Tag: osaka

Japanese workers' real wages shrank in January for the 22nd consecutive month but at the slowest pace in over a year on weakening price pressures, data showed on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefecture is considering collecting a fixed fee from foreign visitors, possibly timing it around the start of the World Exposition in western Japan in April 2025, its governor said Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese tennis star returns to the BNP Paribas Open for the first time since the birth of her daughter last July. ( read original story ...)

The triathlon delivered in a major way at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Bermuda’s Flora Duffy broke the women’s Olympic record with a time of 1 hour, 55 minutes, 36 seconds. Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt ... ( read original story ...)

The Yokohama Rubber Co. recently revealed its business and financial results for fiscal 2023 (Jan. to Dec.). Sales revenue increased 14.5% over the previous year, to 985.3 billion yen (approx. $6.6 ... ( read original story ...)

Rossella Menegazzo will be the head of the culture sector of the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. A professor of the history of East Asian Art at Milan University, Menegazzo is well known for having ... ( read original story ...)

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Momentum is building for the Bank of Japan to consider ending negative interest rates as soon as this month with upcoming annual wage ... ( read original story ...)

Despite 8,000 miles and a 14-hour time difference, the chaos of Washington is never that far away for U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel. The day-to-day responsibilities in Tokyo are made all the ... ( read original story ...)