Japan is accelerating efforts to fulfill its military ambitions by amending its Constitution and increasing engagement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio ...
Japanese shares rise as Hang Seng drops
Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region mostly fell Tuesday, May 9. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index weakened 2.1% to 19,867.58, while the Nikkei 225 Index of ...
Japanese Market Is Significantly Higher
The Japanese stock market is significantly higher on Tuesday, recouping the losses in the previous session, with the Nikkei 225 ...
Japan top banks nearly quintuple midcareer hiring in 2 years
Japan's three leading banks plan to take on at least 770 midcareer hires in fiscal 2023, 4.5 times the fiscal 2021 figure, as they hunt for professionals who can contribute immediately to areas like ...
Japan MOF Kanda: G7 to invite Ukrainian finance minister to G7 meeting
The Group of Seven finance ministers will invite their counterpart from Ukraine to participate in a session on the global economy, Japan's top financial diplomat Masato Kanda said on Tuesday.
4 male teens, aged 16 to 19, arrested in relation to S$983,200 luxury watch robbery in Tokyo
The Japanese police found the Toyota abandoned on a street in Minato, Tokyo at around 6:30pm on May 8, according to Asahi . They found four male teenagers in an apartment in the Akasaka area, located ... ( read original story ...)
Sentences finalized for suit retailer execs in Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal
A suspended prison sentence handed down to the former chairman of Yokohama-based suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc. for bribing a Tokyo Olympic ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo group calls for protection of entertainment workers’ rights amid AI advances
A Tokyo-based association submitted a written appeal on May 8 for protections for creators to Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, amid conce･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Widow of Japan bureaucrat who suicided over doc scandal still wants ex-official questioned
The widow of a Japanese Finance Ministry employee who took his own life after being forced to falsify documents linked to the cut-rate sale o･･･ ...
Tokyo Stocks End Higher
Tokyo stocks ended higher on Tuesday after a mixed close on Wall Street, helped by a cheap yen as investors awaited key inflation data and earnings by major firms.
Ukraine’s envoy to Japan urges G7 to condemn any threat to use nuclear weapons
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations must condemn any threat to use nuclear weapons and vow "decisive action" against such a move when they hold a summit next week in the city of Hiroshima, ( read original story ...)
Downtown Osaka bustling again as COVID downgraded to same as flu
Tourists and young people swarmed to downtown Osaka's Minami area on May 8, many of them maskless, as Japan downgraded COVID-19's status to C･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo opens 24-hr, multilingual COVID hotline
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened a 24-hour, multilingual coronavirus hotline on May 8, the day COVID-19 was downgraded to a Class 5 d･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s spending downturn, wages decline heighten pressure on economy
Japan's consumer spending unexpectedly fell in March at the fastest rate in a year, while real wages marked a twelfth month of decline on persistent inflation, highlighting the challenges facing the economy in mounting a strong post-COVID revival. ( read original story ...)
FTX crypto collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most criminal charges
Sam Bankman-Fried on Monday sought to dismiss most of the criminal charges he faces in connection with the collapse of FTX.
Japan, South Korea to link radar systems to track N.Korea missiles -source
Japanese and South Korean defence authorities are set to agree early next month to link their radars via a U.S. system to share real-time information on North Korea's ballistic missiles, a person with ... ( read original story ...)