Japan's consumer confidence improved in September, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Friday, prompting the government to upgrade its assessment on the index while warning the situation remained severe ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to order Tokyo stock exchange to report on trading meltdown
Japan’s financial regulator will demand a full report into the technical problems that paralysed the Tokyo Stock Exchange and plunged the world’s third largest exchange into an unprecedented full-day ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes after outage debacle, market steady
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) resumed normal trading on Friday, with the main index holding steady a day after the worst-ever outage brought the world's third-largest equity market to a standstill. ( read original story ...)
Asian markets mixed in early trade, Tokyo edges up after trading outage
Asian markets were little changed on Friday, as a U.S. stimulus deal remained out of reach and investors waited on fresh U.S. employment data for a read on the economic toll from the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares rise as trading resumes after full-day outage
Trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange appeared to begin as normal on Friday, after the Japanese bourse was closed for the whole day on Thursday in its worst outage since the dawn of electronic trading. ( read original story ...)
Japan reveals record high budget request eyeing hypersonic tech, F-35s and more
Japan is set to continue its recent trend of setting new records for its annual defense budgets, with the country continuing to cast a wary eye on China’s military modernization and nuclear-armed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s jobs market worsens in August as coronavirus damage persists
Japan's unemployment rate rose in August to its highest in over three years and job availability fell to a more than six-year low, government data showed on Friday, indicating damage caused by the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo markets reopen after glitch halted trade all day
Tokyo stock markets successfully reopened on Friday after a hardware failure caused an unprecedented day-long halt to trade on one of the world's biggest exchanges. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes trading after technical outage
Tokyo Stock Exchange resumed normal operations Friday after repairs of malfunctions in its computer systems that halted trading for an entire day in the worst such outage ever. The Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange to resume trading Friday after outage debacle
The Tokyo Stock Exchange said normal trading would resume on Friday morning as planned, a day after the worst-ever outage brought the world's third-largest equity market to a standstill. The glitch ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed by technical glitch
Trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was set to resume in the early hours today after a software glitch knocked it out of action for all of yesterday’s session.Traders in the Japanese capital were left ... ( read original story ...)
LED-based UV irradiation safely prevents the loss of bone and muscle mass in mice
A research team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed that narrow-range ultraviolet (UV) irradiation using light emitting diodes (LEDs) safely increases serum vitamin D levels in aging mice and ... ( read original story ...)
Tempe has a new destination for Japanese curry and street food. Meet, Umami Tokyo Curry
Umami Tokyo Curry just opened in a ghost kitchen in Tempe. Place and order for pick-up or delivery from the menu of Japanese street food and curry. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Says Athletes Must ‘Work Hard’ For Equality For All
Few professional athletes have been more vocal as of late on social justice issues than 2020 U.S. Open Singles champion Naomi Osaka. Shortly after the August police shooting of Jacob Blake, Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Japan reveals record high budget request, supporting hypersonic tech, F-35 buys and more
Japan is set to continue its recent trend of setting new records for its annual defense budgets, with the country continuing to cast a wary eye on China’s military modernization and nuclear-armed ... ( read original story ...)
Ostapenko happy to inspire Osaka and new generation
Jelena Ostapenko admitted Thursday that she was delighted her breakthrough 2017 Roland Garros triumph helped inspire Naomi Osaka to three Grand Slam crowns. Ostapenko stunned the sport three years ago ... ( read original story ...)