A Japanese airline apologized on Wednesday for forcing a wheelchair-bound man crawl up a flight of stairs to board his flight. Hideto Kijima, 44, said the incident occurred on June 5, during his return trip to Osaka, Japan, from the southern Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM’s party suffers historic defeat in Tokyo poll, popular governor wins big
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffered an historic defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, signaling trouble ahead for the premier, who has suffered from slumping support because of a favoritism ... ( read original story ...)
Japan announces plans to land an astronaut on the Moon by 2030
Japan has announced plans to send an astronaut to the Moon by 2030, as part of a new strategy for space travel in the country. If successful, the mission would be the first time the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has sent a human being ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM’s party on track for big defeat in Tokyo election: exit polls
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was on track for a stinging defeat in an election in the Japanese capital on Sunday, exit polls showed, signaling trouble for the Japanese leader, who is suffering from slumping ... ( read original story ...)
Trump, Japanese Leader to Increase Pressure on North Korea
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda told the Japanese news agency Kyodo, meanwhile, that Abe praised Trump for sanctions the United States imposed last week on a Chinese bank and individuals accused of laundering money for North Korea. ( read original story ...)
Japan business confidence hits three-year high: BOJ tankan
The headline diffusion index (DI) measuring big manufacturers' sentiment stood at plus 17 in June, the Bank of Japan's quarterly "tankan" survey showed on Monday, improving from plus 12 in the previous survey in March. It exceeded a median market forecast ... ( read original story ...)
‘No foreign tenants’ — and not much you can do about it
and also approached some real estate brokers to find out why Japanese property owners so often refuse to rent to foreign residents. Are their decisions based on racial prejudice or could there be any valid reasons to justify landlords’ aversion to ... ( read original story ...)
New law to guarantee the guarantor pays
According to a 2016 nationwide survey by the Japan Rental Property Management Association, 6.9 percent of tenants had been late with their payments at least once during the year, but only 2.7 percent had not paid rent a month after it was due, thus ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor’s party heads for big win in city election
The new party of the Japanese capital's populist governor appeared headed for a thumping victory Sunday over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's scandal-laden ruling party in a Tokyo assembly election that could alter national politics, with Abe's historic defeat ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba looks to raise money with Landis+Gyr IPO
The Japanese group is also aiming to raise about $20bn from the ... One Zurich-based banker said conditions were ripe for an IPO of Landis+Gyr because Swiss investors were “sitting on piles of cash” after the delistings of Syngenta, the agribusiness ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo votes in high-stakes city election
Tokyo residents were voting for the city's assembly in an election Sunday that could alter national politics as a populist governor aims to strengthen her base and challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's scandal-laden ruling party. At stake are 127 assembly ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo utility heads plead innocent
TOKYO -- Three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. apologized in court Friday for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, but pleaded innocent to charges of professional negligence. Tsunehisa Katsumata, the 77-year-old ex-chairman of the utility ... ( read original story ...)
Japan reports factory output, unemployment rose in May
People walk on a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo, Friday, June 30, 2017. Japan's factory output rose in May from a year earlier and the number of jobs per job seekers climbed to a 43-year high, reflecting labor shortages as the economy gains momentum thanks ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMFG, preparing for Brexit, to make Frankfurt EU base: Nikkei
TOKYO Japanese lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (8316.T) will make Frankfurt its new European headquarters as it prepares for Britain's exit from the European Union in 2019, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday. SMFG, Japan's third ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei tumbles to 2-wk lows as central banks signal cheap money era may end
TOKYO, June 30 Japan's Nikkei share average stumbled to two-week lows on Friday on worries cheap funding from European central banks may be soon coming to an end. While 30 of the Topix's 33 subsectors were in negative territory, tech names in particular ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Workshops: Are Media and the Business Community Doing Enough on Sustainable Development ?
ROME/TOKYO, Jun 29 2017 (IPS) - Why and how should the media report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an engaging way? Can the SDGs deliver global development? And what are the role and challenges of business leadership in advancing these goals? ( read original story ...)