Tokyo's Deputy Governor Manabu Miyasaka is leading the city's ambitious futurization project on reclaimed land in the middle of Tokyo Bay. The former Yahoo Japan chairman told Bloomberg how his past ... ( read original story ...)
Worries over high US rates trigger drop in Tokyo stocks
The Nikkei Average fell sharply on Monday to finish below the 28,000 mark for the first time in nearly 3 weeks. The drop followed sell-offs in New York on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Nuclear power’s sorry salesman laments its comeback in Japan
For a long time, Yuji Onuma was stricken with guilt about the notorious words that used to hang above his home town. He was a 12-year-old schoolboy in the smal ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Tokyo stocks plunge on fears Fed’s rate hikes to hurt U.S. economy
Powell, during an annual policy speech at Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday, underscored the U.S. central bank's ongoing commitment to combating inflation, saying the central bank would use its tools ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares dive after Fed pledge to hike rates
Tokyo shares sank on Monday after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pledged to act "forcefully" against soaring inflation. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Olympus to sell microscope unit to Bain for $3 billion
Olympus Corp said on Monday it has agreed to sell its microscope unit to private equity firm Bain Capital for 427.6 billion yen ($3.08 billion) as the Japanese company focuses its resources on medical ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya champ Ichinojo moves up in rankings ahead of Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament
First-time champion Ichinojo was rewarded for his July triumph with a re-promotion to komusubi in the Japan Sumo Association’s rankings published on Monday ahead of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament ... ( read original story ...)
Australians stranded in Tokyo’s Narita airport after cancelled Jetstar flight
A group of Australians are stranded at Narita airport in Tokyo "without food or water", unable to leave due to Japan's strict COVID controls, after Jetstar cancelled their connecting flight from ... ( read original story ...)
JFE may build electric arc furnace to replace blast furnace in west Japan
JFE Steel, Japan's No.2 steelmaker, is considering building a new electric arc furnace (EAF) to replace the No.2 blast furnace at its Kurashiki plant in western Japan to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2 ... ( read original story ...)
Bear Market for Japan Stocks Unavoidable Post-Powell, Citi Says
A bear market for Japanese stocks may be “all but unavoidable” as the latest speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pulls the rug from under a relief rally that markets have been enjoying ... ( read original story ...)
Williams midfield in Japanese series
Williams was making his tenth appearance in the two-day World All-Star Jockeys Series, formerly known as the World Super Jockeys Series until 2015. The 45-year-old won the series in 2007 at Hanshin ... ( read original story ...)
‘No food or water’: Jetstar passengers stranded inside Tokyo terminal
Taipei | A group of Australian travellers were trapped in Tokyo’s Narita Airport overnight without food or water after their Jetstar Japan transit flight was cancelled, and they were banned from ... ( read original story ...)
Sumo: July champ Ichinojo rejoins elite in new rankings
First-time champion Ichinojo was rewarded for his July triumph Monday by earning re-promotion to komusubi in the Japan Sumo Associati ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Drying Rice Paddies Are Now a National Security Threat
Russian missiles pounding Ukraine have spooked Japan into boosting defense spending. Now, with tensions rising over the Taiwan Strait, calls are growing to address another security threat: shriveling ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo To Push For African Seat On UN Security Council: PM Kishida
Japan will use its place on the United Nations Security Council to push for an African seat on the top world body, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo ward finds 1-in-3 recluses don’t want gov’t help to reintegrate
A recent survey conducted in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward has shown that as many as one-third of "hikikomori," or social recluses, living there have no desire for the government to help them reintegrate into ... ( read original story ...)