The average price of a new condominium in Tokyo's 23 central wards in the first half of 2024 dropped 16.3 percent from a year earlier to 108.6 million yen after hitting a record high the previous year ... ( read original story ...)
Calls for wage raises as Japan not achieving textbook productivity-led wage growth
It has long been said that to raise wages, an increase in labor productivity is required, but is that really the case? The Ministry of Health ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services partially halted after derailment
According to the operator, a maintenance train that lays ballast, or small rocks under rail tracks, collided with a halted maintenance train on a section of the line between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo ... ( read original story ...)
What Makes An Olympic Athlete Female? The Rules Have Changed Since Tokyo
The rules for who can compete as a woman in the Olympics have changed—and they differ from sport to sport. Many sports have tightened restrictions for transgender women. ( read original story ...)
What Makes An Olympic Athlete Female? The Rules Have Changed Since Tokyo
The rules for who can compete as a woman in the Olympics have changed—and they differ from sport to sport. Many sports have tightened restrictions for transgender women. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s Chief Pitches a New Path for Self-Driving Cars
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder of SoftBank, is trying to rally automakers around the world to join forces on autonomous-driving technologies. ( read original story ...)
Korean Air Launches 787-10 On Tokyo Narita Route, Long-Haul To Follow
Korean Air Launches 787-10 On Tokyo Narita Route, Long-Haul To Follow is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s 35 Million Tourist Bonanza in 2024: Great for Business, Not So Much for Overtourism
The weak yen has definitely boosted Japan's tourism industry, but as the country rides this wave of visitors, it’s going to be a tightrope walk — balancing the economic gains with the realities of ... ( read original story ...)
‘No choice but to go home’: Tokyo-Osaka bullet train halt disrupts tourists’ schedules
who was supposed to return to the Osaka head office of her company by Shinkansen after a business trip in Tokyo, booked a flight departing Haneda Airport shortly past noon instead of waiting for the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan attracts record 3.14 mln June visitors as weak yen draws travellers
Japan set a fresh record for monthly visitors in June, official data showed on Friday, as the weak yen fuelled a tourism boom that is becoming a key driver for the economy. ( read original story ...)
The Japanese way of recycling waste
Resonac and Sekisui are among Japan’s largest chemical companies, and smaller players like CFP Group are also helping create a waste-to-chemical infrastructure. CFP, which got its start in mechanical ... ( read original story ...)
Japan survey on jobs causing stiff shoulders ranks care workers ahead of teachers, nurses
A survey aiming to identify which occupations encounter the most shoulder stiffness has placed caregivers in the top spot with 70% of respond ... ( read original story ...)
20% of Japan firms have no medium-term plans, poll finds
A survey found that about 10% of companies with medium-term plans are considering changing the duration of their plans or making other reviews. ( read original story ...)
Gacha capsule toy business booms in Japan, with sights set abroad
Japan's capsule toy industry has come a long way from the corner of the supermarket, as it enjoys a new boom at home that is spurring ... ( read original story ...)
Big business and a flush of pride: Japan’s high-tech toilets are a life-changing soft power icon
This is no spa sanctuary, but a Japanese high-tech toilet that in many ways is the epitome of the nation’s innovativeness, sense of hygiene, and public consciousness. The soundtrack, while a momentary ... ( read original story ...)
Q&A: Japan state minister says companies are looking to invest in tech, energy in Texas
Kiyoto Tsuji, Japan’s state minister for foreign affairs, spoke with The Dallas Morning News in July about the East Asian country's business interests ... ( read original story ...)