Emirates' return to Haneda will further boost the airline’s operations in the market, alongside its daily services to Tokyo-Narita and Osaka Emirates to resume flight services to Tokyo-Haneda from ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Fire Department received over 1 mil. emergency calls last year
The Tokyo Fire Department says it last year received a record of more than 1 million emergency calls for help to deal with fires and sudden illness. ( read original story ...)
Ottawa, Tokyo Agree To Boost Security, Economic Ties
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Thursday with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Ottawa where they committed to strengthen economic ties as well as their security partnership in the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Shares Close Lower On Strong Yen
Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday on a stronger yen against the dollar, and with falls of Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing stock weighing on the market. ( read original story ...)
Bauhaus still rocks the house in Tokyo after four decades
Bauhaus, a rock bar and music venue, has been keeping rock alive in Roppongi, Tokyo’s nightlife district, for 40 years by showcasing classic, heavy metal and hard rock from the 1970s to the present ... ( read original story ...)
Subaru Levorg STI Sport Performance Wagon Arrives At Tokyo Auto Salon
The speedy family hauler costs the equivalent of $45,000 and is capped at 500 units. ( read original story ...)
2024 Subaru Impreza With STI Goodies Arrives At Tokyo Auto Salon
Subaru introduced the new Impreza a couple of months ago at the Los Angeles Auto Show and is now trying to spice up the hatchback with an assortment of STI bits. Unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Salon, the ... ( read original story ...)
Explainer-Why Japan Is Seeking Military Ties Beyond Its U.S. Ally
That effort, for now, has focused on countries that are also strong U.S. allies, including Australia, Britain and France. Tokyo is also looking for closer security ties with India ( read original story ...)
Live news: Japan schedules release of contaminated Fukushima water into ocean
The Japanese government estimated that it would release 1mn tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean “this spring or summer” despite opposition from environmentalists, ( read original story ...)
Japan to release radioactive water into sea this year
Tokyo plans to release a million tonnes of water contaminated by the destroyed Fukushima plant. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan under pressure over next move as bond yields and yen surge
Long-term Japanese government bond yields and the yen surged on Friday as markets increased pressure on the central bank to further adjust a core tenet of its ultra-loose monetary policy. Analysts said the sharp moves underscored deepening dysfunction in the market for Japanese government bonds over the past month and raised uncertainty ahead of the ...
Japan offers £6,000 cash and ‘free’ house in scheme to move young families out of Tokyo, but few are buying it
The government is desperate to entice people to move from the vast, buzzing metropolis to the dying regions beyond, struggling with low birth rates and hollowed-out towns - but Tokyoites will take som ... ( read original story ...)
Biden, Kishida to Discuss Japan ‘Stepping Up’ Security
The Oval Office meeting and signing ceremony at NASA's Washington headquarters will cap a weeklong tour for Kishida that took him to five European and North American capitals for talks on his effort to beef up Japan's security. ( read original story ...)
Japan eyes delay of Fukushima plant water release
Japan has revised the timing of a planned release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to “around spring or summer," indicating a delay from the initial target of this spring, ( read original story ...)
Fukushima water to be released into ocean in next few months, says Japan
Authorities to begin release of a million tonnes of water from stricken nuclear plant after treatment to remove most radioactive material ( read original story ...)
World’s top chip maker mulls global expansion with plants in Europe, Japan
Semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may expand its global manufacturing footprint even further. ( read original story ...)