Nuclear power plants dot the coast of mountainous Japan, which is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis due to its location on the seismically active "Ring of Fire" around the Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)
Salvage Teams of Tokyo Crash Search Jet Wrecks for Black Boxes
An international team of investigators is combing through the wreckage of the two aircraft that collided at Tokyo Haneda airport on Jan. 2 as they seek to establish what caused the runway incursion, with the voice and data recorders set to provide vital readouts of the fateful final moments before impact. ( read original story ...
The McAlpine route through Four Seasons in Osaka
Alastair McAlpine returns to Japan after 23 years as the general manager of the upcoming Four Seasons Hotel Osaka. ( read original story ...)
UK sends investigation team to Japan after fatal Tokyo runway crash
UK sends investigation team to Japan after fatal Tokyo runway crash - The accident happened on Tuesday evening. ( read original story ...)
Direct losses from Japan quake unlikely, but damage widespread: Twelve Capital
Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Twelve Capital has said in an update that it does not currently anticipate any ... ( read original story ...)
Jyoti CNC Automation IPO: ISRO vendor to launch ₹1000 crore issue, price band ₹315-331; check dates
ISRO and Tata vendor Jyoti CNC Automation is set to launch its IPO next week, with the issue size and the price band released.
China’s Nationalists Revel in Japan Earthquake Tragedy
The powerful earthquakes in western Japan has killed at least 73 people as of Wednesday morning. Already on day one, however, scores of Chinese netizens met the news with glee. ( read original story ...)
Does Japan firm’s Korean forced labour payout set an example? ‘Hitachi Zosen is betraying the nation’
to compensate families of WWII forced labour victims The Japanese government continues to instruct domestic companies not to provide compensation to claimants, even if it means their property and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s manufacturing activity falls further amid weak demand on market uncertainty
According to a private-sector survey released on Thursday, Japan's manufacturing activity declined at the fastest rate in ten months in December, as output and new orders fell due to market ...
Tokyo stocks start 2024 mixed as yen falls on quake, tech weighs
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed Thursday ... The broader Topix index finished up 12.40 points, or 0.52 percent, at 2,378.79. Japanese financial markets were closed from Monday to Wednesday ...
Tokyo stocks open sharply lower after Jan. 1 quake, Wall St. fall
Tokyo stocks were sharply lower Thursday, the first trading day of 2024, amid negative investor sentiment after a powerful earthquake ...
Japan stocks: a minute’s silence, then a slide
STORY: It was a somber start to the year on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Before trading began, ministers and officials held a minute’s silence to mark the country’s earthquake and air disasters. Finance ...
Japan’s Nikkei starts 2024 lower as quake, airline collision weigh on sentiment
TOKYO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell as much as 2% on the first trading day of 2024, as airline, construction and utilities reacted to Tuesday's aircraft collision and the ...
It turns out Tokyo Disneyland actors stay in character even during tense earthquake warnings
Japan's been slammed by earthquakes and a deadly plane collision this week, but at least it has this dedicated Eeyore performer. ( read original story ...)
Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn leaves a Tokyo jail on bail
Carlos Ghosn, the former boss of Nissan, has been released from a detention centre in Japan on bail following his arrest in November. He has been charged with financial misconduct and aggravated breach of trust, ( read original story ...)
Three injured in stabbing incident on Tokyo train, woman in custody
TOKYO (Reuters) -Three men were injured on Wednesday in a stabbing incident and taken to hospital after a woman wielded a knife on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japanese police said. The police received an emergency call at just before 11 p. ( read original story ...)