TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male graduate student at Keio University who operates a so-called “delivery health” sex business that allegedly employed a teenage girl, reports ... ( read original story ...)
Japan IR Expo opens in Osaka as candidates step up efforts to win integrated casino resort licenses
A shortage of modern meeting and convention facilities in Osaka means a new integrated resort area will help the Kansai region compete against Tokyo for the lucrative international conference and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan space startup aims to compete with US rivals
Interstellar Technology Inc. founder Takafumi Horie said a low-cost rocket business in Japan is well-positioned to accommodate scientific and commercial needs in Asia. While Japan's government-led ... ( read original story ...)
Tourists Love Japan’s Hot Springs. Now Private Equity Is Diving In Too
Christopher Aiello, managing director of Odysey’s Japan real estate business, says the firm plans to spend $500 million in the next three years buying about 20 more traditional Japanese hotels, which ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka tour, Japan: Neon charms in Shin-sekai, Osaka’s former fun park
the underbelly of Osaka. Andy takes us to the landmark seventh century Imamiya Ebisu-jinja Shrine. Ebisu is one of the seven gods of good fortune. He says in the New Year around a million people, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Airlines Business Class Review: HND – SFO
Roundtrip Flights, Japan Airlines Business Class Review. There are multiple options for flights flying to and from Tokyo and San Francisco. When it comes to a good business class flight, passengers ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka retains top place in WTA rankings
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Goldman Sachs applies for Tokyo banking licence
Goldman Sachs is applying for a banking licence in Tokyo as it prepares to launch a global cash management business later this year, several people familiar with the situation told the Financial Times ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Display says bailout from Chinese group could be delayed
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display Inc said on Monday that a planned investment of up to 80 billion yen ($729.33 million) from a Chinese-Taiwanese group will be delayed as the investor group wants to ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese group to delay bailout funding for Apple supplier Japan Display
But the group has informed the company that they will make such decisions “after re-examining the prospects for Japan Display’s business performance”, the company said on Monday, adding ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. agriculture secretary urges Japan to reach trade deal
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue urged Japan on Monday to move swiftly to clinch a trade deal with Washington on farm products and other goods, in a way that would treat ... ( read original story ...)
karaksa hotels Opened First Property in Tokyo on May 1st
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2019--KARAKSA HOTELS Corporation, the manager and operator of minimalist hotels designed especially for leisure travelers visiting Japan, announced today that it opened ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese employers struggle with staff shortages
It was when Japan’s acute labour shortages crippled his plans to expand the family trucking business that Eiji Shimizu realised he needed a fresh approach. “My staff came to me and said, ‘We can’t hit ... ( read original story ...)
Big three into Madrid last-eight as Osaka and Kvitova crash out
Roger Federer saved two match points to defeat Gael Monfils and reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday but women's world number one and top seed Naomi Osaka was dumped out in a last-eight ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new era: Emperor Naruhito, and his Toyota Century
The elite strata of Japanese business loved the Century’s understated looks. The older it got, the more popular it was, with largely handmade construction and a very traditional appearance. Even so, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy likely shrank in first quarter on weak domestic demand, exports: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy likely contracted slightly in the first quarter as corporate and consumer spending weakened, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Exports also deteriorated amid trade ... ( read original story ...)