Yokohama Tire Corporation, in partnership with KaBOOM!, will build a brand-new, eco-friendly playground for the citizens of West Point, Mississippi, which is the home of Yokohama Tire’s new one-million-square-foot plant that opened in October of 2015 ... ( read original story ...)
There are precious few neighborhoods in New York City where renters can afford a two-bedroom apartment
New York was rated No. 9 after Singapore (No. 1), Hong Kong, Zurich, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Geneva and Paris ... according to a separate ranking from personal-finance website GoBankingRates.com. San Jose followed at $87,153 per year, with New York close ... ( read original story ...)
BidaskClub upgraded Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) to Hold in a report released today.
Its manufacturing operations are located in Malacca, Malaysia (handlers); Poway, California (thermal subsystems); Laguna, the Philippines (kits and contactors); Kolbermoor, Germany (handlers), and Osaka, Japan (contactors). Receive News & Ratings Via Email ... ( read original story ...)
Several Akhilesh projects under Yogi scanner
When Yadav was the chief minister, the then state irrigation and public works department minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav, and irrigation department principal secretary, Deepak Singhal, visited Japan to study riverfront developments in Tokyo and Osaka. ( read original story ...)
Kagoike arrest isn’t end of story
The special investigation squad of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor’s Office, which interrogated and arrested the Kagoikes, has received a criminal complaint filed by a group of some 240 lawyers and researchers against officials of the Finance ... ( read original story ...)
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCMP) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On August 2 ... Sucampo Pharma, LLC, based in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan and R-Tech Ueno, Ltd., based in Kobe, Japan, through which the Company conducts its Asian operations; Sucampo Pharma Americas LLC, based ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 open mascot design competition to public
Tokyo 2020 had revealed in March that the names will come from creative professionals, rather than from the general public. Mascots are a popular element of modern Japanese culture, usually created to promote a particular region, event or business. ( read original story ...)
Asia shares fall as Apple’s glossy earnings effect fades
TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets mostly fell Thursday as the rally from news of Apple's strong earnings that spurred record highs for the Dow Jones industrial average faded. Myriad worries over China's rising debt, weaker commodity prices and possible rising ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe to launch new cabinet after scandals
Tokyo, Aug 3 (AFP) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today ... including allegations of favouritism to a friend in a business deal — which Abe strongly denies. Abe will reportedly reappoint former defence minister Itsunori Onodera to the post after ... ( read original story ...)
Can Japan provide answers to the west’s economic problems?
Others, especially in business, believe it is a pipe dream to think the economy ... walked into Kakio station, on the outskirts of Tokyo, and sat down on a platform bench. They looked like sisters, said one witness. They were dressed in their best clothes. ( read original story ...)
Update on Toshiba Memory Corporation’s Investment in Production Equipment for Fab 6 at Yokkaichi Operations
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary that manufactures Flash memory, will unilaterally invest in manufacturing equipment for the Fab 6 clean room at ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares dip on profit-taking after Dow hits 22,000
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares dipped on Thursday as investors locked in recent gains after Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 22,000 barrier for the first time in its 121-year history. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ... ( read original story ...)
Furukawa Electric begins mass producing stealth dicing tape
TOKYO--(Antara/BUSINESS WIRE)-- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5801) has begun mass producing expand separation dicing tape, a type of tape for use with semiconductors. Expand separation dicing tape delivers high-grade separation of IC chips from ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Memory Corporation Unveils Single Package NVMe TM Client SSD Utilizing 64-Layer, 3D Flash Memory
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Memory Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, today announced the launch of the BG3 series, a new line-up of single package NVM Express TM (NVMe™) client SSDs integrating Toshiba Memory Corporation’s cutting ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s trading houses launch US property funds
TOKYO -- Japan's general trading companies are establishing real estate funds in the U.S. to tap demand from Japanese institutional investors and raise money for new property development. Sumitomo has sold buildings it owned in the U.S. to its real estate ... ( read original story ...)
Aichi cops accuse pair of dumping Nagoya woman’s corpse in Shiga
Aichi police have accused Ichiya Nishida of abandoning the body of a 53-year-old woman from Nagoya who went missing in June (TBS News) SHIGA (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have accused two persons of abandoning the corpse of a missing woman from Nagoya ... ( read original story ...)