The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced two major milestones reflecting the company’s strong performance and confidence in its future growth strategy: record-high financial results for fiscal year ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka city stunned by anonymous gold bar gift worth $3.6M to fix aging water pipes
Osaka has received an anonymous gift of gold bars to repair the Japanese city’s aging water pipes. Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama says the donor gave 21 kilograms of gold worth about $3.6 million. ( read original story ...)
Mystery donor gifts $3.6M gold bars to fix Osaka’s ageing water pipes
Osaka receives 21kg of gold bars worth $3.6M from an anonymous donor to support urgent repairs to the city’s ageing water pipe network. ( read original story ...)
Osaka receives $3.6 million gold bar donation for water infrastructure repair
Osaka received a generous donation of gold bars worth $3.6 million from an anonymous donor to fund repairs of the city's aging water infrastructure. ( read original story ...)
Asian Games: Nagoya Games main venue opened to media, athletes try it out
The main venue for the upcoming Asian Games in the central Japan city of Nagoya has been opened to the media, with three Japanese at ... ( read original story ...)
Sono Hotels & Resorts Asia enters Japan with Nagoya hotel
South Korea’s Sono Hotels & Resorts Asia has signed Sono Moon Nagoya, marking its first hotel project – and first Sono Moon property – in Japan. ( read original story ...)
23 teens arrested after mass brawl between biker gang and delinquent group in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department announced on Feb. 19 that it had arrested 23 boys aged 16 to 18 on suspicion of assembling with weapons in ... ( read original story ...)
Anonymous donor gives Osaka 21 kg of gold to fund water pipe renovations
An anonymous donor has given the Osaka municipal government 21 kilograms of gold bullion, worth 560 million yen ($3.6 million), towar ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Xtreme Racer Now Lets You Street Race Commercial Trucks, Hits PS5 Next Week
Tokyo Xtreme Racer has been available on PC for a little over a year now, but it’ll finally land on PlayStation 5 on February 26 for a very reasonable $50. Developer Genki is taking the release as an ... ( read original story ...)
Bad Bunny to make Asia debut with Spotify performance in Tokyo
Bad Bunny will headline Spotify's Billions Club Live series in Tokyo, marking his first-ever appearance in Asia and celebrating his record-breaking achievements in music. ( read original story ...)
Protect Hongkongers in Japan, authorities urge Tokyo after tourist attacked
Concerns over attack on resident in Sapporo follow tense relations between China and Japan over Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan comments Authorities in Hong Kong have expressed concern to the local Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factory activity expands at fastest pace in four years, PMI shows
TOKYO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing activity grew at its fastest pace in about four years in February, buoyed by strong domestic and overseas demand, a private sector survey showed on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM faces challenges selling ‘proactive’ fiscal policy to bond vigilantes
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will likely seek to convince markets her "proactive" fiscal policies aren't as expansionary as they seem, as ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama vs Goodyear tires: what Consumer Reports really found
Consumer Reports tests routinely challenge the assumptions drivers carry into tire shops, and the latest round of evaluations pitting Yokohama against Goodyear is no exception. While federal labeling ... ( read original story ...)
Espace Louis Vuitton Osaka Spotlights Jeff Koons in ‘Paintings and Banality’
The show brings together key works from the 1980s to the artist’s more recent large-scale paintings ... ( read original story ...)
Woman handed reduced sentence over role in helping daughter with 2023 beheading murder in Sapporo
The daughter allegedly beheaded a man she stabbed and brought his head home in a suitcase. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)