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19/02/2019

As medical costs mount, Japan to weigh cost-effectiveness in setting drug prices

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese doctor Yasushi Goto remembers prescribing the cancer drug Opdivo to an octogenarian and wondering whether taxpayers might object to helping fund treatment, which at the time ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Banks Are Yet to Grow a Taper Tail

Soon, Japanese banks may no longer be the cheapest...

A new way to produce clean hydrogen fuel from wate...

Credit: Osaka University Hydrogen is the most abun...

The Japanese yen isn’t behaving like a safe-...

For a currency regarded as being a safe-haven asse...

Bun fight! Thousands of men in loincloths take par...

Dressed in only white loincloths, 10,000 men gathe...

Japan disaster minister resigns after earthquake g...

TOKYO // Japan’s disaster reconstruction minister ...

Japan lawmakers' group visits Yasukuni shrine...

seen in China and the two Koreas as a symbol of Ja...

Global Stock Angst Snowballs as Nikkei 225 Enters ...

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average tumbled...

Japan automakers' tie-up synergies to take sh...

TOKYO -- The Japanese auto industry saw extensive ...

Tokyo Cement partners The Music Project

From right: Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC Manag...

Nikkei edges down, N.Korea tensions deter investor...

TOKYO, March 7 Japan's Nikkei share average edged ...

19/02/2019

White House nudged Japanese PM Abe to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize: report

“Prime Minister Abe of Japan gave me the most beautiful copy of a letter that he sent to the people who give out a thing called the Nobel Prize. He said, ‘I have nominated you…’ or ... ( read original story ...)

DBS, Nishi-Nippon City Bank collaborate to support...

They will offer discounting of exports bills. Japa...

Milwaukee 7’s Klappa reflects on Foxconn, wh...

Filled with “must read” stories, industry news and...

Scandal-hit Japan automakers eye return to ‘...

Repeated quality scandals, stiff foreign competiti...

Woman enters ring at traditional bullfighting even...

NAGAOKA, Japan- A woman was allowed to enter the r...

Earthquakes strike Afghanistan, Pakistan

May 9 (UPI) --A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck no...

Leaner, mature Osaka stays grounded in Melbourne

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka is no longer a s...

Japan Exchange struggles to compete with global ri...

Fewer than 10 foreign companies are listed on the ...

Preparing Alaska’s Communities for a Tsunami

After the 2011 Tohoku earthquake quake in Japan, a...

Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 787-10 to Serve Osaka o...

Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced that Osaka will...

As Electric Cars’ Prospects Brighten, Japan Fears ...

Established suppliers are nervous, especially in J...

19/02/2019

Japan’s Abe Declines to Say If He Backed Trump for Nobel Prize

Abe, who has worked hard to build a personal rapport with Trump, walked a fine line during a parliamentary committee meeting Monday when asked about Trump’s claim from Friday that the Japanese leader ... ( read original story ...)

Death toll from earthquake in Japan hits 37

TOKYO -- Japanese authorities say 37 people have b...

US Open title ‘not the happiest memory’...

BEIJING: Naomi Osaka made the startling admission ...

Putting Tokyo fashion week on the map

For years headquartered in dull but convenient sho...

Japan's Idemitsu, Showa Shell to brief on joi...

TOKYO Japanese oil refiners Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd ...

Japan must use thaw to keep China from turning inw...

BEIJING -- As China and the U.S. stand on the prec...

Japan regulator says Deutsche, Bank of America vio...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fair Trade Commission on...

Japan’s Central Bank Keeps Stimulus Unchanged, Mai...

The Bank of Japan maintained its massive monetary ...

Russia warns Japan not to expect quick progress on...

MOSCOW – Russia's foreign minister warned Ja...

Japan’s Defense Minister Said to Be Resigning, in ...

The Japanese news media reported on Thursday that ...

Tokyo cops make 7th arrest in ¥3.6 billion ‘danger...

TOKYO (TR) – Police on Sunday made a seventh arres...

18/02/2019

Alliance Ventures Invests in PowerShare to Advance Charging Solutions and Services for Electric Vehicles

PARIS and TOKYO and YOKOHAMA, Japan, Feb. 18, 2019 /CNW/ - Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, today announced a new investment in PowerShare, an electri... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan’s big gun makes little dent in...

TOKYO -- A double-barreled blast of bond buying by...

Virtue and Moir win ice dance event at NHK Trophy

With the victory Virtue and Moir, who won their se...

Japan approves missile defense system amid NKorea ...

TOKYO – Japan's Cabinet has approved a plan to pur...

10 Tokyo Restaurants Loved By Literary Giants

Here, we pick out ten Tokyo restaurants that eithe...

Back Garden Japanese Knotweed Removal

Japanese Knotweed Ltd swiftly surveyed to establis...

Bank of Japan is resolved to keep ultra-easy polic...

Tokyo: The Bank of Japan does not plan to change i...

Theresa May lands in Japan to reassure Japanese of...

Arriving for three days of trade and security talk...

On the Road: Hog turns Japanese

Instead of following American trends of long and s...

Tokyo cops bust Uguisudani ‘delivery health’ servi...

On Valentine’s Day, Tokyo Metropolitan Police anno...

Japan Display to cut 3,700 jobs on first-quarter l...

Japan Display Inc. on Wednesday reported a group n...

18/02/2019

Olympics: 2020 Games can be springboard to transform Tokyo, says governor

TOKYO: The 2020 Olympics can "usher in a new Tokyo" and, along with this year's Rugby World Cup, leave behind a legacy similar to that of the 1964 Summer Games, the city's Governor Yuriko Koike said o... ( read original story ...)

Real estate | Company lures locals to Japanese, Th...

foreign investors have flocked to Japanese propert...

Warning from history: Could Japan-style crash hit ...

Sizzling property prices, a groaning debt load, we...

Sapporo 2017 hailed as “Clean Games” b...

The Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games held last mont...

Microsoft to bring enterprise cloud services to Ja...

TOKYO -- Microsoft Japan will launch a large-scale...

Saskatoon swimmer finds freedom in quest for gold

Saskatoon's Shelby Newkirk is at the top of her ga...

Is China’s economy turning Japanese?

But for Mr Xi another historical event from the sa...

Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite launched fr...

TOKYO -- A Japanese rocket on Monday lifted the Un...

Office tower planned for downtown Vancouver inspir...

With a design inspired by a Japanese lamp, a new h...

Duffy and Mola win in Yokohama

WTS Yokohama: The men's race Spaniard Mario Mola d...

Mayweather promises entertainment, not a knockout,...

TOKYO -- Floyd Mayweather is promising entertainme...

18/02/2019

Tokyo 2020 to transform city, says governor

which looks to increase the width of doors and corridors within hotels to accommodate wheelchair uses. The Tokyo Olympics open on July 24 next year. Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered ... ( read original story ...)

Japan posts $10.6b current account surplus

Japan achieved a current account surplus of 934.6 ...

Where will the next mega earthquake hit? Curvy fau...

Embed Feed 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami: Time...

Japan Is Finally Embracing Startups

Japan has been dry ground for start-ups ... Of the...

Japan donates US$1 million in equipment for Barbad...

“Japan is one of the countries that have suffered ...

Japan’s manufacturers most confident in seve...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Business confidence among Japane...

Japanese investment in Myanmar shatters record

Japanese investment in Myanmar reached USD1.48 bil...

Japan finance minister: FX swap with India intende...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro A...

Nikkei slips as yen edges up, but poised for weekl...

Stronger yen offsets effect of record closes on Wa...

Tokyo Finance Standalone December 2018 Net Sales a...

Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for Tokyo Fi...

Sergey Dvortsevoy’s ‘Ayka’ Wins Grand Prize at Kin...

The Tokyo Filmex festival concluded its 2018 editi...

18/02/2019

Koike presents vision for Tokyo, stressing importance of ties with Osaka ahead of Olympics and Expo

“It is very much a prime location within Tokyo,” Koike said during a news conference conducted in English at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, adding that she hopes the site will pro... ( read original story ...)

Japan and an Anti-Crime Bill

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Tokyo futures rise ahead of long weekend, head for...

TOKYO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber fu...

Japan’s June core machinery orders unexpecte...

Robust global demand has boosted Japanese business...