Amid an onslaught of tourist arrivals, Japan is experiencing a growth in land prices for the first time in three decades, reported the Nikkei Asian Review. The average price for residential, commercia... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Maintains Promise to Keep Extremely Low Rates for ‘Extended Period’
TOKYO—The Bank of Japan reiterated Wednesday that it would keep interest rates extremely low “for an extended period,” holding to forward guidance it first introduced in July. The BOJ decided to stand ... ( read original story ...)
SpaceX’s 1st traveler is moonstruck Japanese fashion tycoon
The company pioneered e-commerce in Japan and now runs the popular fashion mall Zozotown, selling various, relatively affordable clothing brands. Annual sales totaled more than 98 billion yen ($ ... ( read original story ...)
Will ‘flying cars’ take off? Japan’s government to turn a long-held dream into reality
This vision of the future is driving the Japanese government’s “flying car” project. Major carrier All Nippon Airways, electronics company NEC Corp. and more than a dozen other companies and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers to buy 149,586 tonnes of food wheat via tender
TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 149,586 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that will close late ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Memory and Western Digital Celebrate the Opening of Fab 6 and Memory R&D Center at Yokkaichi, Japan
YOKKAICHI, Japan & SAN JOSE, Calif ... Western Digital Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Fab 6 and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan exports rise as U.S.-bound shipments grow amid trade war fears
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's export growth accelerated in August from the previous month as shipments to the United States grew as Tokyo looks to avert a trade war through talks with Washington expected ... ( read original story ...)
WTA roundup: Muguruza advances in Tokyo
Garbine Muguruza, trying to get past a rough summer, produced a straight-sets, first-round victory Monday in the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The sixth-seeded Spaniard beat Switzerland’s ... ( read original story ...)
Why is Japan’s monetary policy so unpopular with banks?
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s central bank has been pursuing quantitative easing for the past five years to spur consumption in the world’s third largest economy, but its policies have also made it unpopu... ( read original story ...)
MadeinTYO Announces Debut Album “Sincerely, Tokyo”
Tokyo recently took to Twitter to provide an update about his new album, which is set to be called Sincerely Tokyo. "My debut album is done. I know it’s been a min since I dropped my last project, bee... ( read original story ...)
With a Submarine, Japan Sends a Message in the South China Sea
The drills were the first involving a submarine that Japan is known to have conducted in the South China Sea. Neither the Defense Ministry nor the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which broke the news before ... ( read original story ...)
The Continued Rise Of Naomi Osaka And Her Business Star
The women of tennis lead the world in female athletes’ ability to build impressive endorsement portfolios. Naomi Osaka may one day lead them all in this endeavor. The 20-year-old Japanese tennis star ... ( read original story ...)
Universities the weak link when hackers strike Japan
TOKYO -- Overseas hackers are thought to have made off with information on Japan's maritime strategy in a March attack on specific people at national universities, which a Nikkei survey has found ... ( read original story ...)
Top 5 bars in… Tokyo, Japan
This feature was originally published in the May 2018 issue of The Spirits Business You can’t see the Great Wall from orbit – that’s what NASA calls a “space-based myth” – but you’d have a job missin... ( read original story ...)
Will ‘flying cars’ take off? Japan’s government hopes so
Japan’s auto and electronics industries have the technology and ability to produce super-light materials that could give the nation an edge in the flying car business, he said. Just as the ... ( read original story ...)
Moonstruck Japan tycoon to blast off on 1st SpaceX trip
TOKYO — The Japanese billionaire who Tesla chief Elon Musk says plans to blast off on the first-ever private commercial space trip aboard the SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket often makes headlines in Japan. T... ( read original story ...)