Japan Airlines will introduce a new breathalyser system at overseas airports after one of its pilots was arrested at Heathrow Airport for being drunk. Katsutoshi Jitsukawa was arrested last month afte... ( read original story ...)
Why large-scale immigration would be bad for Japan
Is Japan about to follow the countries of Western Europe and North America and morph into a full-blown multicultural society? Until recently that would have seemed an unlikely scenario ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka prostitution service masqueraded as dating business
OSAKA (TR) – Last week, Osaka Prefectural Police arrested 24 persons in the bust of a dating service operating Osaka City that was in actuality providing women to serve as prostitutes. Sources tell ev... ( read original story ...)
Japan regional banks’ ardor for rental property loans cools
TOKYO -- Japanese regional banks are growing more cautious in lending to customers looking to build or purchase rental properties, a Nikkei survey ... aggressively. In Japan, owning rental units ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Post weighs cuts to next-day delivery
TOKYO -- Japan Post is considering reducing next-day delivery of standard mail to lighten the load on post offices facing shortages of employees to handle late-night sorting. The postal service ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei slides amid mixed trading by Asian markets
But the declines were generally less than 0.5%, including in Japan, where the Nikkei fell nearly 1% in the opening minutes of trade. The Nikkei NIK, -0.54% was last down 0.4%, with electronics and fin... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei hit by selling in banks, Apple suppliers
TOKYO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell on Thursday, with banking stocks sliding after disappointing earnings forecasts and losses in U.S. financial shares. Selling in large market cap stocks su... ( read original story ...)