A donation box to support Ukrainians that was suspected to have been stolen from an east Japan town hall was discovered nearby on Feb. 2 w ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs record merchandise trade deficit in Jan as export growth slows
Growth in Japan's merchandise exports slowed sharply in January amid weakening Chinese demand, creating the country's largest trade deficit on record. Trade figures issued on Thursday followed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Reports Highest Monthly Trade Deficit in January
Japan ran its biggest monthly trade deficit in January, reflecting the effects of higher energy prices and a weak yen, Ministry of Finance data showed. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan gets ‘ideas man’ to chart tricky path from negative rates
Now about to return almost two decades later, Ueda faces an equally daunting but different challenge: preparing to lead a pivot from the longstanding ultra-loose monetary regime that has left the Bank ... ( read original story ...)
A 2030 Winter Games in Sweden? Why a possible late bid has a ‘good chance’
Or maybe Falun, Åre or even Östersund, which unsuccessfully bid for the 2002 Winter Games that went to Salt Lake City? ...
Japan says 3 balloons that floated into its airspace years ago are ‘strongly presumed’ to have been Chinese spy balloons
An curved arrow pointing right. "As a result of further analysis of specific balloon-shaped flying objects that have been confirmed in Japan's airspace in the past, including those in November 2019, ... ( read original story ...)
Former Lotte owner Ikuhiro Kiyota sued Lotte for the contents of the lawsuit and the photos of the affair.
On February 8, former Lotte player Ikuhiro Kiyota, 36, updated his Instagram page to announce that he had settled his lawsuit against Lotte over the termination of his contract. The baseball team ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has “full confidence” Japan will ban LGBTQ discrimination
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday said he has "full confidence" that the Japanese government will take the necessary steps to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people. Sexual ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Rapidus mulls building chip factory in Hokkaido -TV Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's state-backed microchip venture Rapidus, tasked to boost the country's competitiveness in advanced semiconductors, is considering building its first manufacturing plant in ... ( read original story ...)
Rimini Street Selects Tokyo for 2023 $50,000 RMNI LOVE Charitable Grant Program
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, and a Salesforce ... ( read original story ...)
US envoy confident Japan will ban LGBTQ discrimination
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel says he has “full confidence” that the Japanese government will take the necessary steps to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people ... ( read original story ...)
Rapidus considering building chip factory in Hokkaido, northern Japan-TV Tokyo
TOKYO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Japan's state-backed chip venture Rapidus is considering building a chip factory in Hokkaido, northern Japan, TV Tokyo reported on Wednesday. Rapidus will likely make a ... ( read original story ...)
Inflation Prospects Undermine Tokyo Stock Market
Leading the upside on a down day were Citizen Watch (CHCLY, 7762:Tokyo), up 9.2%, followed by online retailer Rakuten (RKUNY, 4755:Tokyo), up 7.7%, and then Sumitomo Osaka Cement (SUCEF, 5232:Tokyo), ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 1,858 new cases of coronavirus
Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 1,858 new cases of coronavirus in Tokyo on Wednesday. The figure is down 754 from a week ago, for a 29th straight day of week-on-week decline. There were 17 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares end lower
The dollar bought 133.25 yen in Asian trade, against 133.07 yen in New York and 131.89 yen in Tokyo late Tuesday. Sony Group gave up early gains and ended down 0.64 percent to 11,705. SoftBank Group ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end lower on fears over prolonged U.S. rate hikes
Tokyo stocks ended lower Wednesday, weighed down by concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates for a long period after higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data. The ... ( read original story ...)