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 ...)
Tepco’s latest plan for Kawashiwazaki-Kariwa plant envisions restart in 2019
Tokyo Electric is now aiming to restart the Kawashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture in April 2019, sources say. The company plans to include the goal in its financial outlook under a reconstruction program, the sources said Friday ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Value HR to establish wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo
Says it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary based in Tokyo on May 1 * New subsidiary will be engaged ... goo.gl/bGWhjg Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( 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 ...)
Trump and Japan's Abe expand friendship as tensions mount with North Korea and China
Japan has also dispatched its largest warship – the Izumo ... the director for East and Southeast Asia at the Center for American Progress, told Fox News. In his first months in office the Trump administration has taken a more active stance toward ... ( 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 ...)
Nagoya looks beautiful at night! French astonaut Thomas Pesquet shares the pic
New Delhi: French asronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared a very beautiful picture of Nagoya, capital of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, taken at night from the space station. He has shared the ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya looks beautiful at night! French astonuat Thomas Pesquet shares the pic
New Delhi: French asronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared a very beautiful picture of Nagoya, capital of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, taken during night time. He has shared the image with his social ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber : AND THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS ARE TEAMMATES FOR THE 8TH STRAIGHT YEAR
Release date- 13042017 - SANTA ANA, CA - Baseball's back and so is Yokohama Tire Corporation's (YTC) longtime sponsorship of the Los Angeles Angels. This is the eighth consecutive season in which YTC is a sponsor of the American League West team. ( read original story ...)
North Korea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles, Japanese PM warns
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 ...)
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 ...)
BRIEF-Fine Sinter says listing on Nagoya Stock Exchange Second Section
* Says its stock will begin listing on Nagoya Stock Exchange Second Section on April 20 Source text in Japanese:goo.gl/4J5VQ0 Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( 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 ...)