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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)