When Adam Peaty won the 100m breaststroke at the Olympics in July, coach Mel Marshall was up in the stands crying tears of relief. ( read original story ...)
Small business owners rally in Seoul to protest virus curbs
Hundreds of small business owners rallied in South Korea's capital on Wednesday, calling for the withdrawal of a curfew and ... ( read original story ...)
Kirin may seek Japan aid in beer business dispute with Myanmar military entity
Kirin President and CEO Yoshinori Isozaki hopes that the dispute can be resolved by the end of June, adding that the "world is watching" how Kirin will handle the issue. ( read original story ...)
Osaka targets 2029 for opening casino resort
Osaka’s draft District Development Plan regarding a casino resort (pictured in an artist’s rendering) in that Japanese metropolis has set the target opening date for such a facility around the autumn ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo subway conductor reprimanded for posting photo of commuter on Twitter
Tokyo Metro Co says that a train conductor on duty photographed a passenger whom he thought was showing bad manners and then posted it on his Twitter account after his shift ended. According to the ... ( read original story ...)
Review of Japan’s Lighting Fixtures Industry 2015-2020 with Total and LED-based Consumption Forecasts to 2023
A list of selected architectural companies in Japan involved in the lighting business and Lighting designers is given. A relevant financial analysis is included for around 30 Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Govt Lifts Economic View
Japan's government upgraded its economic assessment on Tuesday, as the economy is expected to pick up from the downturn caused by the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Upgrades Economy for 1st Time in 17 Months Despite Omicron
Japan’s government raised its monthly view of the economy for the first time since the summer of 2020, in a sign of confidence in the recovery even amid risks from the omicron variant of the ... ( read original story ...)
Dow Japan completes Olympic legacy project—donates flowerpots made from Tokyo 2020 banners to Higashi Matsushima city
Promoted as part of the Circular Economy Project with the International Olympic Committee, the banners and flowerpots were produced in collaboration with Toppan and will be donated to schools TOKYO, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka Gas enters India’s urban gas distribution market
Japan's Osaka Gas Co said on Monday it has entered India's urban gas distribution market by investing in the local unit of Singapore-based AGP International Holdings (AG&P) as part of its overseas ... ( read original story ...)
Japan enacts record extra budget to boost virus-hit economy
Japan's parliament enacted a record supplementary budget worth over $300 billion on Monday as part of measures to bolster the world's third largest ... ( read original story ...)
INSIGHT-Japan business lobbyist backs Myanmar coup, urges investment
A Japanese former politician who campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from some of Japan’s top companies to Myanmar has urged Japan to endorse its military regime, saying the nation's ... ( read original story ...)
Little Tokyo Tradition: Visit With Shogun Santa
We speak, of course, of Shogun Santa, a spirit-raising, smile-bringing legend around Little Tokyo and far beyond the downtown neighborhood. And making time to spend time with the joyful icon, who dons ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly fire in Osaka, Japan leaves at least 24 people dead
A Japan has left at least 24 people dead and four injured, including three in critical condition. The fire began Friday morning in a psychiatry clinic on the fourth floor of the eight-storey Dojima ... ( read original story ...)
Japan billionaire Maezawa set to land in Kazakhstan after 12-day space flight
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa was set to return to earth on Monday after a 12-day journey into space, a voyage he said he saw as a dry run for his planned trip around the moon with Elon Musk's ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka arson suspect identified, buildings to be checked after fire killed 24 people
Japanese police on Sunday identified a 61-year-old man as a prime suspect behind a fire that engulfed a mental clinic in an eight-story building where he was a patient. ( read original story ...)