Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has raised 281.8 billion yen ($1.9 billion) in a yen-denominated bond offer, a move analysts say lays the ground for the U.S investment company to increase its ... ( read original story ...)
15-yr-old boy questioned by police after explosion at Tokyo park
A 15-year-old boy was questioned by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on a voluntary basis on suspicion of being involved in a recent ... ( read original story ...)
Today’s Tehran looks a lot like the Tokyo of the 1930s
I’m concerned that the current political situation in Tehran mirrors that of Tokyo in the 1930s, with similar tensions and divisions influencing the decisions. The situation has become extremely grave ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Seven & i to bundle non-core assets into holding company, as Couche-Tard looms
Japan's Seven & i Holdings will set up a holding company for its non-core assets to bring in outside investment and is planning to change its name, the retailer said on Thursday. The announcement ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Seven & i to set up holding company for non-core assets
Japan's Seven & i Holdings will set up a holding company for its non-core assets to bring in outside investment, the retailer said in a filing on Thursday. The announcement marks an acceleration in ... ( read original story ...)
Police arrest 30-year-old man over 17-year-old girl’s murder in Osaka
Osaka police arrested a 30-year-old man Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a hotel room in the city of Osaka last month. The man, Shunsuke Fukui, has ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s wholesale inflation perks up, yen rise eases cost pressure
Japan's wholesale inflation accelerated in September but prices of imported goods slid due to the yen's rebound, data showed on Thursday, suggesting that price pressures from raw material costs were subsiding. ( read original story ...)
Corpses of hanged man, stabbed woman found in Yokohama hotel
KANAGAWA (TR) – A man was found hanged and a woman fatally stabbed inside in a hotel in in Yokohama City’s Konan Ward on Monday, police have revealed. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s wholesale inflation rises in September
Japan's wholesale prices rose 2.8% in September from a year earlier, data showed on Thursday, accelerating from the previous month in a sign of lingering inflationary pressure from raw material imports. ( read original story ...)
He moved into a 194-square-foot apartment in Japan — and found that downsizing boosted his productivity
"Living with intention actually makes life so much better because I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything," LaJuan told BI. ( read original story ...)
1-year-old boy dies from intra-abdominal bleeding in Osaka
Police in Osaka are investigating the death of a one-year-old boy who died of intra-abdominal bleeding. According to police at around 12:05 p.m. on Monday, a woman in her 20s called 119, and said her ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama lighthouse has guided ships for 130 years
Yokohama: For over a century, a lighthouse standing near the tip of a breakwater has offered safety as a beacon for incoming and outgoing vessels to ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Says She’s ‘Not as Involved’ on Social Media Anymore and ‘Began to Feel Like It Was Very Negative’
Mental wellness was a major topic during a recent interview that Osaka had with People to promote her Brave Together campaign with Maybelline . As a Brave Together ambassador, Osaka's mission is to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Still Pushing China for Explanation of Schoolboy’s Killing
Japan’s new foreign minister asked China’s government to provide a proper accounting of the facts in the stabbing death of a schoolboy in China last month, in a sign the new government in Tokyo will continue to push Beijing to explain the attack. ( read original story ...)
Inflation-hit voters in Japan hope for higher wages
People whose lives have been upended by inflation expressed hope Wednesday that the Japanese government will implement policies that ( read original story ...)
Football: Grampus, Albirex off to hot starts in Levain Cup semis
Nagoya Grampus and Albirex Niigata took big steps toward reaching the final of Japan's Levain Cup on Wednesday with sizable first-l ... ( read original story ...)