The city of Sapporo, Hokkaido recently apologized to The Rose of Versailles manga creator Riyoko Ikeda's Ikeda Riyoko Production company after its monthly pamphlet used content inspired by the famous ... ( read original story ...)
The business of death, a cultural taboo, now has a bright future in Japan
Tear is just one of 8,550 Japanese companies selling funerals and wakes. Yet by expanding to 98 locations, it has become the biggest in the city of Nagoya and the second-largest in Japan (just behind ... ( read original story ...)
5.9-Magnitude Earthquake Felt In Tokyo, No Tsunami Warning
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan Saturday evening outside of Tokyo, swaying buildings in the capital, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit at 8:23 pm (1123 GMT), at a depth of 39 kilom... ( read original story ...)
49 killed, at least 48 missing as torrential rainstorms pummel Japan
firefighters and members of Japan‘s Self-Defense Forces were responding to appeals for help. The weather also hit industry. Some automakers halted production as the rain and flooding disrupted supply ... ( read original story ...)
Strong 6.0 Earthquake Felt in Tokyo – Reports
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan Saturday evening outside Tokyo, shaking buildings in the capital, but no tsunami warning was issued, the country's meteorological agency said. The epicenter of the ... ( read original story ...)
Strong M6.0 earthquake hits near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
A strong earthquake registered by the JMA as M6.0 hit near the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 11:23 UTC (22:23 JST) on July 7, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 50 km (31 miles). USGS is report... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Momentum Slipping
Tankan survey and Japanese GDP. But don't forget investment. Bank of Japan still hamstrung by inappropriate inflation target. By Robert Carnell, Chief Economist Head of Research, Asia-Pacific Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan unveils bullish GDP growth estimates for FY2019
The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its price growth forecasts at a policy meeting later this month as long-term inflation expectations stall, sources said, highlighting the central bank’s difficulty i... ( read original story ...)
38 killed, at least 50 missing as torrential rainstorms pummel Japan
firefighters and members of Japan‘s Self-Defense Forces were responding to appeals for help. The weather also hit industry. Some automakers halted production as the rain and flooding disrupted supply ... ( read original story ...)
Japan on alert after execution of doomsday cult founder
Kyodo news agency said on Friday, citing warnings by a senior police official that Aum followers remained active. The agency said it searched 16 facilities belonging to three groups across Japan on Fr... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Maria to threaten lives and property on Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, eastern China next week
Maria is expected to barrel across Japan’s Ryukyu Islands and eastern China as a dangerous typhoon Tuesday through Thursday of next week. Maria will remain a powerful typhoon through this weekend as i... ( read original story ...)
Why the Japanese army’s WW II ‘comfort women’ are still waiting for their #MeToo moment
Lee Ok-sun was 15 years old in 1942, when two Japanese men in civilian clothes abducted her while she was out running errands in the port city of Busan, in what is now South Korea. She was eventually ... ( read original story ...)
Cult leader in Tokyo sarin attack executed along with 6 followers
Japan executed on Friday the former leader of a doomsday cult and six other members of the group that carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995 ... read out the names of the seven at ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Journalist, Missing in Syria Since 2015, Appears in New Video
“I want to see you.” A few seconds later, a network voice-over in Japanese began summarizing the video’s contents, while continuing to show Mr. Yasuda speak. The segment that ANN News broadcast showed ... ( read original story ...)
OSAKA AND WAKAYAMA: 6-DAY ITINERARY
which started as a brewing factory and has now expanded to other lines of business such as health products, essential oils, and cosmetics. Filipinos love shopping for pasalubong whenever they travel o... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Sales App Soars in IPO — WSJ
This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (June 20, 2018). TOKYO -- Japanese flea- ... ( read original story ...)