KONSTANZ, Germany & OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 29, 2016--Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502) (“Takeda”) today announced that it will invest more than 100 Million Euros to build a new manufacturing plant for its dengue vaccine ... ( read original story ...)
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 ...)
Intraoperative Manipulation for Flexion Contracture During Total Knee Arthroplasty
The authors have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. The authors thank Biomet Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, for providing the cadavers for this study. Correspondence should be addressed to: Yoshio Matsui, MD, Osaka City General Hospital ... ( 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 ...)
Sapporo software developer’s app puts best bowls forward for ramen lovers
SAPPORO – A smartphone app developed by a ramen lover has proven a hit among fellow noodle enthusiasts, providing them with insight into the most popular bowls being slurped across Japan. Sapporo-based software developer Toru Domon says he also wants to ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Tire will not sponsor LPGA tournament in Prattville in 2017
Yokohama Tire has decided not to sponsor the LPGA tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail next year, according to a statement from RTJ President John Cannon. Yokohama Tire has sponsored the tournament at RTJ's Capitol Hill in Prattville for the ... ( 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 ...)
Blockchain Works and Reduces Costs: Japanese Banking Industry Report
Japan’s Blockchain Study Group, consisting of four large financial and accounting firms, today published a report on how blockchain technology will affect their industry. Local bitcoin exchange bitFlyer assisted the group by building an interbank ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese MegaBanks Partner Bitcoin Exchange, Pilot 1,500 Tns/Sec Over a Blockchain
Three of the biggest banking corporations in Japan have partnered bitFlyer, Japan’s biggest bitcoin exchange to test the viability of domestic money transfers over blockchain technology. The banks discovered that money transfers over a blockchain were ... ( 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 ...)
Japanese banks join bitFlyer to test domestic money transfers via blockchain
Three banking corporations in Japan have teamed up with bitFlyer, a Japanese Bitcoin exchange to test the viability of domestic money transfers over blockchain technology. In a report by regional publication Nikkei, the proof-of-concept experiment lasted ... ( 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 ...)
A new player in Silicon Valley dealmaking is snapping up tech bankers
They join Matt Upton, who has signed on as head of software investment banking, in making the move to the Japanese bank. Jansen and Upton will report to Rich Gallivan, head of tech, media, and telecom (TMT) banking, and focus on winning business on ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka cops: ‘JK’ business masqueraded as massage parlor in providing sex
OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have busted a business featuring school girls that masqueraded as a massage parlor but in actuality was providing sexual services, reports Nippon News Network (Nov. 29). On Monday, police raided parlor Communication ... ( read original story ...)