New Delhi: French asronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared a very beautiful picture of Nagoya, capital of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, taken during night time. He has shared the image with his social ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber : AND THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS ARE TEAMMATES FOR THE 8TH STRAIGHT YEAR
Release date- 13042017 - SANTA ANA, CA - Baseball's back and so is Yokohama Tire Corporation's (YTC) longtime sponsorship of the Los Angeles Angels. This is the eighth consecutive season in which YTC is a sponsor of the American League West team. ( read original story ...)
North Korea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles, Japanese PM warns
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan, as international concern mounted that a missile or nuclear test by the authoritarian state could be imminent. ( read original story ...)
Japan scrambles jet fighters in record numbers as Chinese military activity rises
US Air Force TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's air force scrambled fighter jets to chase away foreign aircraft at record pace in the year to March 31, government figures showed on Thursday, as Chinese military activity in and around the East China Sea escalated. ( read original story ...)
Japan Wants to Encourage Business Aviation
Japan has set ambitious targets to double foreign visitors to 40 million a year by the 2020 Olympics, and business aviation will play a role. The goal behind the increased tourism target is to generate $8 billion in spending by overseas visitors to Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam values contributions of Japanese investors
Chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) in Japan on April 12. Keidanren, the biggest business organisation in Japan, consists of more than 1,000 enterprises and 100 associations. At the meeting, Minister Dung said his ongoing visit to Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan should use U.S. economic talks to boost investment – govt adviser
TOKYO, April 13 (Reuters) - Japanese companies should use the U.S.-apan economic dialogue as an opportunity to boost investment in factories in the United States and protect market share, a Japanese government adviser said on Thursday. Japan should also ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM: North Korea may be capable of missiles loaded with sarin nerve gas
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the upper house parliamentary session, in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2017. Thomson Reuters TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo futures set for weekly decline of nearly 7 pct
FUNDAMENTALS * The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for September delivery had fallen 1 yen to 222 yen per kg by 0014 GMT. * For the top stories in the rubber market and other news, click or MARKET NEWS * Oil prices were little changed in modest ... ( read original story ...)
OECD endorses Japan's monetary easing, urges minimum wage hike
TOKYO The Bank of Japan should maintain quantitative easing until inflation exceeds its price target but it must be alert to the risks posed to asset prices and the financial sector, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said. ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Fine Sinter says listing on Nagoya Stock Exchange Second Section
* Says its stock will begin listing on Nagoya Stock Exchange Second Section on April 20 Source text in Japanese:goo.gl/4J5VQ0 Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops raid yakuza HQ in Nagoya over ¥3 million extortion
Tokyo police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Kodo-kai as a part of an investigation into the extortion of an elderly man out of nearly three million yen (Fuji News Network ... located in Nagoya’s Nakamura Ward, in search of evidence connected ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM: N. Korea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan, as international concern mounted that a missile or nuclear test by the authoritarian state could be imminent ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. wants trade to dominate economic talks with Japan – source
TOKYO (Reuters) - 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 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM: NKorea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles
Japan, under its postwar constitution ... Follow Mari Yamaguchi on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchi Find her work at AP News https://www.apnews.com/search/mari%20yamaguchi ( read original story ...)
HCM City and Osaka treasure closely-knit relationship
HÀ NỘI — Politburo member and Secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee Đinh La Thăng on Thursday attended the opening ceremony of “HCM City days in Osaka 2017” as part of a visit of HCM City’s high-ranking officials to Japan. The event has ... ( read original story ...)