TOKYO (Reuters) - International financial crime-fighting group Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will start discussions later this month on introducing binding rules governing cryptocurrency exchanges, a Japanese government official familiar with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan wanted Kim Jong Un to pledge to reopen issue of Cold War-era abductions. Trump says, ‘It’s going to be worked on.’
We didn’t put it down in the document, but it’s going to be worked on,” Trump said in the news conference after the summit. North Korea has claimed the abduction issue has been “resolved” and accused Japan of trying to disrupt its attempts at ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | For world, Trump-Kim summit raises cautious hope for peace
TOKYO— Cheers in South Korea and a one-page “extra” edition of a Japanese newspaper have greeted the unprecedented summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Trump became the first sitting American president to meet a North Korean leader Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka produces first-round fightback as Vandeweghe makes winning start
Naomi Osaka was forced to come from behind in her first match of the grass-court season as she beat Sachia Vickery in three sets at the Nottingham Open. Osaka has enjoyed a breakthrough year, defeating Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Karolina Pliskova ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: man freed after 45 years on death row could go back to jail
Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters A Japanese man who was freed in 2014 after spending 45 ... “It is all lies,” he said, according to Kyodo news. His 85-year-old sister, Hideko, who has campaigned to prove her brother’s innocence, said the high court ruling ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Says Airbnb Had Plenty of Warning About New Licensing Law
TOKYO—The Japan Tourism Agency on Monday defended its handling of a new law that has led to thousands of Airbnb cancellations, saying the U.S. company had ample warning that unlicensed hosts wouldn’t be permitted to operate starting June 15. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to build eco-friendly ‘solar roads’ ahead of 2020 Olympics
The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to introduce "solar roads" that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of the roads. The effort is aimed at promoting Tokyo as an eco-friendly city, both domestically and abroad ... ( read original story ...)
Mercari chases growth overseas with $1.2 billion IPO, Japan’s biggest this year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese flea market app operator Mercari Inc’s IPO is raising up to $1.2 billion in the nation’s biggest such share sale so far this year, as the firm seeks to replicate its domestic success overseas, especially in the money-losing U ... ( read original story ...)
Japan core machinery orders rebound, signal capex recovery intact
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core machinery orders in April jumped the most since the start of 2016, reversing the prior month’s decline and raising some hopes for durable growth in capital expenditure seen as crucial for a recovery in the economy after a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo looks to entice foreign tourists to spend, enjoy nightlife
Businesses in Tokyo are looking to get foreign visitors spending their time and cash on the city's wide-ranging nightlife options. Travel agencies are arranging special events for foreign tourists such as Japanese taiko drum performances, while hotels are ... ( read original story ...)
In Mahathir’s Malaysia, Japan is back amid doubts over Chinese funding
“With the comeback of Tun Dr Mahathir, I’m sure our industries will be very delighted to think positively of their engagement with Malaysia and its industries,” Makio Miyagawa, Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia told state news agency Bernama. ( read original story ...)
Sunrays Hitting The Road Can Generate Power. Tokyo Shows How
The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to take the initiative in introducing the new technologies of "solar roads" that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of roads and "power-generating floors" that generate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Plans To Release Tons Of Radioactive Waste Into The Pacific Ocean
Interviewed by Japan News Agency, an unnamed official declared that “in order to advance the decommissioning, the number of tanks should be decreased at an early date”. Since 2011, the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant has been leaking small amounts ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly stabbing on Japan bullet train
a local police spokesman told AFP news agency. Mr Kojima told police he had picked victims at random and had been armed with "multiple bladed objects" on the train, Japanese broadcaster NHK reports. Witnesses said passengers were in tears as they attempted ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Yakuza boss extorted former gang member
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a yakuza boss over the alleged extortion of a former gang member last year, reports TBS News (June 6). In July, Yoshinori Hirabayashi, the 72-year-old chairman of a gang affiliated with the Kobe ... ( read original story ...)
Hopes this week’s Trump-Kim summit will stem the tide of North Korean ghost ships washing ashore in Japan
On a desolate stretch of Japan's north-western coast lies a wrecked, wooden fishing boat with weather-beaten Korean characters near the bow. 'Ghost ships' are so named because they often appear on beaches empty, or only with skeletal remains In the last ... ( read original story ...)