Moon met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday shortly after a three-way meeting in Tokyo with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. A Japanese official says Moon and Abe agreed to work together to figure out the necessary steps for North Korea to give up ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Toyota reports improved quarterly profit despite incentives
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is reporting its quarterly profit rose 21 percent as cost cuts and booming sales in some markets offset the damage from higher U.S. incentives. Toyota, which makes the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models, on ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Leaders of Japan, China, SKorea hold talks focused on NKorea
TOKYO (AP) — The rapidly evolving situation on the Korean Peninsula and U.S. threats to free trade were likely agenda items as China, Japan and South Korea sat down Wednesday for their first trilateral summit in more than two years. The meeting comes ... ( read original story ...)
Leaders of Japan, China, SKorea agree to co-operate on NKorea
"We must lead the ongoing momentum toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and achieve peace and stability in Northeast Asia," Abe told a joint news conference in Tokyo. Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura said the ... ( read original story ...)
Leaders of Japan, China, SKorea hold talks focused on NKorea
TOKYO — South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Japan on Wednesday to join leaders from Japan and China in a summit that is expected to focus on North Korea's nuclear program and on improving the sometimes-frayed ties among the three northeast ... ( read original story ...)
China, Japan and South Korea highlight unity amid North Korea moves
TOKYO (Reuters) - The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo on Wednesday in a powerful gesture of solidarity against the backdrop of historic diplomatic moves by North Korea and a push for the isolated country to give up its nuclear weapons. ( read original story ...)
Japan real wages rise in positive sign for consumption
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese workers’ inflation-adjusted real wages rose for the first time in four months in March, government data showed, in a sign of a gradual increase in salaries that should help stimulate consumer spending. The data will be ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japanese drug maker Takeda to buy Ireland’s Shire
TOKYO — Japanese drugmaker Takeda has agreed to buy Shire ... The share price in both companies rose on the news — Shire’s by 4 percent to 40.16 pounds, and Takeda’s by the same rate to 4,638 yen. Takeda obtained a $31 billion bridge loan to ... ( read original story ...)
2020 Olympics could paralyse Tokyo’s subway, study warns
Tokyo’s subway system is famed for its cleanliness and efficiency but also its carriage-busting crowds, and a crush of visitors for the 2020 Olympics could paralyse it, a new study has warned. Professor Azuma Taguchi of Tokyo’s Chuo University used a ... ( read original story ...)
2020 Olympics could paralyse Tokyo’s famed subway, study warns
Tokyo's subway system is famed for its cleanliness and efficiency but also its carriage-busting crowds, and a crush of visitors for the 2020 Olympics could paralyse it, a new study has warned. Professor Azuma Taguchi of Tokyo's Chuo University used a ... ( read original story ...)
Three Members of μ’s will Join “Love Live! Sch- Fes Thanksgiving Festival” in Osaka as Special Guests
Go! Shan-Shan Land in Osaka" as special guests. The nine-member VA unit for the first Love Live! anime series held their "final" concert back in March 2016 and it has been very rare for its members to appear in the real Love Live!-related events since then. ( read original story ...)
Japan and North Korea should talk, South Korea’s Moon says
"If Japan-North Korea relations are normalized ... A high-ranking North Korean official visited the Chinese city of Dalian this week, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said on Tuesday, citing multiple anonymous sources. The North Korean official flew ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s Moon says Japan, North Korea should talk: Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and North Korea should begin talks to normalize relations between the two countries and contribute to peace and stability in the region, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told a Japanese newspaper on Tuesday. "In particular ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Gold Reports High-Grade Gold in Grab Samples from the Kitano-o Gold District, Ikutahara Project, North Hokkaido, Japan
891–930. Qualified Person The technical information in this news release has been reviewed by Japan Gold’s President & Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Mike Andrews, PhD, FAusIMM, who is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. ( read original story ...)
Geoff Collins, Temple players heading to Japan to teach football
In an effort to grow the game of football, Temple coach Geoff Collins is heading to Japan to lead a handful of clinics. And he’s bringing some of his players with him. Eight players — seniors Michael Dogbe, Frank Nutile and Jaelin Robinson, juniors ... ( read original story ...)
Woman enters ring at traditional bullfighting event for the first time in Japan
NAGAOKA, Japan- A woman was allowed to enter the ring at a traditional bullfighting event in Nagaoka, for the first time on Friday — marking a change to the customary practice of only permitting men into the ring. The organizers of the event, which is ... ( read original story ...)