TOKYO Japanese manufacturers' business outlook likely improved for a second straight quarter in March to its strongest since mid-2015, a Reuters poll found on Friday, buoyed by a weak yen and a pickup in exports. The Bank of Japan's quarterly tankan ... ( read original story ...)
Current Nagoya Mayor Kawamura, two others file candidacies for election
NAGOYA – Incumbent Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura, 68, and two other people on Sunday filed candidacies in the mayoral election set for April 23 in the city. The others are lawyer Masateru Iwaki, 62, a former deputy mayor, and former corporate employee ... ( read original story ...)
Video: STEVEN TYLER Performs In Osaka, Japan
AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler performed with his Nashville-based band LOVING MARY on April 8 at Zepp Osaka Bayside in Osaka, Japan. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Tyler's debut solo album, "We're All Somebody From Somewhere ... ( read original story ...)
Japan really loves Kit Kat bars
“Kitto Katto” is more than just the Japanese name for the candy we all know as Kit Kat. Mo Rocca tells us it’s more like Japan’s national obsession: At a shop in Tokyo’s bustling Ginza district, luxury Kit Kats are on full display. That’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan nationalizes 273 islets, aims to develop dozens of outposts amid territorial rows
“Once remote islands become uninhabited, it will become difficult to maintain their functions as outposts for conducting activities,” the ‘basic plan’ read, as cited by Japan News. Japan’s ruling party pushing for THAAD anti-missiles & strike ... ( read original story ...)
2018 Japan Spy Photos | Kawasaki
The 2017 MFJ All Japan National Motocross Championship Series kicks off this weekend at Kyushu MX Park in Kumamoto, Japan, and you know what that means: time to take a peek at what could very well be the production machines of next year and beyond. ( read original story ...)
Japanese baseball star Otani to be out 6 weeks with injury
TOKYO - Japanese baseball player Shohei Otani will be sidelined for about six weeks because of a left-thigh muscle strain, his team said on Sunday. Otani, who is expected to move to Major League Baseball in 2018, hurt his left leg trying to beat out an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Scientists Believe They'll Be the First to Reach Earth's Mantle
A spokesman for JAMSTEC tells the Japan News that the recent development of new materials has led them to believe that this may already be possible. ( read original story ...)
Philippines to construct drug rehab centres with funds from Japan
Manila: Japan is providing a $16 million (Dh58 million) grant to the Philippines for the construction of drug rehabilitation centres, officials said on Sunday. According to Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Manila is working fast to ensure ... ( read original story ...)
Trump, Japan's Abe Agree to Keep Unity on North Korea: NHK
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed that the ... after many civilians including women and children were harmed, according to Kyodo news service. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Fans React to ‘Ghost in the Shell’
Ghost in the Shell opened in Japan on Friday, and the Hollywood version is winning more plaudits in the land of the original manga and anime than it did in the United States. Meanwhile, a new Japanese addition to the franchise was announced Friday. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin acceptance growing in Japan
If the currency proves a hit in Japan over the next year, other countries may be expected to similarly warm to the currency. John Heggestuen, director of research at BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service, has compiled a ... ( read original story ...)
ASEAN-Japan Innovation Network formed to create new linkages
KUALA LUMPUR -- Private business groups from Southeast Asia and Japan sealed a new alliance on Friday in Tokyo to promote economic cross-pollination. The ASEAN Business Club, a group of top companies in Southeast Asia, signed a memorandum of cooperation ... ( read original story ...)
Noah Smith: Japan can teach U.S. how to overcome national rot
There is one large, developed country that has managed to mostly pull itself out of a long period of paralysis. That country is Japan. Much ink has been spilled about Japan’s seemingly endless dysfunction following the bursting of its real estate and ... ( read original story ...)
Abe adviser: Japan should push back any US attack on yen policy
JAPAN should push back against any US suggestion that it is suppressing the yen’s value for trade advantage, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, in a bid to pre-empt criticism of Japan’s currency policy. Koichi Hamada, Cabinet adviser and ... ( read original story ...)
Consortium mulled for Toshiba unit bid
Talks about forming a public-private consortium to buy a major stake in Toshiba Corp.’s flash memory business are underway, informed sources said on Saturday. The idea is to secure around ¥500 billion from dozens of Japanese companies through a new ... ( read original story ...)