TOKYO (Reuters) - A well-connected former central bank executive said on Friday the Bank of Japan may allow long-term interest rates to rise more next year if continued strength in the economy pushes inflation to around 1 percent. Hideo Hayakawa ... ( read original story ...)
Kerber ousts local favorite Osaka at Pan-Pacific Open
TOKYO (AP) — Seventh-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat local favorite Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Pan-Pacific Open. The victory was additionally sweet for Kerber, who was looking for revenge after the ... ( read original story ...)
Hoshinoya Tokyo is one of Japan’s oddest hotels – and one of its best
Mind you, though prices are high so are standards. But one Tokyo property owner had a brainwave: a high-rise up-market hotel as a ryokan. The minimalist reception desk at Tokyo’s Hoshinoyo Hotel. The result is arguably one of Japan’s oddest hotels ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s Booming Pod Hotel Market Projected To Reach $226M — Why Are Travelers Downsizing?
Hong Kong Regulator's IPO Setback Doesn't Mean It's Backing Down World's Central ... Cities with the most capsule hotels on Booking.com are Tokyo, Singapore, Taipei, Osaka and Xi’an,” says Oliver Hua, Managing Director of Booking.com in Asia Pacific. ( read original story ...)
Where to stay in Tokyo: hotels by district
Read expert review Yurakucho, a bustling business district – loosely linking Hibiya to Tokyo Station – is home to countless shops, restaurants (from the exclusively high-end to the tiny and atmospheric salaryman-packed venues that sit beneath the ... ( read original story ...)
How this weird looking fungus could build a Canadian business empire
based business is banking on the growing popularity of the maitake ... an invitation from Joe Fontana while the former London mayor was on a trade mission to Japan. "Right now we are preparing to sell," said Odaira, speaking through his translator and ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese firm to offer ‘drive-thru’ funeral service
A Japanese funeral parlour is set to offer relatives the chance to pay their final respects to deceased loved ones without leaving the comfort of their cars. The firm claims that the "drive-thru" service is a first in Japan, where a rapidly ageing ... ( read original story ...)
Video: North Korea’s weapons testing stirs worries in Japan
TOKYO—The anti-missile batteries deployed on the sprawling grounds of the Japanese defence ministry are a stark reminder that here, the dispute with North Korea goes beyond bombast and rhetoric. These PAC-3 portable batteries are a version of the Patriot ... ( read original story ...)
Jamaica’s Violet Brown dies at 117; Japan woman now oldest
With her death, the Gerontology Research Group lists Nabi Tajima of Japan was the oldest surviving person. She was born on Aug. 4, 1900. Brown was born Violet Moss -- or Mosse: Both spellings were sometimes used -- on March 10, 1900, and spent much of her ... ( read original story ...)
Tokai Tokyo Financial teams with Vietnamese brokerage
TOKYO -- Japan's Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings is forming an operational tie-up with Vietnam's Bao Viet Securities as part of its broader push to expand business in Asia. The partners look to cooperate in the investment banking sector as well as jointly ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan is pouring lakhs of crores in cut-rate loans to build infrastructure across India
Investment Boost Away from the media glare, on the ground there was some serious business afoot, with both JICA and Jetro ( Japan External Trade Organisation) playing a critical role. Some 450 Japanese honchos congregated at the Gandhinagar summit earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Qualifier Diyas wins maiden WTA title in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Zarina Diyas made it second time lucky at the Japan Women’s Open on Sunday when she beat fellow qualifier and local hopeful Miyu Kato 6-2 7-5 to win her maiden WTA title. The 23-year-old Kazakh lost to Sam Stosur in her only previous ... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds of flights grounded as typhoon slams Japan
TOKYO – A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan on Sunday, dumping torrential rain, grounding hundreds of domestic flights and halting train services. Typhoon Talim made a landfall in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands, packing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe eyes snap election in October
Lawmakers close to Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike are still at the stage of preparing ... The possibility of a snap election, reported by the nation's major news media on Sunday, has scrambled opposition party lawmakers into action. The leaders of the Democratic ... ( read original story ...)
North Korean leader vows to complete nuclear weapons program
The North's official Korean Central News Agency carried Kim's comments a day after U.S ... is meant to allow North Korea greater military freedom in the region by raising doubts in Seoul and Tokyo that Washington would risk the annihilation of a U.S ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires missile over Japan
This, in turn, is meant to allow North Korea greater military freedom in the region by raising doubts in Seoul and Tokyo that Washington would risk the annihilation of a U.S. city to protect its Asian allies. Emergency sirens and announcements blared out ... ( read original story ...)