SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook South Korea's southeastern coast ... South Korea has relatively little seismic activity, unlike neighbouring Japan. ( read original story ...)
North Korea: Earthquake hits Sea of Japan – Ring of Fire shudders amid missile test fear
The 5.4 magnitude rocked the coast near Pohang in South Korea in the sea of Japan. The earthquake shook buildings and caused books to fall from shelves sending tremors as far as Seoul - kilometers away from where it struck. At least four people have been ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Iwo Jima in Japan
A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 78 km NNE of Iwo Jima, Japan (48 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/17 / 2017-11-15 08:48:21 / November 15, 2017 @ 8:48 am. Event ids that are associated to the ... ( read original story ...)
5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s east coast
A 5.8-magnitude quake sturck off the east coast of Japan, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS) at 22:24 GMT on Monday (Nov 13). TOKYO: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday (Nov 13) off the east coast of northern Japan at 6.24am (Singapore ... ( read original story ...)
5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes off Japan’s East Coast
A 2011 tremor, measuring 9.1 in magnitude, devastated the country causing the deaths of approximately 15,894 people. An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck off the eastern coast of Japan. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Prime Minister Requests ASEAN Nations to Lift Food Import Ban
“Incidentally, it has been six years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. I strongly request that import controls on Japanese food to be lifted, based on scientific grounds,” Abe said. The Japanese prime minister added that Japan would start rice ... ( read original story ...)
Why A 19th Century American Slave Memoir Is Becoming A Bestseller In Japan’s Bookstores
Horikoshi remembers when she first read the book. It was the summer of 2011, the same year that Japan experienced the Great Eastern earthquake which resulted in nearly 16,000 deaths and a nuclear meltdown. Horikoshi, who works for a large consulting firm ... ( read original story ...)
Dozens of Japanese towns are going off the grid
A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a quiet shift away from the country’s old utility model toward self-reliant, local generation and transmission. After losing three ... ( read original story ...)
Is Japan’s stock market rally for real?
But for the last quarter century, the legendary French investor has wisely avoided making a bold call on Japan, choosing instead to sit out each of the five short-lived rallies that the Nikkei 225 index has staged since the investment bubble burst in the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Biggest Taxi Firm Takes on Uber
Nov.14 -- Tokyo's biggest taxi service is revamping its business as it looks to prevent Uber from gaining ground in Japan. Bloomberg's Reed Stevenson reports on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia." ( read original story ...)
Japan exports drive expansion, offset weak consumer spending
"With Japan's population set to shrink further in coming years, expanding sales destinations overseas makes good business sense," it said. Economists expect growth to slow in 2018-2019, partly because of limits to factory, logistics and hiring capacity and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Extends Economic Growth Streak
Business investment was more robust, expanding 1 percent — a sign that companies expect Japan’s growth streak to last awhile longer. Consumer prices have been declining in Japan since the 1990s, a debilitating cycle known as deflation that can lead ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy posts longest growth streak since 2001
Japan's economy has expanded for seven quarters in a row in the longest period of growth in more than a decade. Data showed gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annualised rate of 1.4% between July and September. The solid quarterly result comes after ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. headed for first sales growth in 3 years
TOKYO -- Japanese companies expect to achieve an annual sales increase ... to rise 6% for 1,580 companies that announced interim fiscal 2017 results by Tuesday, a Nikkei compilation found. Manufacturers are selling more products amid global economic ... ( read original story ...)
Al Gore faults Japan for subsidizing coal
"Japan should consider reassessing its role as the No. 1 contributor ... of carbon-based fuels [and] to encourage speedier adoptions of the new technologies." Nikkei staff writer Mitsuru Obe contributed to this story. ( read original story ...)
Japanese lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial hires nearly 200 new investment bankers in London
Japan’s biggest bank – and the world’s fifth largest – gave London a big vote of confidence overnight by announcing nearly 200 new investment banking jobs in the capital. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial is to expand European operations in the hope of ... ( read original story ...)