As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte prepares to make his first visit to Japan since taking office in June, Tokyo is looking to play peacemaker between Washington and Manila as the tough-talking leader threatens to change the geopolitical calculus in ... ( read original story ...)
Junko Tabei, first woman to climb Everest, dies at 77
TOKYO – Japanese media reports say the first woman to climb ... "I was the 36th person to climb Everest." Japan's Kyodo News agency said that Tabei scaled peaks in more than 60 countries. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said she continued climbing ... ( read original story ...)
Paralympics: Canada sports minister says Tokyo Games can improve lives
Sports has the power to change the world, and Tokyo should use its role as host city of the 2020 ... Bragging seemed impolite," Qualtrough said in an interview with Kyodo News. "But one of the things we did going into 2010 (Vancouver Winter Games) was ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo brings in priests from India to pray for stronger ties with Japan
NK World, Tokyo [Japan], Oct. 22 : Priests from all over India recently performed a mega non-stop prayer-cum-ritual for nine days to strengthen political and spiritual relations between India and Japan. Speaking to ANI, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to survey medical services for foreigners before Tokyo Olympics
Japan's health ministry is set to conduct the first large-scale survey on the nation's medical services for foreign patients as part of its efforts to improve such services and boost the number of facilities friendly to them ahead of the 2020 Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Death from overwork in Japan shows lessons unlearned
TOKYO -- Matsuri Takahashi's dream career at Japan's top ad agency, Dentsu, ended with her suicide as her overtime pushed past 100 hours a month. "I'm emotionless and only wish to sleep," she wrote, exhausted and depressed, in a Twitter post in October ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake in western Japan knocks out power, injures 7
A powerful earthquake in western Japan knocked loose roof tiles, toppled store shelves and caused power outages Friday afternoon, but apparently caused no widespread damage. At least seven people were injured, one seriously. The Japan Meteorological Agency ... ( read original story ...)
Strong Quake in Western Japan Knocks out Power, Injures 7
A powerful earthquake in western Japan knocked loose roof tiles, toppled store shelves and caused power outages Friday afternoon, but apparently caused no widespread damage. At least seven people were injured, one seriously. The Japan Meteorological Agency ... ( read original story ...)
6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Japan
Tokyo (CNN)A preliminary 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake, which was 6.3 kilometers in depth, hit near Kurayoshi city to the west of Osaka, the USGS said. Almost 80,000 households suffered ... ( read original story ...)
X Japan's Yoshiki: Music saved my life
X Japan are one of Japan's most famous heavy metal rock bands. In the 1980s they helped pioneer the "visual kei" movement associated with brightly coloured hair and flamboyant costumes. But the band's history has been marked with tragedy, including the ... ( read original story ...)
Western Japan hit by magnitude 6.6 earthquake
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck western Japan on Friday, but there was no risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake occurred at 2:10 p.m. local time in the Tottori prefecture, about 700 kilometres ... ( read original story ...)
Mizuho Seeks to Challenge Nomura as Japan’s Top Equity Firm
Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the Japanese bank that added dozens of stock analysts and salesmen in the past year, is seeking to loosen Nomura Holdings Inc.’s grip on the nation’s potentially lucrative yet elusive retail brokerage business. Tokyo-based ... ( read original story ...)
Assessing the Recent Effectiveness of Japan’s Abenomics
Thus far, it has failed to dislodge the deflationary sentiment from the Japanese economic mind-set, although this has not been through a lack of trying. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has sent interest rates into deep negative territory to encourage spending and ... ( read original story ...)
BIDV signs co-operation agreement with Japanese bank
This is the 26th Japanese bank with which BIDV has signed such a cooperation deal in this field. — Photo www.vietreader.com HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam (BIDV) and Yachiyo Bank of Japan have ... ( read original story ...)
Japan investors in dilemma over U.S. bonds as hedging costs bite
Japan's conservative fund managers turned to higher-yielding foreign bonds, particularly Treasuries, earlier this year after the Bank of Japan stunned markets with its negative interest rate policy to help reflate the economy. "At least one big Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : European Central Bank interest rate decision and press conference – business live
Fidelity International: How the ECB could run short of bonds to buy Fidelity International have issued a very useful note, outlining how the European Central Bank could run short of bonds to buy -- if it extends its QE programme significantly. Currently ... ( read original story ...)