Tag: sapporo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core machinery orders tumbled in December at the fastest pace in more than three years and companies expect orders to rise only marginally in January-March, raising concerns that recent gains in capital expenditure will taper off. ( read original story ...)

In the case of Sapporo, the largest city in the northernmost island of Hokkaido, one such symbol is virtual songstress Hatsune Miku. While Miku's a pretty big deal across all of Japan, she has special significance to Sapporo, which is where the company ... ( read original story ...)

It is a marriage made in Heaven for cute-obsessed Japan: this Valentine's Day, lovers can present the object of their affection with a world first -- naturally bright pink chocolate. The KitKat store in the glitzy shopping area of Ginza in Tokyo is a riot ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has held off Korea 4-1 for its first Olympic victory in women's hockey, with Hanae Kubo and Shoko Ono each scoring in the first period. Japan came into its third Olympics winless, but it has the ninth-ranked team in the world and is tops in Asia ... ( read original story ...)

A rising yen, which tends to push down Japan’s import prices and depress exporters’ earnings, took the gloss off an otherwise respectable report on the world’s third-largest economy. The GDP data comes after news that Abe’s government has decided ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display Inc reported on Wednesday a fourth consecutive quarterly net loss, as its slow adoption of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology resulted in fewer orders from its largest client, Apple Inc. The liquid crystal ... ( read original story ...)

(ASIA NEWS NETWORK/THE JAPAN NEWS) - More foreign tourists have been visting Umaiya, a long-established shop selling takoyaki octopus balls in Kita Ward, Osaka, since it was featured in the 2016 Kyoto and Osaka Michelin Guide. It was the first time ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Robust consumer spending drove Japan’s economy to eight straight quarters of growth in October-December, its longest continuous expansion since the 1980s bubble economy, and evidence that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan’s economy grew at a slower than expected 0.5 per cent annual pace in the October-December quarter, as strong exports failed to fully compensate for relatively weak domestic demand. The preliminary data released Wednesday show Japan has ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Since Toru Hashimoto was elected Osaka governor in January 2008 and subsequently launched a reform drive, the prefecture has turned its debt-heavy public finances around to achieve budget surpluses. Some experts, however, downplay the recovery as ... ( read original story ...)

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will benefit from a fresh batch of International Olympic Committee (IOC) reforms, despite having already slashed their initial budget by roughly $2.5 billion, the IOC said on Tuesday. The Games ... ( read original story ...)

After years of delays, the process of moving Tokyo's world-famous Tsukiji fish market is on track, the city's governor said Tuesday, pledging the site's spirit would not be lost. The grey utilitarian complex at Toyosu is a far cry from the gritty ... ( read original story ...)

It's been in operation in Surrey, B.C., since 2003. What he's talking about is a desire from large international brewing companies like Anheuser-Busch InBev or Japan's Sapporo to acquire smaller breweries in order to regain the market share they've lost. ( read original story ...)

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Japanese short track speed skater Kei Saito failed an out-of-competition doping test on the day of his arrival in Pyeongchang and has been expelled from the Winter Olympics, Japan team officials said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

The news agency said Japan’s Olympic Committee scheduled a Tuesday morning press conference to talk about the test results. It is Saito’s first Olympics. His sister, Hitomi, is also on Japan’s short-track speed skating team. Saito’s profile on the ... ( read original story ...)

PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA – Sapporo is looking to pare down its planned $4 billion bid to host the 2026 Winter Games in line with the International Olympic Committee’s emphasis on cost-efficiency, Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto said Monday. “We are on the ... ( read original story ...)