Peach signs for 10 A320neos, 3 A320s

The three CFM International CFM56-5B-powered A320s will be delivered within the 2018 financial year. Peach Aviation is a low-cost airline based at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. ( read original story ...)

Japan culling 230,000 more birds over avian flu

Japan has mobilised its military to help with a second mass cull of 230,000 chickens amid a spreading outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said. The highly virulent H5 strain was found in chickens at a farm in Joetsu city in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan: Hope you like ramen, too

But in Japan, ramen isn't just for eating: there are entire museums devoted to it. Yokohama, a short train ride from Tokyo, has one museum for instant ramen and another for handmade ramen, and both offer samples to taste or take home. At the Shin-Yokohama ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Exchange Group unveils blockchain consortium

See image below: Unsurprisingly, other blockchain consortia have news to share. Here are a few. The name may not be catchy but “The Japan Bank Consortium to Centrally Provide Domestic and Cross-border Payments” officially launched with 42 member banks. ( read original story ...)

BOJ policymaker pledges to maintain huge bond buying

OTSU, Japan Bank of Japan board member Makoto Sakurai said the central bank will continue to buy massive amounts of government bonds even under a new policy framework targeting interest rates, shrugging off the view that its bond-buying programme was ... ( read original story ...)

Central bank's rate focus hides urge to taper

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan's interest rate-based monetary policy seems in part to be aimed at trimming bond purchases without angering easing hardliners or endangering progress toward inflation. Surging U.S. long-term interest rates in the wake of the ... ( read original story ...)

South Korea's Online Banking System Is Stuck In 1996

“[My bank’s] security apps slow my computer to a crawl so I have ... s Edge browser that has been cornered into its dying holdout markets, including Korea, Japan and Greenland. “Compared to the rest of the tech infrastructure, it’s really ironic ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei scales 11-month peaks on OPEC deal, weaker yen

Higher oil prices power dollar above 114 yen, lifting shares * Oil exploration stocks outperform, with mining sector surging TOKYO Dec 1 A weaker yen helped power Japan's Nikkei share average to 11-month highs on Thursday, while many energy shares made ... ( read original story ...)