The recent death of Hana Kimura, a bubbly, pink-haired 22-year-old wrestler and reality TV show star, has spotlighted a rise in cyber bullying in Japan and prompted swift official pledges to do more ... ( read original story ...)
The ‘Japan model’ that brought coronavirus to heel
In a characteristically Japanese way, we have all but brought this epidemic under control in the last month and a half,” the prime minister declared. He lavished praise on the public but Mr Abe’s ... ( read original story ...)
How Imperial Japan Struck Targets Near the West Coast
Japan would have needed to defeat America's navy in order to actually invade the West Coast. And even then, it might not have had the resources. It seemed like just another ordinary day at sea. Early ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares mostly higher following Wall Street gains
Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday, lifted by moves to reopen many regional economies from shutdowns aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Hong Kong and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Banking Minnows Swim in Risky Waters
Tell that to Japan’s lenders. Shinsei Bank Ltd. is making its biggest overseas acquisition, buying a consumer-finance unit from Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. for the equivalent of about ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s all-male boards face gender reckoning
The change in the voting policies of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and several other global fund managers has crystallised ahead of Japan’s annual shareholder meetings season in June, when typically ... ( read original story ...)
Automating Factories Creates $100 Billion Japan Corporate Giant
It’s the rise of the robots: Japan’s second-largest company is now a maker of industrial automation systems, highlighting the rising importance of a less visible sector to a nation long associated ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo issues COVID-19 alert to residents after highest single day spike in more than three weeks
The Japanese capital saw 34 new infections on Tuesday but is holding off on official restrictions. ( read original story ...)
IPOs Revive With Warner Music Kicking Off $6.4 Billion Week
Fundraising volume globally is expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels this week with sizable listings by companies includin Corp. and NetEase Inc. set to raise a total of more than $6.4 billion, ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: global cases pass 6.3m; alert issued in Tokyo amid fear of new surge in cases
Cases in Africa pass 150,000; Germany eases travel ban; Wuhan doctor who worked with whistleblower dies ... ( read original story ...)
AM Best: Growing COVID-19-Driven Pressures on Japan Life Insurance Market Prompted Outlook Revision to Negative (AM BestTV)
In this episode of AMBestTV, Jason Shum, associate director, analytics, AM Best, said pressures on the Japan life insurance market, including mortalit ... ( read original story ...)
New discovery could highlight areas where earthquakes are less likely to occur
Scientists from Cardiff University have discovered specific conditions that occur along the ocean floor where two tectonic plates are more likely to slowly creep past one another as opposed to ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka introduces QR contact tracing system as bars and restaurants reopen
Users who scan the code at establishments will be notified if another patron is later found to have become infected. ( read original story ...)
Full Plate: Great Divide, Blue Island open new concepts, while Jeff Osaka closes one
Great Divide Brewing Co., one of Denver’s oldest breweries and the operator of two taprooms in the city and a restaurant at Denver International Airport, on Monday opened Great Divide Brewery & ... ( read original story ...)
Plug and Play Japan has selected 104 startups for their Summer/Fall 2020 Batch
PRNewswire/ -- Plug and Play Japan KK (Japan office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Phillip Vincent, Hereinafter called; Plug and Play Japan) has ... ( read original story ...)
NYC Keeps Monday Reopening Date; Tokyo Cases Spike: Virus Update
New York City still plans to begin reopening Monday, while Governor Andrew Cuomo warned that mass protests against police violence could accelerate the spread of coronavirus and undo weeks of ... ( read original story ...)