CHIBA – It’s every shoe lover’s dream: Footwear perfectly made for their feet. Tokyo-based information technology firm Flickfit Inc. is developing just that — a service that virtually fits shoes to a person’s feet using 3-D scans. The service ... ( read original story ...)
Yukio Kanao Named General Manager of Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
He was appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Imperial Hotel, Ltd. in 2011, and from 2014 served as Deputy General Manager of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Tokyo's Imperial was founded by Japanese aristocracy in 1890 on the same site it occupies ... ( read original story ...)
Tepco’s latest plan for Kawashiwazaki-Kariwa plant envisions restart in 2019
Tokyo Electric is now aiming to restart the Kawashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture in April 2019, sources say. The company plans to include the goal in its financial outlook under a reconstruction program, the sources said Friday ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Value HR to establish wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo
Says it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary based in Tokyo on May 1 * New subsidiary will be engaged ... goo.gl/bGWhjg Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
U.S. 'Wants Trade to Dominate Economic Talks with Japan'
The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Thursday, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is seeking to fend off U.S. pressure to reduce the bilateral ... ( read original story ...)
Movie reviews: Latest 'Furious' bombastic, but sputters on fun
Perhaps it was the wild train heist in “Fast Five,” or the entirety of “Tokyo Drift” or the skyscraper-to-skyscraper jump from “Fast and Furious 7.” Whatever it was, at some point in the sixteen years someone decided more is really more. ( read original story ...)
Japan court upholds 'black widow' death sentence
Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese "black widow" convicted of murdering ... The case has been closely followed in Japan and major media flashed news of the top court decision across television screens. Kijima writes a blog from the detention centre where she has ... ( read original story ...)
Foreigners streaming into Japan at record pace
TOKYO -- The net inflow of foreign residents into Japan was the largest ever during the last statistical year, as the government pushes policies to attract foreign workers to lessen the economic repercussions from a declining and graying population. ( read original story ...)
Japan looks to revive moribund TPP, sans US
TOKYO -- Japan is mobilizing the remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to resurrect the agreement without the United States, seeking a path forward for free trade in Asia with Tokyo as the senior partner. President Donald Trump ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's frugal households offer no respite for Bank of Japan, retailers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Naruhito Nogami, a 37-year-old systems engineer in Tokyo, drives to discount stores on weekends to bulk buy cheap groceries, even though he earns enough to make ends meet and the prospects for Japan's economic recovery are brighter. ( read original story ...)
Trump and Japan's Abe expand friendship as tensions mount with North Korea and China
Japan has also dispatched its largest warship – the Izumo ... the director for East and Southeast Asia at the Center for American Progress, told Fox News. In his first months in office the Trump administration has taken a more active stance toward ... ( read original story ...)
Central Pacific Bank And TSUBASA Alliance Of Japan Enters Agreement For Business Development
HONOLULU, April 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Pacific Bank (CPB), primary subsidiary of Central Pacific Financial Corp (NYSE: CPF), and each member bank of the TSUBASA Alliance enhancing Financial System (TSUBASA) of Japan today signed memorandums of ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Banks Could Use Common Blockchain for Money Transfer Trials
The Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) is working toward the development of a common blockchain platform for the country’s banks to begin trials of core banking processes including money transfers. The JBA is essentially an association that represents ... ( read original story ...)
Japan March exports seen up for fourth month, imports to jump on oil prices
Demand for electronics components from Asian nations likely continued to bolster Japan's exports, analysts said. The finance ministry will publish the trade data at 8:50 a.m. Japan time on Thursday (2350 GMT Wednesday). Japan and the United States will ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama eco-tyre unveiled
PETALING JAYA: YHI (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the local distributor of Yokohama tyres, has launched the new BluEarth-ES ES32 tyre which promises reduced fuel consumption and longer service life with the benefits of improved dry and wet handling. The new tyre is ... ( read original story ...)
Apple considers bidding for big stake in Toshiba chip business: report
Apple Inc. is considering teaming up with its supplier Foxconn to bid for Toshiba Corp.'s semiconductor business, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday - the latest twist in the sale of the world's second-biggest flash memory chipmaker. ( read original story ...)