Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Monday, July 27. Australian shares turned higher after an early dip, amid rising tensions with China and ongoing concerns over coronavirus case numbers. The nations ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Revises Down First-Quarter Corporate Capex to 0.1% Year-On-Year Increase: MOF
Japan's economy, the world's third-largest ... to the first-quarter GDP figures on Aug. 3 reflecting the revised capital spending data from the finance ministry. (Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Writing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan revises down Q1 corporate capex to 0.1% yr/yr increase – MOF
Japan’s economy, the world’s third-largest ... to the first-quarter GDP figures on Aug. 3 reflecting the revised capital spending data from the finance ministry. (Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Writing ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic Forces Digital Change on Japan’s Businesses
The coronavirus pandemic may be a drag on economies across the globe, but in Japan it’s bringing long-overdue change in work habits and tools.About 90% of Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co.’s ... ( read original story ...)
RPT-Twenty years on, Japan government’s digital ambitions still stuck in piles of paper
Two decades after Japan rolled out an ambitious plan to go digital, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the government's deeply rooted technological shortcomings as ministries remain stuck in a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Jan.-March business spending revised down to 0.1% rise
Capital spending by Japanese companies rose 0.1 percent in the January-March quarter from a year earlier, revised downward from an earlier result of 4.3 percent growth, the government said Monday. ( read original story ...)
Pandemic Forces Digital Change on Japan’s Analog Businesses
The coronavirus pandemic may be a drag on economies across the globe, but in Japan it’s bringing long-overdue change in work habits and tools. ( read original story ...)
Aspiring Osaka model finds strength from Paralympics to be open about leg prosthesis
Amane Yano, now 18, hears her number being called, and steps out onto a brightly lit catwalk. In the audience sit many fashion magazine write ... ( read original story ...)
Popular Japanese food truck and SF restaurant will close at end of the month
Izakaya Roku is closing - and they're looking for a new owner to take over their popular bento food truck, JapaCurry. Opened by Jay Hamad as a brick-and-mortar restaurant in 2013 following the success ... ( read original story ...)
G-20 finance chiefs to hold teleconference over virus pandemic
(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging countries will hold a videoconference Saturday to share their recognition of current economic situations hit hard ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis ace Naomi Osaka tells fans to ‘stop creeping her out’ by demanding that she ‘maintains innocent image’
Japanese two-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka says she is "creeped out" by fans who urge her to "maintain her innocence" in apparent response to social media comments on her being pictured in ... ( read original story ...)
Where to buy the orange WNBA hoodies seen on LeBron, Chris Paul, Naomi Osaka and more
The WNBA tipped off their 2020 season Saturday to much fanfare and excitement. Though rookie Sabrina Ionescu’s New York Liberty fell to Sue Bird’s Seattle Storm 87-71, it was nonetheless still an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan defense agency holds first auction of discarded SDF equipment
The first-ever auction of discarded Self-Defense Forces equipment, including items from a training vessel decommissioned in spring, was held Sunday by an agency affiliated with Japan's Defense ... ( read original story ...)
Soccer: Arano nets winner in Sapporo’s 3-1 home win
Consadole Sapporo scored two goals within three minutes, with Takuma Arano netting the winner in their 3-1 home win over Yokohama F ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Confirms 239 New Coronavirus Cases on Sunday: Media
Tokyo officials confirmed 239 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, Japanese media reported, as the capital struggles with a resurgence in cases after the government lifted a state of emergency. The ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo logs 366 new coronavirus cases, topping 300 for first time
Tokyo is expected to report at least 300 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a record high for single day, NHK said. The number comes after Japan saw a single-day ... ( read original story ...)