Tokyo 2020 open mascot design competition to public

Tokyo 2020 had revealed in March that the names will come from creative professionals, rather than from the general public. Mascots are a popular element of modern Japanese culture, usually created to promote a particular region, event or business. ( read original story ...)

Asia shares fall as Apple’s glossy earnings effect fades

TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets mostly fell Thursday as the rally from news of Apple's strong earnings that spurred record highs for the Dow Jones industrial average faded. Myriad worries over China's rising debt, weaker commodity prices and possible rising ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Abe to launch new cabinet after scandals

Tokyo, Aug 3 (AFP) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today ... including allegations of favouritism to a friend in a business deal — which Abe strongly denies. Abe will reportedly reappoint former defence minister Itsunori Onodera to the post after ... ( read original story ...)

Can Japan provide answers to the west’s economic problems?

Others, especially in business, believe it is a pipe dream to think the economy ... walked into Kakio station, on the outskirts of Tokyo, and sat down on a platform bench. They looked like sisters, said one witness. They were dressed in their best clothes. ( read original story ...)

Asian shares dip on profit-taking after Dow hits 22,000

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares dipped on Thursday as investors locked in recent gains after Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 22,000 barrier for the first time in its 121-year history. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ... ( read original story ...)

Furukawa Electric begins mass producing stealth dicing tape

TOKYO--(Antara/BUSINESS WIRE)-- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5801) has begun mass producing expand separation dicing tape, a type of tape for use with semiconductors. Expand separation dicing tape delivers high-grade separation of IC chips from ... ( read original story ...)

EXCHANGE: Award winner touts children’s literature

Roberta Trites, a distinguished professor and interim department chair in the College of Business, is only the third American ... the International Institute for Children's Literature in Osaka, Japan. The award, first given in 1987, is presented every ... ( read original story ...)

Fascination with ‘Feud’ and Tokyo

TOKYO, people will tell you ... These include the festival’s affiliated media content market TIFFCOM; seminars for students, professionals and business people; and symposiums and workshops for networking with the world’s film industries, developing ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Gas Buys Stake in Vietnamese PVGas D

Tokyo Gas Asia and PVGas D have agreed to work together on areas such as demand development and introduction of energy-saving technologies to enhance PVGas D’s business value. Tokyo Gas and PVGas D back in March 2012 signed a memorandum of understanding ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Gas Asia buys nearly 25% stake in Vietnam’s PV Gas D

... strategic alliance (SAA), under which Tokyo Gas will utilise its technologies and expertise in such areas as demand development and introduction of energy-saving technologies to improve the PV Gas D's business value. In March 2012, Tokyo Gas and PV ... ( read original story ...)

PV Gas D sells nearly 25 percent of stake to Tokyo Gas Asia

PV Gas D sells nearly 25 percent of stake to Tokyo Gas Asia, vietnam economy, business news, vn news, vietnamnet bridge, english news, Vietnam news, news Vietnam, vietnamnet news, vn news, Vietnam net news, Vietnam latest news, Vietnam breaking news ( read original story ...)