(Bloomberg) -- Tokyo is about to get another mound of capitalism. Mori Building Co. is spending 580 billion yen ($5.4 billion) on a new, 20-acre hub of commerce in the city’s core. Similar in size to ... ( read original story ...)
Paralympics chief wants Tokyo 2020 to help change perceptions
TOKYO (Reuters) - Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), hopes Tokyo 2020 will spark a change in perceptions of people with disabilities in Japan. Sunday marks ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo skyline reaches for new heights with $5.5 billion Mori project
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mori Building Co has started work on a $5 billion real estate project that will include Japan's tallest building and an emphasis on overseas residents, in the latest sign of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo FM Broadcasting admits fiddling the books to hide subsidiary’s losses
“This should have never happened. I apologize from the bottom of my heart,” current Tokyo FM President Osamu Kurosaka told a news conference. The accounting irregularities affected the three financial ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Paralympic lottery opens with 2.3M tickets available
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Paralympics could be the big winner with Olympic tickets hard to find and costly. The lottery for Paralympic tickets for Japan residents opened on Thursday with 2.3 million ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says gaps remain with U.S. on trade after ‘very tough’ talks, but both nations are motivated to close a deal
Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Wednesday there were still gaps that needed to be filled before Tokyo and Washington could agree on a bilateral trade deal and that negotiations ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank will let people invest in IPOs with as little as $13
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - SoftBank Corp's brokerage unit plans to do something that may be a first in capital markets. It will allow individuals in Japan to participate in initial public offerings (IPO) ... ( read original story ...)
Reigning champ Osaka heads to New York striving for form, fitness and fun
TOKYO (Reuters) - It has been a roller-coaster 12 months for Japan’s Naomi Osaka since her dramatic victory over Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final last year. After clinching her maiden ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s King of the Hills Unveils $5.4 Billion Mega Development
(Bloomberg) -- Tokyo is about to get another mound of capitalism. Mori Building Co. is spending 580 billion yen ($5.4 billion) on a new, 20-acre hub of commerce in the city’s core. Similar in size to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo skyline reaches for new heights with $5 billion Mori project
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mori Building Co is spending more than $5 billion on a massive real estate project in Tokyo, creating a city within a city with everything from offices, a British school and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan speculates over identity of final Olympic torchbearer
TOKYO (Reuters) - With the Tokyo Olympics less than a year away, speculation is growing in Japan over who will be the final torchbearer to light the cauldron in the new Olympic Stadium ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Motegi says gaps remain with U.S. on trade after first-day talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Wednesday there were still gaps that needed to be filled before Tokyo and Washington could agree on a bilateral trade deal ... ( read original story ...)
Japan August manufacturing shrinks for fourth month as export orders fall: flash PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing activity shrank for a fourth straight month in August as export orders fell at a sharper pace, a preliminary business survey showed on Thursday. But services ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Will Let People Invest in IPOs With Less Than $10
One Tap BUY will seek an IPO of its own in the next three to five years ... To contact the reporter on this story: Takahiko Hyuga in Tokyo at thyuga@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible ... ( read original story ...)
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz headed to Tokyo and Seoul to promote business partnerships
Gov. Tim Walz and governors from across the Midwest are headed to Japan in September to talk about international economic partnerships. Walz, along with staff from the state's Minnesota Trade Office, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to open skies to commercial drones with flexible rules
TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to put in place around 2022 a streamlined registry for drones that would pave the way for greater commercial use in services such as residential deliveries. ( read original story ...)