Osaka's first self-styled makerspace is open for business, joining FabLab and the electronics workshops of DenDen Town as part of Osaka's maker landscape. Makerspaces and hackspaces around the world provide tools and space for members to work on their own ... ( read original story ...)
Ice in space might flow like honey (Video)
The experiment provides a peek into the possible origins of life. Shogo Tachibana of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan and colleagues combined water, methanol and ammonia, all found in comets and interstellar clouds where stars form, at a temperature ... ( read original story ...)
Almaty could bid to host 2026 Winter Olympic Games
Sapporo in Japan and Erzurum in Turkey could also enter the race. The United States Olympic Committee is expected to discuss possible bids for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games at its Board meeting next month. ( read original story ...)
Run or wait? Tokyo’s Koike faces dilemma ahead of Oct. 22 poll
TOKYO - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has made no secret of her ... not entrust it to allies. On Monday, she told Jiji news agency her party aimed to run more than the 233 candidates needed to take a majority in the 465-seat lower house. ( read original story ...)
GEN Singapore to offer yen bonds for ‘Japan capital’
It said the company had filed a securities registration statement with the director-general of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau in Japan for the ... Resorts World Tokyo Co Ltd and Resorts World Osaka Co Ltd; firms to “be principally engaged in investment ... ( read original story ...)
Lost and Found in Translation
In fact, the Osaka Securities Exchange is where I started my career as a financial journalist in 1991. After getting lost on my way to interview an executive of a global pharmaceuticals firm, I ended up asking some staff members of the exchange for directions. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei inches up on Wall St gains and upbeat data, election caution caps buying
TOKYO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Monday, buoyed by Wall Street’s increases and upbeat domestic data, although caution towards an upcoming general election limited gains. The Nikkei ended Monday 0.2 percent higher at 20,400.78. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei up on Wall St gains and upbeat data, election caution limits rise
TOKYO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Monday, buoyed by Wall Street’s gains and upbeat domestic data, although caution towards an upcoming general election limited the gains. The Nikkei rose 0.2 percent to 20,395.25. ( read original story ...)
Asian shares advance on strong factory data for China, Japan
Many markets in the region were closed Monday for national holidays. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index rose 0.1 percent to 20,376.90 and the S&P ASX/200 jumped 1.1 percent to 5,743.40. Shares in Singapore and Taiwan also gained. Markets in Hong ... ( read original story ...)
Tomic scores win in Tokyo
Bernard Tomic snapped a four-match losing streak with a three-set win over Joao Sousa in the first round in Tokyo. Bernard Tomic has scored his first singles win since June with a three-set victory over Joao Sousa of Portugal in Tokyo. Tomic had lost his ... ( read original story ...)
73 Hawaii companies represented at 2017 Tokyo International Gift Show
Seventy-three companies represented Hawaii at the 2017 Tokyo International Gift Show (TIGS). This year marks the sixth consecutive year that the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) organized a Hawaii Pavilion at TIGS ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese business conditions strongest in a decade
Business conditions in Japan are at their strongest for a decade as the closely watched Tankan index hit its highest level since 2007. The reading for large manufacturers rose by five points to +22 in September, fuelled by strength in chemicals and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business mood hits decade-high, BOJ tankan survey shows
Big manufacturers' sentiment index +22 versus forecast of +18 Service-sector sentiment index +23 versus forecast of +23 Big firms expect business conditions to worsen Big firms' capex seen +7.7 percent in fiscal year 2017 versus forecast +8.3 Big ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business mood hits decade-high, labour shortage bites – BOJ tankan
* Big manufacturers' sentiment index plus 22 vs f'cast +18 * Service-sector sentiment index plus 23, matches f'cast * Big firms' capex seen +7.7 pct in FY2017 vs f'cast +8.3 * More firms complain of labour shortages - tankan (Adds detail, background) By ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business mood hits decade-high, labor shortage bites: BOJ tankan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Big manufacturers have more confidence in Japan’s business conditions than they have had for a decade as a weak yen and robust global demand add momentum to the economic recovery, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Surveys show upbeat economic, investment outlook for Japan
TOKYO – A quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan released Monday showed business sentiment rising to its strongest level in a decade, exceeding analysts' expectations for the world's third largest economy. Continue Reading Below The BOJ's "tankan" index ... ( read original story ...)