade row eased after President Donald Trump delayed tariffs on key Chinese goods. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Stock Traders Look Past Bad Earnings to Bet on Turnaround
(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s equity investors are looking beyond the most disappointing earnings in three years, betting on a turnaround in the market on the view that valuations are cheap and the ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel taxes spread across Japan, as towns tap foreign visitors
Roughly 20 municipalities are considering doing so, a survey by Nikkei found. The town of Kutchan in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido will collect a 2% lodging fee starting in November ... ( read original story ...)
Why Australia can be Asia’s centre of finance and fintech
In Asia, the dominant financial centres are Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. There’s good reason for that. Japan is the world’s third largest economy so the Japanese multinationals listed in Tokyo give ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese belief in link between deep-sea fish sightings and quakes is just a superstition, say researchers
A long-held belief in Japan that sightings of deep-sea fish foretell major earthquakes is simply a superstition, according to a research team from two universities. The researchers from Tokai ... ( read original story ...)
Simply a superstition: Study debunks Japanese belief linking deep-sea fish and quakes
SHIZUOKA – A long-held belief in Japan that sightings of deep-sea fish foretell major earthquakes is simply a superstition, according to a research team from two universities. The team, consisting of ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis and Tokyo: the dream combination
Again yes. But the latest list of the top-earning female athletes by wealth tracker Forbes points clearly to where sponsors’ attention is swinging next: Tokyo. This time last year, only tennis fans ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo paralympics marathon to start earlier due to heat fears
TOKYO (Reuters) - The marathon race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will start 30 minutes earlier than originally scheduled, as part of the organizers’ efforts to tackle the heat threat to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Paralympic competition schedule unveiled
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has unveiled the event line-up for each session of the Paralympic Games, which will be held from 25 August to 6 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for tropical storm Krosa in peak holiday season
a spokesman for the Japan Meteorological Agency, told a news conference. He urged authorities to review evacuation plans in areas that could be hit by the storm. Krosa will arrive in the middle of ... ( read original story ...)
First-round NBA pick Hachimura scores 35 points in Japan’s win
He's got a great body for the NBA," Casey, who is in Japan for a coaching clinic and was at the game as a spectator, told Kyodo News. "I see Rui ... developing his game to move out to the 3-point line ... ( read original story ...)
Tropical Storm Krosa to Strike Japan Later This Week
Tropical Storm Krosa will strike Japan later this week ... s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. ( read original story ...)
Three things Japan can do to mend ties with South Korea
TOKYO -- The traditionally prickly relationship between Japan and South Korea has become even more toxic after a flurry of political and diplomatic flare-ups over the issue of wartime Korean ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks slip to 1-week low on global political risks, firmer yen
TOKYO: Japanese shares shed more than 1 per cent on Tuesday, the first trading day after a long weekend, hurt by fresh jitters about the US-China trade war, turmoil in Hong Kong and a firmer yen that ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea to drop Japan from its fast-track trade ‘whitelist’
SEOUL -- In an apparent tit-for-tat move, South Korea said Monday it will remove Japan from its "whitelist" of trusted trade partners, an act that risks exacerbating tensions between the two U.S ... ( read original story ...)