NAGOYA—A cross-dressing specialty shop has seen a surge in business in this central Japan city, where men dressed like women have increasingly become a common sight. Ryu no Tsuki (Dragon’s moon), ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese minister calls South Korea’s ambassador ‘rude’ as economic dispute goes on
Japan had summoned South Korea's ambassador to protest Seoul's refusal to join an arbitration panel to settle a dispute over Second World War labour. (Masanobu Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP) Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Facing Olympic hotel shortage, Tokyo looks offshore
And both Tokyo's local government and officials in Chiba prefecture, east of the capital, are looking into additional cruise ship possibilities. Japan's hotel business law bans rooms without a window, ... ( read original story ...)
AB InBev sells Australian brewer to Asahi, keeps Asia IPO on radar
The Japanese brewer, which has been seeking overseas deals to ... value of the deal represents a multiple of 14.9 times EBITDA. The pricing of its shelved IPO had applied a multiple of 16-18 times for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, South Korea diplomats trade words in escalating row over wartime forced labor
When asked about the possibility of taking the forced labor dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura told a regular news ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Is a One-Party State Again And Voters Are Fine With That
(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party is heading ... The LDP-led block is expected to take at least 70 of the 124 upper house seats up for grabs, a Kyodo News poll released this ... ( read original story ...)
Suspected arsonist is ex-convict who believed Japanese studio stole his novel: media
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - A man suspected of torching ... “I did it,” Aoba told police when he was detained, Kyodo news said, adding that he had started the fire because he believed the studio ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s ambassador to Japan summoned to protest growing dispute
He cited “severe conditions of Japan-South Korea relations caused by the South Korean side,” according to Kyodo News service. Japan says all compensation issues had been settled under the 1965 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan summons SKorean envoy to protest wartime labour dispute
Tokyo is considering taking the issue to the International Court of Justice. Kyodo News service says Foreign Minister Taro Kono summoned South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan Pyo on Friday morning ... ( read original story ...)
Japan arson suspect: Convicted robber, treated for mental illness
TOKYO — The man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan’s worst mass killing in two decades had been convicted for robbery and treated for mental illness ... ( read original story ...)
33 dead in suspected arson attack on Japan animation studio
A suspected arson attack at an animation production company in Japan killed 33 people and injured dozens more ... or who had suffered burns all over their body," a 53-year-old woman told the Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)
Man shouting ‘You die!’ kills 33 in Japan anime studio fire
Japanese media reported the fire might have been set near the ... on his arms and legs and complained that something had been stolen from him. She told Kyodo News that his hair got singed and his legs ... ( read original story ...)
You Can Now Find Authentic Sapporo Miso Ramen In Manila!
Sapporo, a city in Hokkaido prefecture, is famous for one of our favorite rainy-weather essentials: ramen, more specifically, miso ramen. If you're not familiar with what miso actually is, this is a ... ( read original story ...)
AB InBev keeps Asia IPO hopes alive as Asahi buys Australian unit
The sale to Tokyo-based Asahi is expected to conclude by the first quarter ... Last week the company pulled a planned IPO of its regional operations that had aimed to raise as much as 9.8 billion U.S. ... ( read original story ...)
AB InBev keeps Asia IPO hopes as Asahi buys Australian unit
(Bloomberg pic) TOKYO: Anheuser-Busch InBev NV agreed to sell its Australian ... The company last week pulled a planned IPO of its regional operations that aimed to raise as much as US$9.8 billion. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares jump as Fed signals month-end rate cut, chip sector lead gains
Bucking the overall trend, Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd shed 0.8 per cent to an all-time low after the Nikkei business daily reported the country's largest private insurance firm Nippon Life requested ... ( read original story ...)