Japan will stop building new coal power plants that do not have emission reduction measures in place, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Friday."In line with its pathway to net-zero, ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new volcanic island has erupted again — and the dramatic explosion was caught on camera
An underwater volcano that gave birth to a new island off Japan's Iwo Jima island has erupted again, sending huge plumes of ash and smoke into the sky in footage released by Japan's Coast Guard. ( read original story ...)
Advance ticket sales begin 500 days before 2025 Osaka Expo
Advance online ticket sales for the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo began on Nov. 30 after months of ... 14 million tickets before the start of the event and anticipates that the business sector will purchase ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura to cut risk assets, costs for wholesale business
Nomura Holdings said on Wednesday it would reduce risk weighted assets by up to 6% for its struggling wholesale business as the top Japanese investment bank scrambles to shore up its capital ... ( read original story ...)
Government ordered to pay compensation over welfare cuts
NAGOYA--The government has been ordered to pay compensation to 13 public assistance recipients in Aichi Prefecture who sued over welfare benefit cuts from 2013 to 2015, saying it put them under ... ( read original story ...)
Central Japan police chief never checked on detainee who died after arrest: source
The chief of a police station in central Japan where a detainee with medical conditions died in December 2022 violated an in-house regulatio･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
‘I Know That Court Shaking’ – Naomi Osaka’s Practice Clip Sends Fans in a Frenzy as They Turn Optimistic for the 2024 Comeback
Fans go berserk seeing the former world number 1, Naomi Osaka back on the court, just like a lioness ready to roar. She recently posted a clip on her Instagram story where she was seen hitting ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida’s popularity further depletes over ‘secret funds’ scandal
Also read: Deputy finance minister of Japan resigns after tax scandal in another blow to PM Fumio Kishida He said then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (who was assassinated in 2022) told him to ...
Crypto app users left fearing for investments
Users were told they could double their investments online but are now unable to make withdrawals.
Japan’s Nikkei posts first weekly drop in five as tech drags
TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average drifted lower on Friday to post its first weekly drop in five, as tech shares slumped on elevated bond yields after economic data provided more ...
Japan’s 10-year bond yield jumps ahead of auctions
Japan's 10-year government bond yield jumped on Friday, tracking U.S. Treasury yields higher, as investors braced for auctions for 10- and 30-year bonds next week. The 10-year JGB yield rose as much ...
Japan, S. Korea revive currency swap agreement as ties thaw
Japan and South Korea signed Friday a bilateral currency swap agreement to enable access to the other's funds in times of emergency, reviving an arrangement that expired eight years ago amid the ...
Japan’s capital spending nudges higher in sign of resilience
Japan’s businesses increased investment modestly over the ... rose 0.3% in the three months through September compared with the previous quarter, the Finance Ministry reported on Friday. The data will ...
Japan’s capital spending rises 3.4 pct in July-Sept. quarter
Investment by all non-financial sectors for purposes, such as building factories and adding equipment, totaled 12.41 trillion yen (84 billion U.S. dollars), the finance ministry said. "The data shows ...
S. Korea, Japan clinch US$10 bln currency swap deal
The Bank of Korea and the Bank of Japan signed the three-year deal based on the U.S. dollar, according to the central bank and the finance ministry. In 2015, the two neighbors terminated the currency ...
Tokyo core CPI growth seen slowing to 2.5% in November: Reuters poll
Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital Tokyo likely grew in November but at slower pace than the month before, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday, in a sign that price pressures may be ... ( read original story ...)