Yokohama Rubber Prague plant will close by June 2025 as part of a strategy to optimize off-highway tire manufacturing. ( read original story ...)
Only 4 of Tokyo’s 23 wards with street smoking bans fine heated tobacco users
Only four of Tokyo's 23 wards ban street smoking of both traditional cigarettes and heated tobacco products and impose fines for violations, ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei ends higher as markets assess Trump’s tariff delay
Japan's Nikkei share average ended higher in volatile trading on Tuesday, as investors found comfort in the possibility of a delay in tariff implementation by U.S. President Donald Trump.
JGB Yields Edge Lower; Trump’s Inauguration Speech Not Seen as Destabilizing
JGB yields edged lower in the Tokyo session as markets digested Trump’s inauguration speech. “Trump held off on day-one tariffs,” senior Japan rates strategists at SMBC Nikko Securities said.
Ensign sells out of Japan tour after winning first place on terrestrial music shows for the first time.
Group n.SSign has sold out consecutive Japanese performances, following its first No. 1 ranking in music broadcasts. On the 18th, Ensign performed its third ... ( read original story ...)
Large fire breaks out in Japan’s Osaka near tourist landmark, live images show
A large fire broke out in a commercial building near a famous tourist landmark, Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka in western Japan, local TV footage showed on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Fire breaks out near major tourist landmark in Osaka
A massive fire erupted in a commercial building near the famous Tsutenkaku Tower, a popular tourist landmark in Osaka in western Japan, according to local TV footage on Tuesday. More follows The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan top business lobby urges Trump to promote investment with US
The head of Japan's biggest business lobby on Tuesday urged the U.S. administration under the newly inaugurated President Donald Trum ... ( read original story ...)
Dozens of firms pull ads from Japanese network over sex scandal linked to its staff and celebrity
Dozens of major Japanese companies have pulled their commercials from broadcaster Fuji Television amid allegations company officials tried to cover up a sex scandal involving one of the country’s most ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporean actress Jeanette Aw returns to Japan for a string of patisserie pop-ups
Aw, who is best known for playing the lead character in the hit Channel 8 period drama The Little Nyonya (2008) and will return for a cameo in the spin-off series Emerald Hill set to premiere in March ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top FX diplomat warns against speculative bets on yen
Japan is closely watching currency market positions, including those built on speculative bets, because volatility in exchange rates is undesirable, its top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said on ... ( read original story ...)
Coupang Eats launches first overseas delivery service in Tokyo
Coupang Eats launched its first overseas service, a food delivery pilot in Tokyo, after withdrawing from Japan in 2023. ( read original story ...)
The President Is a Crypto Billionaire
Donald Trump’s new token is making the crypto industry uneasy.
XRP Price Jumps. The Crypto Has Rallied 500% Since Trump’s Win.
XRP price rose early Monday amid crypto optimism around Donald Trump’s return to the White House.The price of the popular altcoin is up 8.7% over the last 24 hours to last trade at $3.33, according to CoinDesk data.
Japan’s Top FX Diplomat Warns of Impact of Weak Yen on Real Wages
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said on Tuesday a weak yen would push up inflation by boosting import costs, stressing the need to underpin consumption by turning real ...
Kato: Japan to respond appropriately after examining new US President’s policies
Japan’s Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Tuesday that “Japan to respond appropriately after examining new US President’s policies.” Will closely monitor impact of US policies on world economy, Japan ...