Tokyo stocks closed higher Thursday with exporters buoyed by a sharp drop in the yen and following a record close on Wall Street. Returning from a public holiday, Tokyo traders picked up a positive lead from New York where the Dow and S&P 500 finished at ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo hit by first November snow in 54 years
[TOKYO] The Japanese capital of Tokyo on Thursday was hit by its first November snow in 54 years, slowing rush hour trains as residents slogged to work wearing heavy coats and boots in a city far more accustomed to earthquakes than to snow. The last time ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Shares open higher on weak yen
[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursday with investor sentiment boosted by the yen's drop to seven-month lows against the US dollar. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.99 per cent, or 179.95 points, to 18,342.89 in the first few minutes of ... ( read original story ...)
Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo Opens Renovated Sky Lounge "Aurora" on December 7
Providing Customers with Spectacular Tokyo City Views from the 160 Meter High 45 th Floor TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (KPH), one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, is currently renovating its ... ( read original story ...)
Good Business Hotels Tokyo
Romancing Good business hotels tokyo History - A Family holiday for RajasthanRajasthan, the name evokes myriad impressions -- a great intricate tapestry in colour, sound and smell the aromas of. Romancing History - A Vacation on RajasthanRajasthan, the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Day 1: Travel to Tokyo
Today I set off on a trip to Tokyo to see the Tokyo DisneySea 15th Anniversary & Tokyo Disney Resort Christmas festivities. My day started with a pre-dawn wake up call and drive to LAX. After parking and a shuttle ride we arrived at Delta One check-in ... ( read original story ...)
This is what it’s like to visit Tokyo’s famous Robot Restaurant
The Robot Restaurant in Tokyo, Japan is one of the most unique shows in the world. The cabaret-style show has live music, dancing, singing, and, of course, robots. Follow BI Video: On Twitter ( read original story ...)
Canada’s next trade pact should focus on Japan and India
Here’s the case for making the emerging Japan-India axis the cornerstone of Canada’s Asia policy. First the economics. India is Asia’s emerging high-growth economy and population behemoth. China is increasingly yesterday’s story, with its economy ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic champion skater Hanyu dominates men's short program at NHK Trophy
SAPPORO, Japan -- Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu recorded a season-best score to dominate the men's short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday. Skating to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy," the defending champion from Japan stumbled on the landing of his opening ... ( read original story ...)
Japan protests Russia missile deployment on disputed islands
Japan has told Russia the deployment of missiles on disputed islands in the Pacific is "deplorable", Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, ahead of talks aimed at resolving a decades-old territorial spat. The positioning of coastal defence missiles on two ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo hit with first November snowfall in over 50 years
Tokyo residents woke up Thursday to the first November snowfall in more than 50 years. And the Japan Meteorological Agency said it was the first time fallen snow on the ground was observed in November since such records started to be taken in 1875. An ... ( read original story ...)
An Identity Lost in Post-War Japan Took 67 Years to Reclaim
At a public bath in a Yokohama slum in the 1950s, a red-haired girl scrubs her skin with a pumice stone, hard, to try to get the white out. Other kids sometimes taunt her. "American, American." She yells back, "I'm Japanese!" She is told she was abandoned. ( read original story ...)
Japan October consumer prices continue slide, yen falls may help BOJ
TOKYO Japan's core consumer prices marked their eighth straight month of annual declines in October, illustrating the sheer scale of the central bank's struggle to beat deflation and stagnant growth with diminishing policy options. The data will keep ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Japanese Prices Continue to Fall
TOKYO-Japanese consumer prices fell again in October, but deflationary pressure showed some signs of softening-a positive development for beleaguered central bankers. The core consumer price index slipped 0.4% from a year earlier in October, adjusted for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Oct consumer prices continue slide, yen falls may help BOJ
The data will keep policymakers under pressure to do more to stimulate the economy, with fiscal spending likely the more preferred option as three years of aggressive easing by the Bank of Japan failed to accelerate inflation to its 2 percent target. ( read original story ...)
Japan Display Said Close to a Bailout
Nov.24 -- Japan Display is said to be close to winning a bailout from INCJ worth nearly $900M. Bloomberg's Yuji Nakamura reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." ( read original story ...)