There’s no weak spot among major regions globally and all are heading toward recovery, which is helping Japan’s exports, Kodama said. The Finance Ministry said that Japan often experiences deficits in May, as exports slow relative to imports due to a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Canadians in Regina display their culture at new festival
Koreto Yamauchi is bringing a taste of Japan to Saskatchewan. The President of the Regina Japanese Canadian Club is organizing a Japanese summer festival called Matsuri at the University of Regina this weekend to help people in the area learn more about ... ( read original story ...)
USS Fitzgerald crash: Sailors found dead after Japan collision
Sailors missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan have been found dead, the US Navy and Japanese media says. Seven sailors were left missing and three injured after Saturday's collision, which the US Navy said almost sank ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Surprise Deficit as Import Growth Overpowers Exports
Exports rose 14.9 percent from a year earlier (estimate +16 percent), according to data released by the Ministry of Finance. Imports increased ... (estimate +43.3 billion yen). Japan’s trade has seen a sustained pickup since the start of the year ... ( read original story ...)
Japan May exports jump 14.9 pct year/year – MOF
TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Japan's exports surged 14.9 percent in May from a year earlier due to higher shipments of cars and steel, in a sign of robust global demand, Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday. The rise compares with a 16.1 percent jump ... ( read original story ...)
Noodles giant laps up china opportunity
The Osaka-based Nissin Food is also the second largest dim sum ... Gross profit margin increased from 34.1 percent to 39.6 percent in the same period. Net proceeds from the IPO will be used for upgrading and further expanding of production plants and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s five steps to a 5G world
On May 29, Kazuhiro Yoshizawa, president and CEO of Docomo, highlighted the new business opportunities 5G will create in a keynote speech to the Global Digital Summit 2017, a Tokyo event co-hosted by Nikkei Inc. and Japan's communications ministry. ( read original story ...)
Ex-Moritomo Gakuen boss to be investigated for alleged fraud
OSAKA – Prosecutors are set to search sites this weekend ... the prosecutors have received a separate criminal complaint filed against a local finance bureau official, alleging breach of trust. The public uproar over the case resulted in the school ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan’s leader sends sympathy message to Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent a sympathy message to President Donald Trump over the fatal collision involving a U.S. Navy destroyer. Seven U.S. sailors went missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship ... ( read original story ...)
Mysterious ship crash off Japan leaves 7 U.S. sailors missing
Family members were frantically seeking news, appealing via social media for calls from sailors ... Associated Press writers Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach in Tokyo and Cathy Bussewitz and Jennifer Kelleher in Honolulu contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)
Late Amano goal leads Yokohama past Tokyo in J-League
TOKYO — Jun Amano scored with two minutes left in regulation as Yokohama F Marinos beat FC Tokyo 1-0 on Sunday to pull within five points of J-League leaders Kashiwa Reysol. With his first career goal, Amano helped Yokohama to extend its unbeaten run to ... ( read original story ...)
USS Fitzgerald crash: Seven navy crew missing off Japan
Japan's coastguard is co-ordinating the search with US teams ... One of the most advanced warships in the world - Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News, Tokyo The area where the collision took place is extremely busy, with shipping heading in and out of Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
7 sailors missing from USS Fitzgerald after collision off Japanese coast
TOKYO --Seven U.S. Navy sailors are missing after the USS Fitzgerald destroyer collided before dawn with a container ship four times its size off the coast of Japan, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports. A spokesman for the 7th ... ( read original story ...)
USS Fitzgerald collision: Bodies of sailors found in flooded compartments of ship
Japan's Kyodo News service says the Japanese coast guard is investigating ... vessels sailing to and from Japan's two biggest container ports in Tokyo and Yokohama. Japan's public broadcaster NHK showed aerial footage of the Fitzgerald, which had a large ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan coast guard leads search for Navy sailors
The Navy says the Japanese coast guard is leading the search for seven sailors missing after their U.S. destroyer collided with a container ship early Saturday. The USS Fitzgerald was damaged both above and below the water line. A search of some parts of ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the women shifting the political landscape in Japan
At least I'm not chauvinistic," Yuriko Koike said, smiling. As Tokyo's first female governor, Koike is used to breaking glass ceilings, reports CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz. Japanese politics have long been dominated by men, and some are hostile to ... ( read original story ...)