The Osaka District Court on April 15 dismissed a lawsuit filed by two death row inmates against the government claiming that notifying prison・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Asia hedge funds benefit in Q1 from Japan rally, recovery in China
Asia-focused hedge funds started 2024 with a strong first quarter, cashing in on a prolonged rally in Japanese stocks, a tentative turnaround in Chinese equities, and a boom in artificial intelligence ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s China Reckoning
Not long after the ink dried on the 2008 joint statement, Beijing dispatched vessels to patrol the waters around the Senkaku Islands (known in China as the Diaoyu Islands). To this day, Chinese ships ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea foreign ministry summons Japan diplomat over disputed islands
South Korea's foreign ministry summoned a Japanese diplomat on Tuesday to protest a claim in Japan's annual diplomatic policy Bluebook over a group of islands between the countries at the centre of a ... ( read original story ...)
S. Korean champions Ulsan to duel Japanese club Yokohama for berth in AFC Champions League final
Two-time reigning South Korean champions Ulsan HD FC will battle Japanese side Yokohama F. Marinos this month for a spot in the final of the top Asian club football tournament. The two teams will ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s finance minister says he’s closely watching FX
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday he was closely watching currency moves and will provide a "thorough response as needed" after the dollar surged to a fresh 34-year high. ( read original story ...)
Double duty: Twin sisters in east Japan achieve dream of becoming police officers
A total of 332 new officers entered the Kanagawa Prefectural Police academy here on April 12, and among them were a pair of twins. Karen N・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
‘Little Red Dot’ dreams big at Singapore Pavilion for Osaka World Expo 2025
At the Pavilion, the STB will showcase the best that Singapore has to offer in food, culture, the arts and innovation. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Hidden Billions in Tokyo Real Estate Lure Activist Hedge Funds
Consider the large difference between book value and market value in Mitsui’s Tokyo Midtown building — a 54-story skyscraper in the heart of the city’s buzzy Roppongi area that includes offices, a Ritz-Carlton hotel, and retail and dining facilities. Mitsui developed and opened the property in 2007. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Electron expected to see profit rebound on AI demand
Tokyo Electron is on track to boost net profit 33% this fiscal year to 450.8 billion yen ($2.94 billion), according to the average analyst outlook from QUICK Consensus. ( read original story ...)
Marion County restaurant inspections: Night Deposit Whiskey Library, Nagoya Japanese
This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Marion County health department. Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures, food ... ( read original story ...)
Tech Moves: OpenAI hires former Amazon Web Services leader to lead new Tokyo office
Tadao Nagasaki, a longtime tech exec who led Japan-related operations for Amazon Web Services and F5, is joining OpenAI ( read original story ...)
Daily round-trip flights resume between Tokyo and quake-hit Noto
All Nippon Airways resumed daily flights on Monday between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Noto Airport, located in the area of central Japan that was devastated by the New Year's Day earthquake. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Public Toilets Will Leave New Yorkers Sobbing
Wim Wenders’s tender and lovely film Perfect Days has fired me up with a new object of desire: public bathrooms as clean and beautiful as those in the Shibuya neighborhood of Tokyo. In the film, Koji Yakusho plays Hirayama, ( read original story ...)
Plaintiffs make impassioned pleas in Tokyo court as police racial profiling case opens
Plaintiffs in a police racial profiling suit against the national, Tokyo Metropolitan and Aichi Prefectural governments made impassioned spee ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen falls to lowest since 1990, dollar/yen up 0.6%
The yen weakened on Monday, pushing the dollar to its highest against the Japanese currency since June 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up ... ( read original story ...)