OSAKA--In mounting anger against sexual violence across Japan, about 250 demonstrators on May 11 here denounced recent court rulings that found offenders not guilty of sexual violence against women. ... ( read original story ...)
Event previews published, Facts & Figures statistics handbook available – IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019 | iaaf.org
Previews of each of the nine races to be contested at the IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019, which take place on 11-12 May, are now available. Facts & Figures - IAAF World Relays Yokohama 2019, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan solar farms dim on Huawei as US sounds alarm
Huawei Japan dismissed such criticisms. "To date, we have not been shown any proof supporting security concerns," a representative told Nikkei. "The communications technology conforms to ... ( read original story ...)
Now you know: Nagoya aquarium exhibits sushi toppings alongside still-swimming equivalents
I want them to come out saying how delicious it looks." (Japanese original by Shinichiro Kawase, Nagoya News Center) ( read original story ...)
Japan helping to ‘clone’ historic Mogao Caves on China’s Silk Road
Using its proprietary “cultural property cloning” technology, Tokyo University of the Arts is helping to reproduce many of the grottoes in the site that was a major stop for pilgrims and traders on ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese turbine builders push deeper into Japan wind power market
The Japanese solar panel market was 30% to 40% controlled by Chinese makers like Jinko Solar in 2017, Nikkei data showed, with mass-produced, low-cost panels pouring into Japan. In its fifth ... ( read original story ...)
Big three into Madrid last-eight as Osaka and Kvitova crash out
Roger Federer saved two match points to defeat Gael Monfils and reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday but women's world number one and top seed Naomi Osaka was dumped out in a last-eight ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new era: Emperor Naruhito, and his Toyota Century
The elite strata of Japanese business loved the Century’s understated looks. The older it got, the more popular it was, with largely handmade construction and a very traditional appearance. Even so, ... ( read original story ...)
Why The U.S. Will Not Go The Way Of Japan: Banking
The cultural differences between Japan and the West are extreme. Japanese culture and quasi-socialist economic structure determined the path of the Japanese banking crisis and its aftermath. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Group shares tumble as Uber prices IPO at lower end
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group ... Uber’s listing is the most anticipated IPO since Facebook Inc’s market debut seven years ago, and the world’s largest ... ( read original story ...)
Coe declines to say more publicly on Caster Semenya ruling
YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Officials of track and field's world governing body -- the IAAF -- said before a news conference on Friday in Japan that president Sebastian Coe would not comment further on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy likely shrank in first quarter on weak domestic demand, exports: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy likely contracted slightly in the first quarter as corporate and consumer spending weakened, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Exports also deteriorated amid trade ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, under a new emperor, still can’t put to rest its wartime ghosts
and that Japan’s population decline will stimulate new business opportunities. But Japan Inc remains a closed shop, in Abe’s cabinet. A woman cannot ascend the throne, though there are only three ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese gardens to rival Kyoto’s
OKUIZUMO, Japan -- The Adachi Museum of Art in Japan's western prefecture of Shimane is little-known, but its garden is something of a superstar -- at least among aficionados of traditional ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Aso says hopes U.S., China will resolve trade row
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Friday expressed hope that Washington and Beijing will resolve their trade dispute in a constructive manner through dialogue. “We must closely ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka tour, Japan: Neon charms in Shinsekai, Osaka’s former fun park
The Yarite Baba runs the business and pays a percentage to the yakuza who control the area. The area has a strange beauty in the light but the collision of history and reality leaves me with mixed ... ( read original story ...)