TOKYO -- Japanese authorities on Wednesday directed more than 1 million residents in parts of the southern main island of Kyushu to evacuate to designated shelters as heavy rains batter the region, ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, a whole city of 600,000 people was ordered evacuated amid hard rain
Japan’s southern city of Kagoshima on Wednesday ordered its nearly 600,000 residents to take shelter in evacuation centres and other safe areas as torrential rains threatened landslides and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic stadium 90% complete; opening set for December
But Tokyo is spending at least $20 billion to get ready, 70% of which is taxpayers' money. (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Olympic stadium 90% finished, set to open in December
With the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics a little over a year away ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
IPOs in Japan almost flat in January-June period
They included an IPO by Sansan Inc., a business card management service firm ... This year’s number is likely to be roughly the same as in recent years, Nagata said. Japan is considering imposing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says curbs on exports to SKorea due to broken pledge
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that Japan cannot give South Korean exports preferential treatment because the country is not abiding by an agreement regarding wartime issues that ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic stadium 90% finished, to open in December
TOKYO (Reuters) - With the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics a little over a year away, the National Stadium, set to be the centerpiece of the Games, is 90% completed and will open its doors for the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, US and Australia push back on China’s South Pacific expansion
Japanese government officials warn that China ... which maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, told Nikkei that he will send a mission to Beijing to explore the possibility of receiving ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and South Korea must avoid tit for tat over wartime row
Tokyo has launched a de facto countermeasure to South Korea's handling of a string of lawsuits against Japanese companies regarding wartime labor. While the South Korean side initiated the current ... ( read original story ...)
BILD: Lessons from Tokyo
For the latest industry news and new home data ... delegation visited Tokyo and came away with quite a few impressions. The population of the city of Tokyo is just shy of 10 million people ... ( read original story ...)
Hoping to boost spending, Japan tries to sell shoppers on cashless purchases
TOKYO (Reuters) - When the baseball season kicked off in Japan this spring, fans of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles were faced with an inconvenience they'd never encountered before: the food and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-South Korea spat takes a toll on Tokyo tech shares
TOKYO -- Stocks in Japanese suppliers of chemicals and materials ... But that was short of the 2.2% two-day gain for the Nikkei Stock Average. In South Korea, Samsung Electronics, the world's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei extends gain on US-China trade ceasefire
Headline indices of the Japan share market advanced for second straight session on Tuesday, 02 July 2019, on following gains on the Wall Street overnight, as truce between the U. S. and China put ... ( read original story ...)
Global chip supply at risk as Japan and South Korea feud
A source at chipmaker SK Hynix told Nikkei the company does not have three months of inventory. The chipmaker would have to halt production if it cannot procure necessary materials from Japan for ... ( read original story ...)
Mint Globetrotter Index: Take a trip to Tokyo
The Mint Globetrotter Index compares the cost of 25 essential travel spends for 50 cities across regions. The analysis, published on May 15, can be seen on www.livemint.com/globetrotter2019. Today, in ... ( read original story ...)
McDonald’s Japan is one of the most popular places on Facebook
... in tourism could also be a big reason for the spiking foot traffic at McDonald’s Japan stores. Follow Yahoo Finance on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Flipboard, LinkedIn, and reddit. Read the ... ( read original story ...)