Tag: Nagoya

TOKYO: Japan braced Wednesday (Aug 28) for its strongest typhoon of the year, with authorities advising tens of thousands of people to evacuate and issuing the highest warning level for wind and storm surges on the main southern island of Kyushu. ( read original story ...)

A powerful typhoon was approaching Japan’s southwestern islands Tuesday, with weather officials cautioning residents against heavy rain and violent winds in the region in the coming days. ( read original story ...)

The convenience store chain has become a cornerstone of Japanese life, but a bid to buy the company by the retail giant that owns Circle K has unnerved its fans. ( read original story ...)

An iconic company appears to be failing an acid test on Japan Inc reforms. Seven & i is seeking a higher level of government protection barely a week after the $38 billion company confirmed Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard had made a preliminary takeover offer. ( read original story ...)

Yoko Ogawa’s novel “Mina’s Matchbox,” in a magnificent translation by Stephen B. Snyder, demonstrates the abiding comfort of fiction that envisions childhood as a time of discovery — without the elevated stakes of being a grown-up. ( read original story ...)

Kirin Holdings Co. again extended its tender offer deadline for Fancl Corp., as the Japanese brewer works to secure a deal for the Japanese skincare and health supplement maker. ( read original story ...)

Japan faces a severe pilot shortage amid a surge in tourism, with a projected need for 1,000 additional pilots by 2030. Efforts to address the shortfall include converting foreign pilots’ licenses and extending pilot working ages, ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Ryozo Himino has backed the case for further interest-rate hikes if the economy and prices grow as expected, echoing recent comments from the central bank’s chief. ( read original story ...)

The record high temperatures and sweltering weather that suffocated Japan this summer did not stop 77-year-old farmer Yasuyuki Kurosawa from tending his crops. Kurosawa, who grows rice, cabbage, wheat and corn in Meiwa, ( read original story ...)

W Warner Music Japan has appointed Dr. Kenji Kitatani to the resurrected role of chairman of the label division, effective immediately. Dr. Kitatani will work closely with WMJ’s longtime president and CEO, Kazuyuki “Kaz” Kobayashi, to boost the company’s presence in the globe’s No. 2 music market. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is playing tennis not because she needs to, but because she loves to. That is far more important than her results at this US Open. ( read original story ...)

Live updates of the first-round matches in New York as the men’s and women’s world No 1s get their tournaments underway ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Wednesday braced for Typhoon Shanshan, with heavy rain and strong winds forecast, forcing airlines and railways to cancel some services over the coming days. Shanshan is expected to strike Japan's southwestern Kyushu island over ... ( read original story ...)

flock to Japan for its world-renowned hospitality, exceptional sushi and ancient shrines, the country’s airlines are facing a severe shortage of pilots. And finding them won’t be easy. Japan currently has about 7,100 pilots and the government projects ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called for de-escalation in tensions amid China’s latest acts in the West Philippine Sea over the past two weeks, including the deployment of flares and ramming of a Filipino vessel. ( read original story ...)

Democratic Republic of Congo's government has asked Japan to donate at least 2 million doses of mpox vaccine, a senior official at Africa's top public health body and a Congolese official said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)