OSAKA – Kansai Airports said Thursday it has scrapped a plan to open a duty-free shop in central Osaka due to a slowdown in so-called explosive shopping by tourists. Spending by foreign visitors to Japan decreased in the July-September quarter from a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese start-ups head abroad for innovation programme
Also, “The Japan Bank Consortium to Centrally Provide Domestic and Cross-border Payments” officially launched with 42 member banks. Using Ripple, customers of the banks will get real-time domestic and cross-border payments. Participants include Bank of ... ( read original story ...)
98% of all Japanese adoptions are employers adopting the adult men on their staff, not children
In Japan, there is a several-hundred-year-old tradition in which businesses adopt their executives so companies or institutions are "family-run" groups. In other words, bosses adopt their employees. Inside the the world's oldest family business ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM touring Asia’s youngest, growing economies
SINGAPORE - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe begins a six-day tour of Asia-Pacific nations on Thursday that includes the region’s youngest and fastest-growing economies, seeking to strengthen ties as growth at home lags. The three Southeast Asian ... ( read original story ...)
Blizzard pounds northern Japan
A blizzard is battering wide areas of northern Japan, with weather authorities warning of avalanches, heavy snow, high waves and transport disruption. The winter storm has piled up 30 to 60 centimetres of snow on the northern island of Hokkaido and on the ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-MCUBS MidCity Investment announces transaction of properties
at 12.13 billion yen * Says it plans to sell trust beneficial rights of a property located in Osaka at 9 billion yen on March 27 Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/lF6DzI Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) Next In Financials ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks, dollar hit as Asia stumbles on Trump woe
Tokyo tumbled more than one percent Thursday, while the dollar sank as investors were left deflated by a lack of economic detail from Donald Trump at his first post-election press conference. Traders had hoped the real estate tycoon would flesh out some of ... ( read original story ...)
Firms to debut luxury overnight Tokyo-Osaka compartment-seat bus service
Kanto Bus Co. and transport company Ryobi Holdings said Wednesday they will introduce a luxury overnight bus, the Dream Sleeper, to link Tokyo and Osaka on Jan. 18, offering secluded compartments for each passenger. The one-way fare will be ¥20,000 for an ... ( read original story ...)
osaka-nara
From Osaka it took us a little over an hour to get to Tsutsui station ... We also visited Daihozoin which is on the same property and housed many national treasures. Next to Horyuji is Chuguji. It was believed that Horyuji was originally built as a ... ( read original story ...)
TEXAS: State court rules Texas Central not a railroad
The N7100-I Bullet is currently in operation between Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. Texas Central is planning a similar ... with eminent domain authority and the right to survey private property. In Harris County, Texas Central has sued more than 20 landowners. ( read original story ...)
‘Furniture town’ gets 1,350-piece cache of chairs from collector
After he went independent to set up his own advertising office in Osaka in the 1980s, Oda made frequent trips ... for preserving daily commodities with great designs as common property while there were design museums in many developed countries overseas. ( read original story ...)
Tasmanian oyster hatchery Shellfish Cultures develops joint venture with Japanese agribusiness Yanmar
Shellfish Culture Limited general manager Greg Bowers said talks between the Tasmanian venture and Osaka-based agribusiness Yanmar began ... well aware of the importance of guarding intellectual property closely. "Whilst we sell oysters, absolutely that ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks down as drugmakers hit by Trump comments
The yen's moves reflect the disappointment," Masakuni Fujiwara, chief executive officer at VistaMax Fund Advisors in Tokyo, told Bloomberg News. "Health-care shares have been impacted by Mr. Trump's comments." Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index fell 1.19 ... ( read original story ...)
Longtime Olympic reporter expects ‘fantastic’ Tokyo Games after cost, other hurdles are cleared
and says he expects the 2020 Tokyo Games to be “fantastic.” Known in journalism circles as “Mr. Olympics,” Wilson, 59, shared his insights in an interview with Kyodo News before leaving AP to take the post of director of communications with the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s history of third-party injuries in train suicides
According to Nippon News Network (Jan. 9), a third party being injured as a result of a person taking their own life in such a manner is not unprecedented in the Tokyo metropolitan area — with the latest case possibly spurring a preventative action. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo woman accused of stabbing husband to death claims she tripped
Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Yukie Shimura on suspicion of stabbing her 39-year-old husband Kenichi in his side with a fruit knife at their residence in Koto Ward at around 5:30 a.m., Fuji News Network reports (Jan. 11). Kenichi was found lying in ... ( read original story ...)