Ryan Hoag is heading to Tokyo. After weeks in immigration limbo, the adoptive father-to-be finally got good news Friday night: The Canadian government had approved a visa for his new daughter, as well as the Japan-born adoptive children of four other B.C ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to finance MRT rehab
Japan plans to extend official development assistance (ODA) loans to the Philippines with an additional P20.6 billion to fund two infrastructure projects, including upgrading the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 railway in Manila, as it strongly supports the ... ( read original story ...)
Airbnb exodus spawns business boom in Japan
Rooms are mostly one-bedroom types. Inquiries regarding their business, focused on the greater Tokyo area, have risen by 50% in the past week. Operating as a home-sharer often requires additional investment, such as installing sprinklers and fire alarms. ( read original story ...)
Hawaiian to boost Sapporo-Honolulu flights
Hawaiian Airlines will increase its nonstop service between Sapporo and Honolulu to up to five weekly flights Feb. 1-16. The added frequency comes in response to high demand from Hokkaido travelers during the winter holiday. Under Hawaiian’s expanded ... ( read original story ...)
2020 Tokyo Games to be fully powered by renewable energy, organizers say
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee is aiming to fully power the games with renewable energy, under a plan to help foster a more sustainable society through the quadrennial events. All electricity used at all venues will be derived ... ( read original story ...)
‘Tricking’ bacteria into hydroxylating benzene
Nagoya, Japan - Breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds is notoriously ... are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system. ( read original story ...)
Parents stranded in Japan relieved as Canada issues visas for adopted children
Prayetno remained in Japan with their 10-week-old daughter, staying in a Tokyo hotel. Hoag said he received the news that the permanent residency visa had been issued in an email on Friday. "I was overwhelmed by emotion and felt quite numb," Hoag said. ( read original story ...)
After months in legal limbo, 5 B.C. families can finally bring home adopted babies from Japan
Five B.C. families mired in red tape say they are finally able to bring their adopted babies home from Japan. The families received news on Saturday that their paperwork has been approved by the Canadian government, meaning their adopted children can come ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tells banks to report suspicious transfers by JVs with North Korea: sources
A government official and a manager at a major Japanese bank said the Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday told Japanese banks and credit associations to report such transfers by the joint ventures. Reuters was unable to identify the firms suspected ... ( read original story ...)
Sydney dominatrix Mistress Tokyo opens up about things she’ll never do
MISTRESS Tokyo is unapologetically frank. Speaking before a Sexpo fetish workshop audience, she speaks with an almost discomforting candour about the pleasure in inflicting pain on her clients. On stage only her face and hands are visible. Everything else ... ( read original story ...)
Finance minister rapped for comparing Diet session extension to ‘injury time’
TOKYO -- Opposition parties have accused Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso of "profaning soccer" after he compared the extension of the current Diet session to injury time and warned legislators not to invite public criticism during the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan banks to report suspicious money transfers with N. Korea
A government official and a manager at a major Japanese bank said the Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday told Japanese banks and credit associations to report such transfers by the joint ventures. Reuters was unable to identify the firms suspected ... ( read original story ...)
‘SWIFT is Expensive’: Major Philippine Bank Taps IBM for Japan Blockchain Remittance
The Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), one of the Philippines’ top 10 banks by assets, has announced an upcoming remittance payments service from Japan using blockchain technology. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, RCBC first senior vice ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : eyes lowering FY 2018 inflation forecast
The Bank of Japan may lower its inflation forecast for the current fiscal year, acknowledging that price gains have undershot expectations despite an otherwise strengthening economy, sources with knowledge of the central bank's thinking said Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s interbank lending rate slides under zero
TOKYO -- A benchmark interbank rate has fallen below zero for the first time since its 1995 creation as the Bank of Japan stays the course on negative interest rates. The Tokyo interbank offered rate -- a yardstick of banks' lending rates -- with the ... ( read original story ...)
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