Japan is no longer needed to exist near us," the committee said in a statement carried by the North's official KCNA news agency. Juche is the North's ruling ideology that mixes Marxism and an extreme form of go-it-alone nationalism preached by state ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s smaller airports welcome Southeast Asia
The western Japanese city is known for the Atomic Bomb Dome and the ... A Hiroshima official told the Nikkei Asian Review that it had approached Southeast Asian airlines with the hope that the city would host more tourists, in addition to requests from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan aims to catch gold smugglers at airports
TOKYO -- Seeking to curb a growing outbreak of gold smuggling, Japan's Ministry of Finance will install metal detector gates at the customs areas of airports with heavy international traffic, such as Narita and Haneda. Currently, travelers entering Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan commission supports nuclear power despite Fukushima
TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission has issued a report calling for nuclear energy to remain a key component of the country’s energy mix despite broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society. The annual report ... ( read original story ...)
India, Japan start work on high-speed train during Abe visit
AHMADABAD, India — India and Japan have begun work on a high-speed train in the western Indian state of Gujarat, during a visit by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The "bullet" train will link Ahmadabad, the main commercial city in Indian Prime ... ( read original story ...)
India-Japan business ties are at an all-time high
New Delhi: R .C. Bhargava, chairman of India’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, fondly recounts meetings between business delegates from India and Japan over lunch with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea threatens to reduce the U.S. to ‘ashes and darkness,’ and to ‘sink’ Japan
Japan is no longer needed to exist near us,” the committee said in a statement carried by the North‘s official KCNA news agency. Juche is the North‘s ruling ideology that mixes Marxism and an extreme form of go-it-alone nationalism preached by ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stocks eked out Marginal Gains
Tokyo stocks flat at break after three days of gains (Photo ... a consortium led by US investor Bain Capital as the leading candidate to buy its prized chip business. (AFP) ( read original story ...)
Astro Japan securityholders vote to sell REIT to Blackstone
Securityholders in the Astro Japan Property Trust have voted overwhelmingly to sell the trust and its $1.1 billion portfolio of Japanese retail, office and residential properties to US private equity giant Blackstone for $430 million. Almost 100 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information
This isn't likely to happen on the East Coast, but it could. This is an aerial view of damage to Sukuiso, Japan, a week after the earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area in March, 2011. Credit: Dylan McCord. U.S. Navy On March 11, 2011, a ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Says It Favors Bain Group’s Bid for Microchip Business
TOKYO — Toshiba Corporation, the struggling Japanese conglomerate, will once again try to sell its immensely valuable microchip business to a group of American and Japanese buyers. Better offers would be welcomed, too. Toshiba said on Wednesday that it ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Garden and the Fusion of Faiths and Ideas: Chinzan-so
The history of Chinzan-so (Chinzanso) is fascinating because you have many historic remains, therefore, you feel like you are entering a different world that is far from modern Tokyo. This applies to the pre-Meiji period and the Meiji period when Japan ... ( read original story ...)
JAPAN: Nikkei up another +0.5% overnight, taking its 3-day rip to +3.1% and back above @Hedgeye TREND
08:00a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running: Ni.. 07:12a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running: Ni.. 06:49a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running -Ni. ( read original story ...)
One of Central Ohio’s largest commercial lenders acquired by Tokyo buyer
Lancaster Pollard joins Red Capital Group, which has offices in downtown Columbus, as a subsidiary of ORIX USA Corp., an arm of publicly owned ORIX Corp. out of Tokyo. Boston Financial Investment Management is another subsidiary of the company that ... ( read original story ...)
To ward off Chinese threat, India & Japan scale new summits together
Although Japan had played a significant role in India’s freedom movement, the two countries pursued different geopolitical goals during the Cold War period. In Pic: PM Modi & Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at Ahmedabad airport NEW DELHI: India and Japan have ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 domestic sponsor revenue at record $2.8 billion
LIMA (Reuters) - Domestic sponsorship for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has so far reached a record $2.8 billion (£2.11 billion) -- almost three times as much as in any previous summer Games -- the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday. John Coates ... ( read original story ...)