ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A Japan earthquake today 2018 has struck off the coast south of Tokyo. The Japan earthquake today is the first major quake to strike Japan this year. The Japan earthquake today January 5, 2018 began moments ago. It was a 4.5 magnitude ... ( read original story ...)
Value of Japan’s midcap stocks surged 30% in 2017
TOKYO -- Japan's midcap stocks are catching the eye of investors hoping that emerging companies can turn proprietary technology and unique business models into robust profit growth. Nikkei calculated the aggregate market capitalization of roughly 1,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to set up national supplementary power capacity market
TOKYO -- Four of Japan's biggest utilities plan to jointly establish a nationwide marketplace for supplementary power to do away with the costly and fragmented auctioning system they have been using all these years. The group plans to get other regional ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei probes 26-year highs, Toshiba gains
Outperforming sectors also included iron and steel , up 2 per cent, non-ferrous metal, up 1.9 per cent,. TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average extended the previous session's gains on Friday, probing 26-year highs as banking and brokerage firms rose ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo opens snake café where customers can hold a reptile while they get coffee
The first permanent snake café is in Tokyo, Japan – and, while it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, for reptile lovers it could prove the ultimate chance to get up close and personal with their scaly favourites. Tokyo Snake Center in the trendy ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s love of cash is a costly business
TOKYO -- If you go out for drinks with your colleagues in Japan, chances are that you end up doing warikan at the end of the night. And the warikan, or the splitting of the bill evenly, is most likely done in cash despite almost everyone having plastic and ... ( read original story ...)
First step in changing Japan’s workaholic culture: less overtime
TOKYO — It might seem more appropriate at a children's costume party, but a purple cape has become an unlikely weapon in Japan's efforts to get its workers ... is not cool' was effective," she told NBC News. This was not a case, however, of bosses ... ( read original story ...)
30 Osaka University entrance exam takers wrongly failed
Thirty people who would have passed entrance exams to Osaka University in February 2017 were instead considered to have failed due to a mistake in a physics question and how it was marked, the university has announced. Osaka University was later twice told ... ( read original story ...)
Japan succession crisis could rip links out of auto supply chain
TOKYO -- Japanese automakers and major parts manufacturers are dealing with one headache after another. "The chief of a supplier has grown old and is less motivated, leading to product quality problems," one industry insider lamented. Another complained of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rocked by earthquake measuring 4.9
It was located just 22 kilometres from Kawasaki, Japan where over 1 million people live. One person living in Meouro, some 26km from the epicentre said: “Woke up from sleep... Felt strong jolt, shaking and noise of moving parts of the house for about 10 ... ( read original story ...)
Falling in love with Tokyo
The couple has closed the business and Bobby now manages the rmv Japanlocaltour. (If interested, numbers to call are +63904-9434567, +81-90-49434567 and +63908-3985999.) Do you need a van for sight-seeing around Tokyo? Do you need a driver going to Mt. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin: Big in Japan
Known as "Miss Bitcoin" on Japanese social media, Mai Fujimoto says she invests all of her savings in the virtual currency that has proved a huge hit in Japan. "I convert all my disposable income into cryptocurrency," the 32-year-old tells AFP. ( read original story ...)
Koi story: priceless Japanese fish make a splash
Kazo (Japan): Hand-reared for their colour and beauty, koi carp have become an iconic symbol of Japan that can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars and even participate in fishy beauty contests. The nation’s koi carp were brought to the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Rotor issue caused US helicopter emergency landing in Japan
Japan's southern Okinawa islands, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. The helicopter made an emergency landing on the beach Saturday after indications that the main rotor was moving at too high a speed. No one was injured in the incident. (Shohei Seki/Kyodo News via AP ... ( read original story ...)
University gets ‘F’ for making 2 errors in entrance exam
and other officials said at a news conference on Jan. 6 that the university had sent notifications of acceptance and a letter of apology to the 30 students. If the students choose to enroll in Osaka University, the university will accept their enrollment ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe urges central bank’s Kuroda to keep up efforts on economy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called on central bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda to keep up efforts to reflate the economy, but added he was undecided on whether to reappoint Kuroda for another five-year term. Kuroda was ... ( read original story ...)