Tokyo stocks opened fractionally lower on Monday, tracking falls on Wall Street, with investors' eyes on the US-China trade war and key central bank meetings this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Investors Pivot to Risk as Yield Slump Spoils 2019 Plans
(Bloomberg) -- Spare a thought for Japan’s yield-starved investors. Not even three months into a new fiscal year, a gauge of global bond yields has slumped to the lowest since 2017 and the yen has ... ( read original story ...)
Hostile battle set to disrupt Japan’s property fund market
Japan’s $130bn real estate investment trust market is primed for potentially major disruption in the coming days as investors await a ruling on the sector’s first ever hostile merger attempt. Hostile ... ( read original story ...)
On The QT: Broadbeach restaurant Danto Sapporo moves inland after 28 years
Danto Sapporo, which has been trading for 28 years, is heading inland, albeit temporarily. The go-getting Japanese lady who built Danto Sapporo’s home and operates the restaurant plans to demolish the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan requests proof of Iran involvement in tanker attack
The statements from Pompeo are "not convincing," a Japanese government source said Sunday, according to Kyodo News. Last week Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tried to mediate U.S.-Iran relations ... ( read original story ...)
Japan awaits big wave of Southeast Asian tourists
TOKYO -- Amid Japan's inbound tourism boom, the number of Southeast Asians visiting the country is particularly conspicuous. Thai tourists to Japan topped 1 million in 2018, while their Vietnamese ... ( read original story ...)
10 bunker-like houses in Japan that offer total privacy
This monolithic house is designed to fill a challenging triangle-shaped plot in Tokyo, and uses its sharp "dead space" corners as hidden courtyards. While enabling Chop + Archi to create a ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka police chief: Manhunt underway for suspect
The head of the Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters says it is extremely regrettable that a gun was taken from the police officer who was stabbed on Sunday morning. The gun was loaded with five ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka police officer stabbed by attacker who fled with his revolver
SUITA, Osaka Prefecture--A police officer here was seriously injured on June 16 after he was stabbed by a man who fled the scene with his service revolver, in a possible ambush as police were ... ( read original story ...)
Schoolgirls for sale: why Tokyo struggles to stop the ‘JK business’
A young woman hovers in the doorway of one of Kabukicho’s information centres, which give recommendations for bars and sex shops. Photograph: Kosuke Okahara/The Guardian On a humid Wednesday night the ... ( read original story ...)
Police officer stabbed in Osaka Prefecture, man flees with service pistol
OSAKA - A police officer was stabbed and his pistol was stolen in the northern Osaka Prefecture city of Suita, authorities said Sunday, with the male suspect who fled the scene yet to be apprehended. ... ( read original story ...)
Rowing chief Rolland pleased as Tokyo 2020 venue opens
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sea Forest Waterway, which will play host to rowing events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, opened on Sunday with the sport's world governing body praising organizers for delivering ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo opens Olympic rowing venue in heart of Tokyo Bay
The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will use eight news facilities, the most famous of which will be the new $1.25 billion national stadium, and the new venue for swimming, with both still under ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese police officer stabbed in possible targeted attack: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese police officer was stabbed several times in the chest with a kitchen knife and his loaded handgun stolen while on patrol on Sunday morning in the western city of Suita, in ... ( read original story ...)
S P Setia hopes to launch Osaka project by this year
MOSCOW: Malaysia’s top property developer S P Setia Bhd hopes to unveil its ... He said the proposed development in Osaka will be a 4.9-acre integrated development located next to a premium outlet ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai: Fuji TV Exec Talks Growing Japan-China Business, “Incredible” Success of ‘Terrace House’
Taka Hayakawa, the head of international business at one of Japan's biggest networks, discusses beating pirates, the growth of streamers, creating stories for smaller screens and a "golden age" for ... ( read original story ...)