The new Tokyo Skytree is the biggest attraction in Japan — or at least the tallest. The observation decks of the tallest tower in the world opened to the public on Tuesday. Here are six important facts and figures to know about Skytree, pulled from the Associated Press . Read full article >> (read...
The rupee hit a record low to the dollar for the fifth straight session on Tuesday, weighed down by large dollar demand from oil firms and weak global risk sentiment, especially after Fitch downgraded Japan's ratings. (read more here…)
OSAKA, Japan — Toru Hashimoto is the product of a fed-up country. He is also its chief rabble-rouser. The telegenic Osaka mayor wants wholesale changes to Japan’s sleepy status quo. He would like to transfer power from Tokyo to a collection of new regional fiefdoms, bigger than the existing prefectures, that would collect taxes...
The Osaka Municipal Government will sever ties with the Japanese Red Cross Society in August and stop collecting donations on behalf of the organization, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said Tuesday. Hashimoto told reporters the city has already informed the Red Cross of the decision, based on the idea the municipal government should abstain from...
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has told city executives via email that he will not authorize the promotion of any municipal worker who fails to respond to a survey asking if they have tattoos, sources said Tuesday. The Saturday email followed the collection of replies to the city's survey, to which 513 workers had not...
TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) – Key TOCOM rubber futures edgedhigher on Tuesday, extending gains into a second session onhigher stock markets and Monday's news of a planned rubberpurchase by Thai traders, but … (read more here…)
