Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Friday that the government was always collecting and analyzing information about North Korea's moves but refrained from commenting on details. "At present, we are in close contact with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to conduct evacuation drill to prepare for North Korea missiles
Kyodo news agency reported Friday. The drill will simulate a summer North Korea missile strike against the Japanese city, according to the report. In Sasebo, a core city in Nagasaki Prefecture home to a U.S. Navy base, police, firefighters and self-defense ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese onsens and getting naked with strangers
JAPAN is frequently touted as a country where old meets new — where ancient temples stand alongside gleaming skyscrapers, and Geishas wander among teenagers with multicoloured haircuts. In this highly developed yet strictly traditional country, one ... ( read original story ...)
Japan index investors go with the flow
The Bank of Japan is another big user of the passive approach, every year purchasing 6 trillion yen ($55.2 billion) of exchange-traded funds that track the Topix index of all first section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Nikkei Stock Average. ( read original story ...)
Japan's hotels seek out foreign staff as customer base grows
OSAKA -- One day in early March, a 28-year-old woman from Canada was in the lobby of the Rihga Royal Hotel conversing with a guest in fluent Japanese. Rachael Buell has been working for the hotel in Osaka since last year in the guest relations group ... ( read original story ...)
Japan commemorates first anniversary of Kumamoto quake
Tokyo: Japan on Friday commemorated the first anniversary of a massive earthquake that struck the region of Kumamoto, resulting in 225 deaths. Relatives of victims and Japanese authorities, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gathered in the city of ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel New Otani Tokyo, The Main
The Bar - Located on the Tower building's 40th floor, with view of Tokyo Tower. Serves drinks ... You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property: A tax is imposed by the city: JPY 200 per person, per night We have included all charges ... ( read original story ...)
Japan police name two Chinese women suspected of attacking Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine with oily liquid
Japan police have obtained arrest warrants for two Chinese women after Meiji Shrine in central Tokyo was vandalised earlier this month with an oily liquid. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police said Piao Jinyu and Piao Shanai, both 49, are suspected of vandalising ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo IT firm taps 3-D technology to offer perfect-fitting shoes
CHIBA – It’s every shoe lover’s dream: Footwear perfectly made for their feet. Tokyo-based information technology firm Flickfit Inc. is developing just that — a service that virtually fits shoes to a person’s feet using 3-D scans. The service ... ( read original story ...)
Yukio Kanao Named General Manager of Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
He was appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Imperial Hotel, Ltd. in 2011, and from 2014 served as Deputy General Manager of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Tokyo's Imperial was founded by Japanese aristocracy in 1890 on the same site it occupies ... ( read original story ...)
Tepco’s latest plan for Kawashiwazaki-Kariwa plant envisions restart in 2019
Tokyo Electric is now aiming to restart the Kawashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture in April 2019, sources say. The company plans to include the goal in its financial outlook under a reconstruction program, the sources said Friday ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Value HR to establish wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo
Says it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary based in Tokyo on May 1 * New subsidiary will be engaged ... goo.gl/bGWhjg Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
U.S. 'Wants Trade to Dominate Economic Talks with Japan'
The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Thursday, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is seeking to fend off U.S. pressure to reduce the bilateral ... ( read original story ...)
Movie reviews: Latest 'Furious' bombastic, but sputters on fun
Perhaps it was the wild train heist in “Fast Five,” or the entirety of “Tokyo Drift” or the skyscraper-to-skyscraper jump from “Fast and Furious 7.” Whatever it was, at some point in the sixteen years someone decided more is really more. ( read original story ...)
Japan court upholds 'black widow' death sentence
Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese "black widow" convicted of murdering ... The case has been closely followed in Japan and major media flashed news of the top court decision across television screens. Kijima writes a blog from the detention centre where she has ... ( read original story ...)
Foreigners streaming into Japan at record pace
TOKYO -- The net inflow of foreign residents into Japan was the largest ever during the last statistical year, as the government pushes policies to attract foreign workers to lessen the economic repercussions from a declining and graying population. ( read original story ...)