The broader Topix gained 0.4 per cent to 1,779.82. TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday as banking stocks rallied while Takeda Pharmaceutical climbed ahead of news the drugmaker had agreed to buy London-listed Shire for $62.42 billion. ( read original story ...)
Deep challenges loom for Japan’s mobile carriers despite profits
The Japanese mobile services market is saturating, and competition is to intensify further when e-commerce giant Rakuten enters the market as the fourth major player in the country next year. And in the newer operations, the three face rivals from other ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei drops after Trump quits Iran nuclear deal; Toyota’s results eyed
The Nikkei fell 0.5 percent to 22,399.00 in midmorning trade ... The news lifted mining stocks such as Inpex Corp and Japan Drilling by 2.3 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively. “The short-term impact on the stock market may be limited, but worries ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: [311 Eastern Japan Earthquake]
Seven years have passed since the 311 Eastern Japan Earthquake. The Taiwan Red Cross has already completed its visit of reconstruction projects in Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate, areas hit hardest by the earthquake. As of this year, 62 public housing ... ( read original story ...)
Fukuoka: Police nab man, 74, wanted in slaying of woman
FUKUOKA (TR) – Police in Osaka City on Thursday apprehended a 74-year-old salesman for the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper who was wanted over the killing of a woman in his residence in Fukuoka City earlier this week, reports TBS News (May 11). At around 6:45 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing agree to cooperate on North Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-in gives a keynote speech at the Korea-China-Japan business summit in Tokyo, Japan, 09 May 2018. Moon proposed that the three countries lead the new world economic order based on innovative means of growth and establish a ... ( read original story ...)
Supermicro Showcases Innovative Resource Saving Technology at Data Center Expo Tokyo 2018
Multi-node SuperBlade®, BigTwin™ & All-Flash NVMe Composable Storage Solutions with Supermicro RSD 2.1 optimized for Cloud and Datacenter environments TOKYO, May 9 ... Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Intelligence and ERP/CRM. ( read original story ...)
‘Fatal congestion’: 2020 Olympics could paralyze Tokyo’s famed subway system, study warns
Tokyo’s subway system is famed for its cleanliness and efficiency ... “The plan needs cooperation from companies, but that would affect their business activities and sales, meaning it would not be a simple task,” she said. A test run involving ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese fashion trends boost L.L. Bean sales
Shatzer declined to give exact revenue, or share what percentage of business comes from Japan sales. He says the company is investing in new stores in Japan as well as customized e-commerce systems. There are currently 27 stores in Japan, and two more are ... ( read original story ...)
HCafe: Japanese cuisine finds its sweet spot
But Okawa found himself increasingly interested in the business, especially since his wife had long wanted to open a café serving the Japanese sweets she had come to love. In fall 2016, Okawa opened his own Uncle Tetsu outlet in Unionville — which wasn ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Companies Set Up Ship-to-Ship LNG Bunkering Business in Japan
A group of Japanese companies including shipping companies NYK and K-Line are teaming up to launch a new LNG bunkering business in Japan. With the new business, the four companies, which include Chubu Electric Power and Toyota Tsusho in addition to NYK and ... ( read original story ...)
Nova Scotia launches bid to sell culture to China, Japan with trade mission
“It’s based more on a Western model, but it’s something they are adopting.” Glavine and a cultural business delegation will meet with Chinese and Japanese government officials, cultural organizations and business leaders over the course of the ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urges Japan to join ‘One Belt, One Road’ infrastructure project
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged Japan to join China’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure ... due to brisk sales of batteries and other electronic automobile components, as automakers conti... Business failures hit 28-year low in April The number of ... ( read original story ...)
Business, Denuclearization Focus Japan-China-South Korea Summit
Tokyo, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The convenience of establishing a free trade agreement and completing the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula were issues Japan, China and South Korea discussed today during its first tripartite summit held since 2015. ( read original story ...)
Literary prize win for powerful book about 2011 Japan tsunami and earthquake’s impact on communities
It knocked the Earth 16.5cm (six-and-a-half inches) off its axis and moved Japan four metres (13 feet) closer to the US: an account of the 2011 tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people in Japan has won Britain’s Folio prize for literature. The award ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Naze in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 132 km WSW of Naze, Japan (82 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 128.228 East, latitude ... ( read original story ...)