Twelve months ago at Roland Garros, an embarrassed Naomi Osaka bristled at being hailed as the ‘coolest thing’ in tennis. Now, however, the 21-year-old Japanese returns to Paris as comfortably the ... ( read original story ...)
WTS Yokohama: 10 things we learnt
1. Yokohama not so hot as an Olympic dry run: The Japanese city lies less than a 40km bike leg from Tokyo and its course profile – essentially pan-flat – resembles what triathletes can expect at next ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Exports Fall for Fifth Month Amid Trade Tensions
(Bloomberg) -- Japanese exports fell for a fifth straight month in April, offering the latest sign that China’s slowdown and its trade conflict with the U.S. are continuing to weigh on Japan’s economy ... ( read original story ...)
Designed by committee, Toyota’s Japan Taxi becomes an expensive Olympic symbol
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor’s Japan Taxi, born in a government committee and designed to be an all-things-to-all-people cab, has become a high-priced icon of Tokyo’s budget-busting 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Exports Fall Again as Trump’s Trade Policy Threatens Economic Outlook
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese exports contracted for the fifth month in April due to a slump in shipments of chip-making equipment to China, underlining the growing threat to the world's third ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to the English-speaking world: call him Abe Shinzo, not Shinzo Abe
Japan’s foreign minister has issued a request to the English-speaking world: call our prime minister Abe Shinzo, not Shinzo Abe. “The new Reiwa era was ushered in and we are hosting the Group of 20 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s trade surplus falls sharply as exports drop
Japan's trade surplus dropped by around 90 percent in April, official data showed Wednesday, with exports affected by a slowdown in China's economy as it wages a trade war with Washington. Meanwhile, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to accept more Canadian beef
“The CCA has and will continue to advocate for free and open trade,” said CCA president David Haywood-Farmer, in a CCA news release about the widened trade access. ” We were pleased to see the access ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Parliament Moves New Crypto Regulations to the Upper House
The Japanese House of Representatives has passed new crypto regulation in the upper house of the National Diet, local news agency Nikkei reports on May 21. The lower house has reportedly moved ... ( read original story ...)
Japan exports fall again but business sentiment offers hope
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese exports fell for the fifth month in April in a sign of the growing economic strain exerted by the Sino-U.S. trade war, but a pickup in business sentiment and machinery ... ( read original story ...)
Japan manufacturers’ mood up, tax hike still in doubt: Reuters Tankan
The Reuters Tankan results came after data showed Japan’s growth surprisingly accelerated in January-March, driven by net contributions from exports, although declines in consumer and business ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota Releases TRD Performance Styling Parts for the 2020 Supra
While the internet was busy fantasizing about how the 2020 Toyota Supra would look with previous-gen A80 Supra parts, Toyota Racing Development (TRD) was readying its own modded Supra for the Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
JR West conducts anti-terror drill ahead of G20 summit
Also on Monday, Finance Minister Taro Aso at a meeting in Tokyo urged top ... which will bring leaders of the world’s top 20 advanced and emerging economies to the city of Osaka on June 28 and 29. “A ... ( read original story ...)
Steven Mnuchin expects to visit Beijing ‘in near future’ for US-China trade talks
Speaking at a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Mnuchin said he will attend a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors slated for June 8-9 in Fukuoka, ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Trump threatens more action in China trade fight
He also says he’ll meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G-20 summit in Osaka ... Our patience is waning, our finances are suffering, and the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Readies New Tariffs as Trump Says He’ll Meet China’s Xi
Earlier, Trump said he’ll meet Xi at the meeting of Group of 20 leaders June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan. But Trump warned Beijing ... not retaliate -- will only get worse!” the Ministry of Finance in ... ( read original story ...)