Tag: Nagoya

OSAKA - A court sentenced a 48-year-old man to death on Wednesday for killing two junior high school students in Osaka Prefecture in 2015, rejecting the defense counsel’s claim that he did not intend ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has claimed sovereignty over all four islands ... In a sign of its sensitivity, Foreign Minister Taro Kono ignored questions about the islands at a recent news briefing. He later apologized, say... ( read original story ...)

The mobile unit of Japanese tech giant Softbank has had a disappointing debut on the Tokyo stock market. The firm aims to raise up to 2.6 trillion yen ($23bn; £18bn) by selling shares at 1,500 yen eac... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese mobile subsidiary ... They didn’t speak at the ceremony but are expected to announce the first-day results at a news conference after the market closes. Softban... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese mobile subsidiary began trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday in one of the world’s biggest share offerings. Five executives each rang a bell with a ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka was named the most unfairly treated sportsperson of 2018 in a nationwide poll. Osaka, who was 20 at the time, defeated Serena Williams to win the US Open in September. It was a historic wi... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO— SoftBank Group Corp.’s Japanese mobile subsidiary has begun trading in one of the world’s biggest share offerings rivaling that of China’s Alibaba Group. Wednesday’s IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exch... ( read original story ...)

The mobile unit of Japanese tech giant Softbank has had a disappointing debut on the Tokyo stock market. The firm aims to raise up to 2.6 trillion yen ($23bn; £18bn) by selling shares at 1,500 yen eac... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's export growth slowed to a crawl in November as shipments to the United States and China weakened sharply, in a sign slowing external demand and a Sino-U.S. trade dispute ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is planning its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defence spending and weapons capability in the coming years, according to new defence guidelines approved Tuesday that cite its need t... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan plans its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defence spending and weapons capability in the coming years, according to new defence guidelines approved Tuesday that cite its need ... ( read original story ...)

The news came after the Kremlin said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might visit Russia on Jan. 21 as the two countries step up efforts to defuse the territorial dispute that has prevented them fro... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese startup Groove X, founded by an alumni of SoftBank Group Corp’s robotics unit, unveiled its first creation on Tuesday - a companion robot designed to make users happy. ( read original story ...)

... Japan is doing here is neither conducive to improving and developing China-Japan relations, nor to the broader picture of regional peace and stability," Hua told a news briefing. "China expresses ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan plans its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defence spending and weapons capability in the coming years, according to new defence guidelines approved Tuesday that cite the nee... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan adopted new defence guidelines Tuesday that include plans for its first aircraft carrier and increases in spending and weapons capability in coming years, citing the need to counter pote... ( read original story ...)