Vintage planes highlight Tokyo raid's 75th anniversary

DAYTON, Ohio -- World War II era bomber planes have rumbled over Ohio to begin events marking the 75th anniversary of an attack on Japan known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' attack. The B-25 bombers that flew in Monday are on display at the National ... ( read original story ...)

Japan reaches out

With ample liquidity supplied by its central bank and facing an anaemic economy back home, many Japanese companies do not have to look any farther west than Southeast Asia to ply their trade and expand their business empires. As most Asean economies remain ... ( read original story ...)

Best team-building activities in Osaka

Take team-building to the next level with a closer look at Osaka’s food, its landmarks, locals and Japanese culture. With mouth-watering displays of plastic food on show in many of the city’s restaurant windows, groups can try creating their own versions. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks down at break on North Korea jitters

Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning, extending four days of losses as growing tensions on the Korean peninsula stoked demand for the safe-haven yen. US Vice President Mike Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas, in a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Steel holds product prices unchanged for a third month

"We are sticking to the current prices as the overseas steel market is weakening after Chinese steelmills cut prices," Tokyo Steel's managing director Kiyoshi Imamura told a news conference on Monday. China's biggest listed steelmaker, Baoshan Iron & Steel ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo futures inch lower on stronger yen

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures inched lower on Monday as the Japanese yen advanced to five-month highs against the dollar amid rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea. FUNDAMENTALS * The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber ... ( read original story ...)

Japan bank on Hagino, Ikee for world swimming charge

Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino and schoolgirl sensation Rikako Ikee will head Japan's charge at this summer's world swimming championships when both are likely to face very different types of pressure. Hagino and Ikee were named among a team of 18 athletes ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks open lower on North Korea jitters

Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, extending four days of losses as growing tensions on the Korean peninsula stoked demand for the safe-haven yen. US Vice President Mike Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two ... ( read original story ...)

Abe: Japan planning for refugees in event of Korean crisis

On Friday, the NSC members discussed how to deal with a possibility that armed North Korean soldiers pretending to be refugees may try to enter Japan, Kyodo News reported. According to one scenario, a U.S. military action sends a massive number of North ... ( read original story ...)

Japan PM urges NKorea to stop missiles

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged North Korea to refrain from taking further provocative actions, comply with UN resolutions and abandon its nuclear missile development. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have escalated as US President Donald ... ( read original story ...)

Can Toshiba escape fate of corporate Japan's zombie hordes?

But it also faces another fate: becoming the most high-profile member of Japan's corporate living dead, also known as zombie firms. Toshiba admitted this week that its survival is at risk and that the firm could be delisted from the Tokyo stock exchange ... ( read original story ...)