Japan’s Defense Ministry wants to place surveillance radar on a tiny island off Okinawa’s east coast to monitor Chinese ships and aircraft passing through nearby waterways. ( read original story ...)
Bell tolls for 53-year-old motorcycle shop outside US airlift hub in Tokyo
Bike Land Keisho across from Yokota Air Base has served American and Japanese customers across from Yokota Air Base since 1970. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s biggest power company seeks investors to boost renewables
Japan’s largest power company is holding early talks with outside investors over a capital injection to boost its investment in renewables. Jera’s global chief executive Yukio Kani, who took on the ...
Japan’s Nikkei ends lower on caution ahead of key rate decisions
Japan's Nikkei share average ended lower on Tuesday, with heavyweight technology stocks leading the losses, as risk appetite was sapped by caution ahead of interest rate decisions from key global ...
Gov’t to pay compensation over death of Osaka man 2 days after 2021 COVID shot
Akiko Kawano is seen at a press conference at the Osaka Prefectural Government headquarters on July 24, 2023, after her late husband's post-vaccination death was recognized as eligible for state ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s blue-chip shares fall ahead of earnings, rate meetings
Tokyo's blue-chip shares fell on Tuesday as investors adjusted their positions ahead of key interest-rate decisions by international central bankers ( read original story ...)
‘Era Of Mass Closures’: The Japan Businesses Without Successors
Kiyoshi Hashimoto's machinery factory outside Tokyo should be buzzing with industry. Instead, it's so quiet you can hear him practising the recorder. ( read original story ...)
Number of Japanese visitors to Tokyo rebounds to pre-COVID level
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government estimates that the number of Japanese tourists who visited the capital last year rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. ( read original story ...)
Japan police arrest woman, parents in beheading of man at hotel in Hokkaido entertainment district
Japanese police said they have arrested a woman and her parents in a bizarre beheading case in a popular night entertainment distrit in Japan’s northern city of Sapporo, where a headless man was found ... ( read original story ...)
Accor to convert Japan’s Daiwa properties
Accor has partnered with Ebisu Resort to expand its presence in Japan through the renovating and rebranding of the Daiwa portfolio into Grand Mercure and Mercure hotels. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei falls amid caution over central banks’ rate decisions
Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday, as investors turned cautious ahead of interest rate decisions from key global central banks including Japan, with heavyweight technology stocks leading ...
Tokyo stocks mixed in morning ahead of Fed, BOJ policy meetings
Tokyo stocks were mixed Tuesday morning as a wait-and-see mood prevailed ahead of policy meetings of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan later this week. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 94.97 points, or 0.29 percent, from Monday to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open mixed on Wall St. gains, caution before BOJ meeting
Tokyo stocks opened mixed Tuesday, as buying after overnight gains on Wall Street was offset by selling amid caution ahead of the Ban ( read original story ...)
Marlon Tapales in Tokyo to challenge winner of Inoue-Fulton fight
The camp of Akhmadalievby sought a rematch with Tapales, but the WBA gave the Filipino champion the leeway for a voluntary title defense, and lost no time pursuing a unification fight whoever comes out victorious between Fulton and Inoue. ( read original story ...)
She traveled to Japan more than 50 times. Here are 3 life habits she learned from the country
"I became a person that I liked. This country changed my life," says Cheesie, a 39-year-old blogger from Malaysia. ( read original story ...)
Japanese rubber futures climb on strong domestic equities, soft yen
SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures edged higher on Monday, underpinned by gains in domestic equities and a weaker yen, but diminishing manufacturing activity in Japan capped gains. ( read original story ...)