A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as M6.1 hit Izu Islands region, Japan at 07:42 UTC (16:42 JST) on November 9, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). USGS is reporting M6.0 at a depth ... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds of fish die at Tokyo aquarium due to lack of oxygen
Sunshine Aquarium said Thursday that 1,235 fish had died in the "Sunshine Lagoon" tank. Only 73 fish survived. The aquarium says it plans to gradually add more fish to the 12-meter (40-foot) -wide tank. A security guard found the dead fish on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)
(Video) Investment seminars focused on overseas property
In view of the growing interest in overseas property, The Standard and Sing Tao The Standard ... against the backdrop of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and impending opening of Osaka casinos. ( read original story ...)
Asia’s big money reigns over Japan’s property market
TOKYO -- Overseas investment funds are increasingly buying real estate in Japan, attracted by the country's weakening currency and ultralow interest rates. For the first half of fiscal 2017, property purchases by overseas investors expanded 3.3 times from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan megabank MUFG seeks 40% stake in Indonesia’s Bank Danamon
TOKYO -- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ aims to buy roughly 40% of Indonesia's Bank Danamon with an eye toward a future majority stake, extending its Southeast Asian dealmaking push into the region's most populous country. The Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka woman with disabled child works to raise awareness of buggy-style wheelchairs
“Ramps can’t be used for baby buggies,” the official said. Since then, Honda, a 36-year-old resident of the city of Osaka and mother of a 5-year-old girl with a cranial nerve disease, has been devoting her time to raising awareness of the buggy-like ... ( read original story ...)
Ancient construction is a model for earthquake-safe buildings
Horyu-ji's pagoda is a monument to stability in a land of seismic instability; it has stayed upright despite nearly 50 earthquakes of magnitude 7.0-plus having struck Japan during the building's lifespan. Japanese builders used a shinbashira — a large ... ( read original story ...)
APA Group swindled in ¥1.3 billion land deal in Akasaka
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested nine ... According to TBS, the suspects shopped the property to multiple real estate companies while posing as its rightful owner. The property was eventually sold to the APA Group for 1.26 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo surge leads broad Asia gains, eyes on Trump-Xi talks
Tokyo resumed its surge on Thursday, leading a broad Asia rally following another record close on Wall Street, while investors are keeping tabs on a key meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Global traders have been emboldened in recent weeks by a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei at 26-year high, other Asia shares muted
Add Stock Market as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Stock Market news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Japan's stock benchmark rose Thursday to its highest in more than a quarter century on the yen's weakness and healthy corporate earnings ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘black widow’ gets sentenced to death by hanging for murdering lovers
Japan’s “black widow” was sentenced to death by hanging ... as well as in attempted murder of a fourth victim between 2007 and 2013. (Kyodo News via AP, File) Prosecutors painted Kakehi as a woman who showed no remorse and said she tricked her ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Punch, James Norbert Ivanyi, Branch Arterial & More Added To Progfest Line-up
Along with the likes of the already announced Leprous, Voyager, Alithia, Orsome Welles, Meniscus and Dyssidia, added to the list are Osaka Punch, James Norbert Ivanyi, Branch Arterial, Toehider, Breaking Orbit, and Glass Ocean; just to name a few. ( read original story ...)
Top Japanese bank seeks stake in Indonesia’s Bank Danamon
TOKYO -- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ aims to buy roughly 40% of Indonesia's Bank Danamon with an eye toward a future majority stake, extending its Southeast Asian dealmaking push into the region's most populous country. The Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ... ( read original story ...)
The 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017 Closes on a Successful Note
The 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017 (organized by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.), which was held for ten days from October 27 (Friday) through November 5 (Sunday) at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake, Koto-ku, closed November 5 at 18:00 on a ... ( read original story ...)
R?torso?C Residence in Tokyo
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Japan’s quirky, quake-resistant dome homes prove popular
“Not a single pane of glass broke.” The dome houses can withstand wind and earthquakes because they have no beams that can be broken, Konishi said. Japan Dome House, the company that makes the polystyrene pieces used in the structures, said after the ... ( read original story ...)