The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel last week filed a WARN notice with the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations saying 110 of the hotel’s 114 employees will be laid off Nov. 30 “due to sa ... ( read original story ...)
DFA nixes sale of PH property in Japan
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday rejected proposals for the Philippine government to sell five pieces of prime property in Japan with the proceeds supposedly to be used for the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo now wants Okinawa to be pillaged for sand for U.S. base
The central government plans to extract so much sand to continue a contentious land reclamation project for a U.S. military base that alarm bells are now ringing about the likely adverse affects the ... ( read original story ...)
New Hotel with Stunning Views of Osaka Bay Opens
After being operated as The Westin Awaji Island and managed by Yumebutai Co., Ltd. and Marriott International Inc. for 20 years, Nikko Hotels rebrands ... ( read original story ...)
History’s Headlines: When the war ended
On the morning of August 6, 1945, many newspaper readers in the Lehigh Valley and around the world had one question: when would Japan surrender and World War II finally ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and Russia: Sharing a view of the West
There are striking affinities between Japan and Russia, noticeable even before either country was fully aware of the other. Both were backward by 19th-cent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ex-PM Abe visits controversial Tokyo shrine
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression.Abe's visit ... ( read original story ...)
Hontiveros urges DFA: Press Japan on rescue of Filipino seafarers
"Our government should sustain the fight by persuading the Japanese government to not only continue and expand [search and rescue] operations but also, if possible, to allow other countries such as ... ( read original story ...)
One Concern Raises $15M, Expands Business to Japan
After acquiring the AI company Datmo in January, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company has a multi-year agreement with Japan’s second-largest property insurer to sell in Japan and to the private sector ... ( read original story ...)
Enjoy frozen beer gelato at Westland Farm near Yokota
You can find a slice of farm life nestled in the Nishitama district of western Tokyo, not far from Yokota Air Base and the home of U.S. Forces Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan weather agency pulls ads from site after 1 day due to inappropriate content
Japan's weather agency has yanked ads from its website just a day after debuting them due to a stream of inappropriate adverts appearing. ( read original story ...)
Execs Behind Sony’s Brad Pitt Action Film ‘Bullet Train’ Explain Why More Japanese Adaptations Are Heading to Hollywood
When Brad Pitt signed on in August to star in director David Leitch's upcoming action thriller Bullet Train, it gave Yuma Terada and Ryosuke Saegusa, co-founders of startup Japanese rights management ... ( read original story ...)
Brainstorm Announces Grant of a New Japanese Patent for NurOwn®
PRNewswire/ -- Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese-American who served in Army during World War II receives Honor Salute
Nelson Akagi, a World War II Army veteran and Congressional Gold Medal recipient, was recognized during an Honor Salute ceremony. He was a college student when Pearl Harbor was attacked, went on to ... ( read original story ...)
Big in Japan: UK announces first major post-Brexit trade deal
Brexit trade agreement -- a deal with Japan -- as its negotiations with the European Union become increasingly fractious. ( read original story ...)
Fukuoka court holds local gov’t responsible for worker’s asbestos exposure in Japan first
In a ruling lawyers say is the first of its kind in Japan to assign responsibility for the management of asbestos in buildings to a muni ... ( read original story ...)