New Delhi: French asronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared a very beautiful picture of Nagoya, capital of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, taken during night time. He has shared the image with his social ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber : AND THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS ARE TEAMMATES FOR THE 8TH STRAIGHT YEAR
Release date- 13042017 - SANTA ANA, CA - Baseball's back and so is Yokohama Tire Corporation's (YTC) longtime sponsorship of the Los Angeles Angels. This is the eighth consecutive season in which YTC is a sponsor of the American League West team. ( read original story ...)
North Korea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles, Japanese PM warns
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan, as international concern mounted that a missile or nuclear test by the authoritarian state could be imminent. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo futures set for weekly decline of nearly 7 pct
FUNDAMENTALS * The Tokyo Commodity Exchange rubber contract for September delivery had fallen 1 yen to 222 yen per kg by 0014 GMT. * For the top stories in the rubber market and other news, click or MARKET NEWS * Oil prices were little changed in modest ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Fine Sinter says listing on Nagoya Stock Exchange Second Section
* Says its stock will begin listing on Nagoya Stock Exchange Second Section on April 20 Source text in Japanese:goo.gl/4J5VQ0 Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops raid yakuza HQ in Nagoya over ¥3 million extortion
Tokyo police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Kodo-kai as a part of an investigation into the extortion of an elderly man out of nearly three million yen (Fuji News Network ... located in Nagoya’s Nakamura Ward, in search of evidence connected ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM: N. Korea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Thursday that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan, as international concern mounted that a missile or nuclear test by the authoritarian state could be imminent ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. wants trade to dominate economic talks with Japan – source
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Thursday, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is seeking to fend off U.S. pressure to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM: NKorea may be capable of sarin-loaded missiles
Japan, under its postwar constitution ... Follow Mari Yamaguchi on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/mariyamaguchi Find her work at AP News https://www.apnews.com/search/mari%20yamaguchi ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks down after Trump voices forex concerns
"Investors of Japanese equities are in the process of testing where the bottom would be," he told Bloomberg News. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.68 percent, or 125.77 points, to end the day at 18,426.84, while the Topix index of all first ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM says North Korea may be capable of firing missiles loaded with sarin
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that North Korea may be capable of firing a missile loaded with sarin nerve gas toward Japan. Abe's comments Thursday to a parliamentary panel on national security and diplomacy come amid looming concern about ... ( read original story ...)
Yukio Kanao Named General Manager for the Imperial Hotel Tokyo
Japan's 127 year-old Imperial Hotel, Ltd. has announced the appointment of Yukio Kanao as General Manager of the Tokyo flagship Imperial Hotel, effective April 1, 2017. Kanao was formerly Deputy General Manager of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and Senior ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops search for woman suspected in ¥840,000 fraud
Tokyo police are searching for a woman (Fuji News Network) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police are seeking the help of the public in locating a woman suspected in the swindling of an elderly person in Kita Ward out of nearly one million yen earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Nomura targets younger generation as demographic crunch looms
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nomura Holdings Inc aims to leverage its access to about 1.6 million members of employee stock ownership plans to tap a new generation of customers as its client base grays. The country's largest brokerage is ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops nab sushi chef in molestation of 8-year-old girl
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a sushi chef in the molestation of a young girl in Edogawa Ward last month, reports TBS News (Apr. 12). On the afternoon of March 7, Noritatsu Kino, 51, stopped the girl, 8, as she commuted home on a road in the ward ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower on yen's strength after Trump's remarks on dollar
TOKYO, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday on the yen's continued appreciation against the U.S. dollar following U.S. President Donald Trump warning that the dollar was getting too strong. As of 9:15 a.m. here, the 225-issue Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)