Yukio Kanao Named General Manager of Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

He was appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Imperial Hotel, Ltd. in 2011, and from 2014 served as Deputy General Manager of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Tokyo's Imperial was founded by Japanese aristocracy in 1890 on the same site it occupies ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. 'Wants Trade to Dominate Economic Talks with Japan'

The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Thursday, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is seeking to fend off U.S. pressure to reduce the bilateral ... ( read original story ...)

Movie reviews: Latest 'Furious' bombastic, but sputters on fun

Perhaps it was the wild train heist in “Fast Five,” or the entirety of “Tokyo Drift” or the skyscraper-to-skyscraper jump from “Fast and Furious 7.” Whatever it was, at some point in the sixteen years someone decided more is really more. ( read original story ...)

Japan court upholds 'black widow' death sentence

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese "black widow" convicted of murdering ... The case has been closely followed in Japan and major media flashed news of the top court decision across television screens. Kijima writes a blog from the detention centre where she has ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama eco-tyre unveiled

PETALING JAYA: YHI (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the local distributor of Yokohama tyres, has launched the new BluEarth-ES ES32 tyre which promises reduced fuel consumption and longer service life with the benefits of improved dry and wet handling. The new tyre is ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo futures set for weekly decline of nearly 7 pct

FUNDAMENTALS * The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for September delivery had fallen 1 yen to 222 yen per kg by 0014 GMT. * For the top stories in the rubber market and other news, click or MARKET NEWS * Oil prices were little changed in modest ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo cops raid yakuza HQ in Nagoya over ¥3 million extortion

Tokyo police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Kodo-kai as a part of an investigation into the extortion of an elderly man out of nearly three million yen (Fuji News Network ... located in Nagoya’s Nakamura Ward, in search of evidence connected ... ( read original story ...)

Japan PM: N. Korea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan, as international concern mounted that a missile or nuclear test by the authoritarian state could be imminent ... ( read original story ...)