Japan’s scandal-hit defence minister, Tomomi Inada, resigns

Tokyo — Japan’s hawkish defence minister resigned on Friday ... weeks over controversies including claims that he showed favouritism to a friend in a business deal, immediately apologised to the nation over the saga. "I feel a keen responsibility ... ( read original story ...)

QANTAS TO FLY DIRECT TO OSAKA! SALES FARES FROM $699 RETURN

Qantas will utilise its Airbus A330 on the route three times weekly, giving flyers access to Business and Economy Class seats. International Chief Executive, Gareth Evans, said the addition of Osaka to the Qantas network offers another gateway for ... ( read original story ...)

Mining Japan’s grey economy

An elderly man communicates with his granddaughter via the new humanoid robot called “Telenoid R1”: Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images The elderly will loom ever larger in business strategies. Japan has the largest pool of personal financial ... ( read original story ...)

Falling tech stocks pull US indexes off their record highs

The Japanese Nikkei 225 index up 0.1 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.7 percent and the Kospi in South Korea added 0.4 percent. Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed from Tokyo. Business Writer Marley Jay contributed from New York. ( read original story ...)

JPIX extends IX service to Equinix Osaka data centre

Looking back on the last 20 years, we have expanded our business by building multiple sites in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. In 2002, we built our first site in Osaka for the purpose of distributing the heavy traffic load from Tokyo metropolitan area to Kansai ... ( read original story ...)

A Flavored Kit Kat Factory Is Coming to Japan

Japan is about to break itself off a piece of that Kit Kat business. (Bad joke, but you get it ... Takagi and the newest of these shops is in Tokyo's shopping district, Ginza, and opened on Monday. The brand is the top-selling chocolate in the country ... ( read original story ...)

Japan expected to slap higher import tariff on frozen U.S. beef

Japan is likely to impose an emergency tariff on frozen beef from the United States — starting next month — in response to a spike in imports, a government source said. The measure, designed to protect domestic farmers from sudden increases in imports ... ( read original story ...)

Qantas to launch seasonal Sydney-Osaka flights

AusBT review: Qantas Airbus A330 Business Suite business class Qantas flight QF33 will depart Sydney at 9:30am on Thursdays and Saturdays to reach Osaka at 5:25pm, while on Mondays, passengers will leave Sydney at a more leisurely 1:25pm for a 9:20pm ... ( read original story ...)

8 Best Capsule Hotels in Japan for an Out-of-the-Box Vacation

Capsule hotels are a quirky, not to mention affordable, type of accommodation whenever you are in Japan, whether it’s for business or pleasure ... Apart from its Tokyo branch, it can also be found in Kyoto and Fukuoka. This capsule hotel has been ... ( read original story ...)