Main events scheduled in Japan for Wednesday, July 19: -- Japan Tourism Agency to release number of foreign visitors to Japan in June. -- Bank of Japan to hold two-day meeting of decision-making Policy Board. -- Cabinet Office to release monthly economic ... ( read original story ...)
Monetary Policy in Japan Has a New Problem: Amazon
In part as a result, Japan’s central bank is likely to lower its price forecast for the current financial... ( read original story ...)
AfDB, Japan to launch Japan-Africa Energy Initiative
The Government of Japan and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a Letter of Intent to launch the Japan-Africa Energy Initiative (JAEI) to provide significant support to the New Deal on Energy for Africa. The deal is aimed to achieve universal ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ likely to push back timeframe for inflation target again: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Faced with still-sluggish inflation even as the economy picks up steam, the Bank of Japan will delay again its projected timing for achieving the 2 percent inflation target, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters. ( read original story ...)
Board reshuffle may complicate BOJ’s retreat from radicalism
TOKYO (Reuters) - A reshuffle in the Bank of Japan's board will tip its balance more in favor of aggressive stimulus just as the bank quietly retreats from its radical monetary experiment, complicating the task of bureaucrats seeking to whittle down its ... ( read original story ...)
Can Japan End its Easy-Money Addiction?
It was possible to imagine that the shock election setback for the LDP could have caused Shinzo Abe to withdraw support from his money-printer in chief, Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda (whose term ends in April 2018), thereby signaling an early end ... ( read original story ...)
Private shops offer unused spaces for tourists’ luggage
According to West Japan Railway Co., JR Osaka Station has 650 lockers large enough to keep ... a senior researcher at the Japan Research Institute. “The business will continue to expand.” ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Budget uncertainty will continue to 2019
TOKYO (AP) — Uncertainty over the final budget for the 2020 Olympic Games will continue until 2019, the head of the Tokyo Organizing Committee said on Tuesday. "We will continue to explore more cost efficiencies," Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto told the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei skids to more than 1-week lows as higher yen, Abe’s falling support hurt
TOKYO, July 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a more than one-week low on Tuesday as a stronger yen hit cyclical stocks and sliding support for the current administration added to the gloomy mood. The Nikkei fell 0.6 percent to 19,999.91 ... ( read original story ...)
House panel backs earthquake early warning system, defying Trump’s plan to kill it
The text of an earthquake early warning, received on an iPhone in Tokyo in 2014. The Japanese text says: "This is an earthquake early warning. An earthquake occurred off the Fukushima coast, prepare for strong tremors." Shaking arrived after the alert ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea earthquake: Fears Kim Jong-Un sparked 5.8 magnitude tremor with nuclear test
The 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the Sea of Japan on Thursday was extremely rare, experts said. It had initially been marked as 6.0 but was later downgraded. Geologists said it struck very deep early in the morning, 334.1 miles below the seabed, and is ... ( read original story ...)
Christchurch woman finds same sense of community while teaching in disaster-stricken Namie, Japan
we finally got electricity back in South New Brighton and shortly after there was the news about the Tohoku tsunami and earthquake." News of Tohoku resonated with Vivian-Neal, who has familial roots in Okinawa, an island to the far south of Japan. ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Naze in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Naze in Japan on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/17 / 2017-06-28 15:44:21 / June 28, 2017 @ 3:44 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Magnitude 5.3 quake hits southern Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO, July 11 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake was centered just ... ( read original story ...)
Bunkering down: sales of nuclear shelters climb in Japan wary of North Korea tests
Japan is surrounded but instability, on the Korean peninsula, in the South China Sea Yoshihiko Kurotori At 75, he is unsure if he will live to see the Nankai earthquake and tsunami some experts predict will strike the region in the next 30 years. ( read original story ...)
Sushi lovers rejoice: Sushi Tokyo reopens 9 months after fire
TWIN FALLS — Sushi Tokyo opened its doors Monday after fire damage closed the business for more than nine months. Owner Tony Tse said the newly remodeled restaurant is open 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday ... ( read original story ...)