Japan Post Bank is slowly returning to the U.S. bond market after yields spiked following the U.S. election, although the bank sees yields rising further later this year, its chief investment officer said. The Japanese bank is starting to rebuild its ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese curling teams off to winning start at Sapporo Asiad
SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese women's team overcame Chinese Taipei 20-2 in their first match at the Sapporo Winter Asian Games here on Saturday. China, silver medalist in the Pacific-Asia Championships in 2016, did not give their ... ( read original story ...)
Desert to ice: Qatar takes on curling at Asian Winter Games
SAPPORO, Japan - For members of Qatar women's curling team, just about everything is a new experience. Curling, a sport that has links with medieval Scotland and is more suited to the Canadian prairies, has taken a small foothold in the Middle East. Just ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo Clinical Laboratory Inc 9776 Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review [Updated: 13012017] Prices from USD $300
Pharmacy is the science and technique of preparing as well as dispensing drugs and medicines. It is a health profession that links health sciences with chemical sciences and aims to ensure the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs. The scope of ... ( read original story ...)
Robot probes show Japan reactor cleanup worse than expected
TOKYO - Robot probes sent to one of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactors have suggested worse-than-anticipated challenges for the plant's ongoing cleanup. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the remote-controlled "scorpion" robot was ... ( read original story ...)
ISS astronauts harvest its fifth crop 'Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage' on space station!
Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage leaves harvested aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA New Delhi: Astronauts, who are currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), are harvesting their fifth on-orbit crop of Chinese cabbage on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo bets on lighter frigates, plans to double E. China Sea naval build-up – reports
... ton class patrol ships a year instead of one heavier 5,000-ton class destroyer which Tokyo produces annually, three informed sources told Taiwan-based Central News Agency. Japan’s cabinet approves record $43.6bn military budget amid tensions with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo seniors gamble time away in Vegas-style care centre
An elderly daycare centre in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, Day Service Las Vegas, has adopted a winning formula to keep its residents entertained with casino-style games, such as poker and pachinko slot machines. "This place is the best. They have games. ( read original story ...)
Canada’s best divers in Calgary to compete in national championships
The country’s top divers are in Calgary to compete in a national meet this weekend as they prepare for a number of upcoming world events, including the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Winter National Diving Championships get underway on Friday at ... ( read original story ...)
RUBBER-Tokyo futures prices after evening session February 17
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Tokyo Institute of Technology Partners with DDN on TSUBAME3.0 to Build Forward-Looking, AI and Big Data Computing Infrastructure
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DataDirect Networks (DDN ®) today announced that the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has selected DDN as its strategic storage infrastructure provider for the new TSUBAME3.0 supercomputing system. ( read original story ...)
Time to Repair Tokyo-Seoul Ties
Japan’s ambassador to Seoul remains in Tokyo since he was recalled in early January in protest over the erection of a statue symbolizing the wartime “comfort women” in front of the Japanese consulate general in Busan in late December, as Tokyo says ... ( read original story ...)
S&P downgrade warning sends Toshiba shares falling
TOKYO — S&P Global Inc said in a report on Friday it could cut its rating of Toshiba Corp credit by several notches should the Japanese firm receive financial support that includes debt restructuring, sending Toshiba stock down 9 percent. S&P rates ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas : Gas Sales in January 2017
With the data of March 2017 being the last, the monthly gas sales volume will no longer be released to the public. Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. published this content on 16 February 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. 2016 KYOCERA ... ( read original story ...)
Top Tokyo, Osaka hotels see occupancy rates slip
Osaka hotels tend to rely more on holiday guests than their Tokyo counterparts. Though these overall occupancy rates remained high at more than 80%, the hotels faced a challenge from the sharp increase in the supply of rooms as business hotel construction ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's thoroughly modern MBA monk
TOKYO -- Japan's striking combination of the ancient and modern may be an obvious cliche to old hands. But, to the visitor, its essential truth is undeniable. As one walks around Tokyo, the two most ubiquitous structures are convenience stores and shrines. ( read original story ...)