Tag: Nagoya

Tokyo will soon be home to the world’s tallest wooden skyscraper. Japanese construction firm Sumitomo Forestry announced plans to develop a 1,148ft, 70-story tall skyscraper in Tokyo constructed of wood to mark its 350th anniversary in 2041. The W350 ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp plans to form a joint venture to develop an artificial intelligence-based taxi-hailing system in Japan, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Tuesday. Partners for the joint venture include Daiwa Motor Transportation, Hinomaru ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s steel industry said on Monday the U.S. Commerce Department proposal to President Donald Trump to impose curbs on steel imports violate the principles of free trade, calling for Washington to make a careful and appropriate decision. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its profit attributable to owners of parent climbed 87.5% in fiscal 2017 (January to December 2017), to 35.2 billion yen, on gains of 22.7% in operating income, to 51.9 billion yen, and 12.1% in net ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., unveiled today a new medium-term management plan for the years to 2020. Yokohama's new medium-term plan, dubbed Grand Design 2020 (GD2020), is the successor to Grand Design 100 (GD100), which spanned the period from ... ( read original story ...)

Monday’s news also followed gross domestic product data out last week showing Japan recorded its eighth straight quarter of economic expansion over October-December. A strong currency eats into Japanese manufacturers’ profits and could disrupt the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe congratulated figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu and speed skater Nao Kodaira on Monday for winning the country's first two golds at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. "This weekend was indeed an exciting and emotional ... ( read original story ...)

The Swedish women, however, suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Japan. While they didn't control their own fate as it pertained to top spot in Group A, Canada skated into their final game of the group stage against South Korea with a chance to take ... ( read original story ...)

(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) PYEONGCHANG, South Korea/February 18, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local): 9:35 p.m. Nao Kodaira of Japan has won the women’s 500-meter speed skating gold medal in 36.94 seconds ... ( read original story ...)

"I was under big pressure, but I fought through it," Kodaira said. "I was the captain of the whole delegation of Japan. I know a lot of attention was on me." She didn't flinch. Kodaira was timed in 36.94 seconds, becoming the first woman to race under 37 ... ( read original story ...)

In the Japanese context, where monetary policy is already uber-loose ... As Toru Fujioka and three Bloomberg News colleagues wrote in an excellent 2016 profile, Amamiya has served governors who have taken very different approaches to economic cycles. ( read original story ...)

GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of — Rachel Homan has put Canada's women's curling team into playoff contention with an 8-3 win over Japan at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The Canadians have won three straight after beginning the tournament with three losses. ( read original story ...)

Nao Kodaira of Japan has won the women's 500-meter speedskating gold medal ... Olympics says one of its athletes has failed a doping test. Two Russian state news agencies cite Konstantin Vybornov, spokesman for the "Olympic Athletes from Russia," as ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – A whale skull discovered just over 50 years ago in the city of Osaka is now thought to be the world’s first known trace of an Eden’s whale, dating from between 4,000 and 8,800 years ago. The fossilized remains were reclassified in a study ... ( read original story ...)

ss/jm (Reuters) Each evening at 1830 UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it directly here. Japan is the country in the world with the most rapidly aging society. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has okayed plans to let people choose to start drawing their state pensions beyond the age of 70 as it grapples with severe labor shortages, ballooning welfare costs and a shriveling tax base stemming from its greying population. ( read original story ...)