Japan has offered to share its expertise in supply chain management, healthcare and renewable energy with Saudi Arabia, as the kingdom seeks to wean its economic dependency on crude oil. Saudi King Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first monarch from the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei falls to 1-1/2-week low as Softbank slides, financials drag
TOKYO, March 21 Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a 1-1/2-week low on Tuesday as financial stocks underperformed after U.S. yields fell, while index-heavyweight SoftBank tumbled. The Nikkei dropped 0.3 percent to 19,455.88, the lowest closing level ... ( read original story ...)
France, Japan back free navigation in Asia-Pacific, Abe says
PARIS (Reuters) - France and Japan support a "free and open maritime order" in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said after talks with French President Francois Hollande on Monday. The message seemed aimed at China, which claims ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan helps Yokohama launch an electric car-sharing service
Choimobi Yokohama is a new round-trip car rental service that will let anyone with a driver's licence, credit card and smartphone borrow a compact electric city car. The new service, which officially launches on Friday, uses Nissan's ultra-compact New ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei falls to 1-1/2-week low as financials weaken; Softbank down
TOKYO, March 21 Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a 1-1/2-week low on Tuesday morning as financial stocks were battered after U.S. yields fell, while index-heavyweight SoftBank tumbled and weighed on the index. The Nikkei dropped 0.5 percent to 19,432 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Germany join forces on standardizing IoT innovations
HANNOVER, Germany -- Japan and Germany agreed Monday to coordinate on international standards for the "internet of things" and artificial intelligence in a collaboration that could benefit Japanese technology companies. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Russia defense chiefs eye deeper ties, divided on some issues
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese and Russian defense ministers agreed Monday to deepen bilateral cooperation in hopes of dealing with regional security challenges and to continue joint training between their nations' troops for maritime rescue and search ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Needs A Real Level Playing Field
The Japanese banking sector is taking up the domestic economic heavy lifting whilst the BOJ focuses on budget deficit monetization. All the hard work done reflating the Japanese economy since the bubble burst in the late 1980’s is now at risk from trade ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic golf club will allow women
"Should gender equality not be respected, then we would look for another venue which would ensure non-discrimination," Bach said last Friday at a news conference in South Korea. Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, welcomed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Russia bolster cooperation, urge NKorean restraint
Japan and Russia agreed Monday to step up work toward resolving a longstanding territorial dispute through cooperation in a range of areas. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, also joined in urging North ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's gamble to help Myanmar's peace process
Japan has provided incentives for all parties to cooperate ... order with the [Burmese] military everywhere dominating people's lives," Jolliffe told the Nikkei Asian Review. "At the moment, it is unclear if the Tatmadaw, or Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, are ... ( read original story ...)
Russian plate and Japanese scroll take the top spots at Tamlyns Auctioneers auction
Further included in the auction was a Japanese Scroll, which realised £7,800 after a lengthy phone battle. The scroll was a gouache picture of magpies and prunus laid onto material, and was a number of Oriental items which attracted a worldwide audience. ( read original story ...)
Luxury property market in Vietnam keeps humming along
Most of the buyers come from Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Japan or Singapore ... Or in some cases they just pay cash and buy the property straight out. The lack of transparent guidance on how the money from a future sale of the property ... ( read original story ...)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and intellectual property – an opportunity lost?
Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea. If the negotiations succeed, analysts do not think that the RCEP will include intellectual property provisions as strong as those in the TPP. But because of the primacy of place that the RCEP may assume, the RCEP's ... ( read original story ...)
Case of Japan painting theft to be concluded by early March
The case of a senior Commerce Ministry official who allegedly stole three paintings from a hotel in Japan could be finalised by early ... deputy director-general of the Department of Intellectual Property, wants five days to submit evidence and clarify ... ( read original story ...)
Justices to hear property rights dispute over family's land
Justices hear arguments Monday in a property rights case that involves a family's effort ... but happiness is declining. Japan and Russia hold talks on security, territorial dispute Japan and Russia hold talks on security, territorial dispute The foreign ... ( read original story ...)