The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan seven years ago said Thursday for the first time publicly that it might decommission another plant in Fukushima that narrowly escaped the crisis. Tokyo Electric Power Company ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 1 km ENE of Chiba-shi, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Chiba-shi in Japan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:14:32 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.27 km (47 miles). ( read original story ...)
La campagne « IS JAPAN COOL? » D’ANA lance un nouveau thème : le « CRAFTSMANSHIP »
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--juin 14, 2018--All Nippon Airways (ANA) a annoncé aujourd’hui le lancement d’un nouveau thème de site Web, en hommage au « CRAFTSMANSHIP » (savoir-faire artisanal), dans le cadre de son programme « IS JAPAN COOL? ( read original story ...)
Nikkei drops, risk sentiment hit by hawkish Fed tone, trade war worries
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average dropped on Thursday morning after the U.S. Federal Reserve forecast a slightly faster pace of rate hikes this year, while concern about a U.S.-China trade war also soured sentiment. The Nikkei .N225 fell 0.4 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Eying Abe-Kim Summit With Possible Pyongyang Visit: Paper
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to media after the news conference by the U.S. President Donald Trump, after the summit between the U.S. and North Korea in Singapore, at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato ... ( read original story ...)
Coming of age: Why adults in Japan are getting younger
These are external links and will open in a new window Adulthood is about to come a lot earlier in life for many in Japan. The government has enacted a bill lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, which will affect millions across the country when it ... ( read original story ...)
Rybarikova stunned at Nottingham, Osaka progresses
Japanese third seed Naomi Osaka recorded a dominant 6-3 6-2 win over Czech Republic’s Denisa Allertova in just over an hour to reach her first WTA quarter-final on grass, where she will take on rising Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu. Buzarnescu had her best ... ( read original story ...)
Will US-North Korea deal leave Japan, South Korea vulnerable?
“This is bad news for both South Korea and Japan, as joint exercises form an important part of the US’ deterrence strategy,” Benoit Hardy-Chartrand, an adjunct professor at Temple University in Tokyo, said. South Korea’s defence ministry sought to ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Stock markets rise ahead of Fed rate decision
TOKYO — Global stocks rose Wednesday as investors awaited an expected interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve and looked for hints of further hikes this year. KEEPING SCORE: France’s CAC 40 was up 0.3 percent at 5,468 and Germany’s DAX rose 0 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Dead’ husband returns alive year after Tokyo police misidentified body
TOKYO — A Japanese wife has told police the body she thought was of her missing husband belonged to a stranger after her spouse turned up alive a year later. Tokyo police acknowledged Wednesday that the body found in a river in eastern Tokyo in June 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
‘Dead’ husband returns after Japan police send wrong body
TOKYO -- A Japanese wife has told police the body she thought was of her missing husband belonged to a stranger after her spouse turned up alive a year later. Tokyo police acknowledged Wednesday that the body found in a river in eastern Tokyo in June 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Police Investigate Cryptojacking Case Involving Coinhive Monero Mining Software
Japanese police are investigating a case of cryptojacking that involves Monero-mining software Coinhive, sources familiar with the matter told local news outlet Mainichi June 12. Investigators suspect that the alleged culprits are in violation of the law ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher as yen weakens
Tokyo stocks closed higher on Wednesday helped by a cheaper ... it was buying back 700 billion yen of it shares after completing the sale of its memory chip business. Nintendo dropped 6.21 percent to 39,120 yen after its presentation at the E3 trade ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average closes up 0.38 percent
(Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 closed up 0.38 percent at 22,966.38 on Wednesday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.42 percent to 1,800.37. ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Izu Islands, Japan region
A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, Izu Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Event id: us1000epke. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000epke. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:44:53 / 12:44 pm (local ... ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks drop as investors look towards central bank meetings
Investors have now turned their eyes to the trio of this week's central bank meetings. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.3 per cent in early trading at 22,934.58. South Korea's Kospi was down by less than 0.1 per cent at 2,468.83. ( read original story ...)