Japan and South Korea are large exporters of products such as chips and smartphone displays. An escalated trade fight between the two could be bad news for the global technology industry and consumers ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea accuses Japan of ‘lukewarm’ stand on North Korea sanctions
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - Relations between U.S. allies South Korea and Japan deteriorated on Tuesday with South Korea questioning Japan's commitment to U.N. sanctions against North Korea, while a South ... ( read original story ...)
Samsung, SK Hynix ask Korean firm to boost chemicals supply amid Japanese curbs
The move by the two chipmakers to secure supplies of hydrogen fluoride comes after Japan said earlier this month that it would tighten curbs on exports of high-tech materials used in smartphone ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands of Tokyo commuters told to work from home to avoid Olympic crush
Twenty million train rides are taken daily in the Tokyo. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of employees in Tokyo will work from home for two weeks as part of a trial of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan trade minister blasts South Korea for ‘mistaken’ explanation after bilateral meeting
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko said on Tuesday it was "regrettable" that the South Korean government had made what he said was an erroneous explanation after the two sides ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Cites ‘National Security’ in Free Trade Crackdown. Sound Familiar?
“If the investigation concludes that our government has done nothing wrong, Japan should immediately withdraw its retaliatory export restrictions,” Kim You-geun, a senior South Korean national ... ( read original story ...)
Hakuho suffers first defeat in Nagoya; Kakuryu remains unbeaten
NAGOYA - Hakuho suffered his first loss of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, as fellow yokozuna Kakuryu kept his spotless record to take the sole lead. In the penultimate match of Day 9 at ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe’s ruling bloc set for solid upper house win: polls
Similar polls taken by other media outlets, including the Kyodo news agency, showed support for ... bloc and other smaller parties including the Japan Innovation Party, which support ... ( read original story ...)
An American ninja in Nagoya
Making their debut in 2015, the troupe holds weekend performances at Nagoya Castle, drawing crowds of local visitors and overseas tourists with gravity-defying stunts, martial arts and swordsmanship. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-South Korea feud deepens with disputed accounts of trade meeting
told reporters as he was leaving Japan on Saturday. In response, Iwamatsu, director of METI's trade control policy division, told a hastily arranged news conference: "We've checked the record of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese space probe makes another landing on asteroid
The Hayabusa2 space probe on Thursday successfully completed a second landing on the asteroid Ryugu after its first landing in February, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said. ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo lodges protest amid South Korea row
Feuding Japan and South Korea have traded further barbs, with Tokyo accusing Seoul of mischaracterising earlier ... to withdraw the export curbs in the Friday talks, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported ... ( read original story ...)
Japan export curbs on South Korea may widen rift over wartime labor compensation
A survey by the Japan News Network (JNN) released this week showed that 58% of voters backed the export curbs, compared with 24% who were opposed. But the top issues in the election are worries ... ( read original story ...)
Japan firm says US$32 million missing in cryptocurrency hack
Remixpoint said its subsidiary BITPoint Japan discovered overnight that about 3.5 billion yen ($32.3 million) in various digital currencies had gone missing from its management. The apparent hack was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan crypto exchange loses US$32 million of virtual money
TOKYO -- A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has reported a hack causing the loss of 3.5 billion yen, or US$32 million, worth of virtual money. Tokyo-based Remixpoint, which runs the BITPoint exchange ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan, S.Korea officials meet amid flap
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The Latest on a trade spat between South Korea and Japan (all times local): 3 p.m. Japanese and South Korean officials are meeting in Tokyo to discuss Japan's tightening of ... ( read original story ...)