SINGAPORE - More than 90 per cent of Japanese companies in Singapore will maintain their present operations or have plans to expand their operations in Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Questions remain over effectiveness of Japan’s carbon pricing policy
The Japanese government has decided to introduce a new policy to tackle global warming: carbon pricing. It's a decarbonization effort by asking compan ...
Final version of film on ex-PM Abe’s suspected assassin opens to early queue in Nagoya
People lined up here on the weekend for the first screening of the completed version of a film depicting Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect arres ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Celtic on the verge of signing league’s best player after five-word Postecoglou comment
Celtic appear to be closing in on signing Yokohama F. Marinos ace Tomoki Iwata with a January deal now expected. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida to Replace Reconstruction Minister Akiba – NHK
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will replace reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba with former financial services agency minister Tatsuya Ito, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. Akiba would be the fourth minister to be let go from the cabinet of Kishida, ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda dismisses near-term chance of exiting easy policy
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday brushed aside the chance of a near-term exit from ultra-loose monetary policy but voiced hope that intensifying labor shortages will prod firms to raise wages. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s LNG Buyers Check How Insurance Halt Will Affect Supplies
Japan’s buyers of Russian liquefied natural gas are assessing how imminent changes to shipping insurance — triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine — will affect supplies from the key Sakhalin-2 project in Russia’s Far East. ( read original story ...)
China carries out military exercises near Taiwan and Japan, sending 47 aircraft across Taiwan Strait in ‘strike drill’
China sent 47 aircraft across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, its largest incursion into Taiwan's air defense zone in recent months, as Beijing steps-up efforts to normalize aggressive military operations around the self-ruled island. ( read original story ...)
Japan Photo Journal: Shinto priests dust off Nagoya shrine buildings for new year
Shinto priests dust off the main hall of Atsuta Jingu shrine using bamboo grass in an annual cleanup ritual ahead of the new year in Nagoya's Atsuta W ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama police sergeant resigns after getting caught drunk riding amid clampdown
Kanagawa Prefectural Police announced that a 47-year-old male sergeant was punished on Dec. 23 for riding a motorbike under the influence ... ( read original story ...)
Cong Phuong signs for J-League 1 side Yokohama FC
VOV.VN - J-League 1 Football Club Yokohama has signed a two-year contract with Vietnamese football star Nguyen Cong Phuong to play for the 2023 season, Yokohama announced on December 25. ( read original story ...)
Batik Air to launch flights from KLIA to Sapporo, Osaka next month
Batik Air, formerly Malindo Air, will be launching flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Sapporo and Osaka via Taipei from Jan 3 and Jan 20 next year respectively. ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares track Wall Street gains, financials weigh
Japanese shares rose on Monday, tracking Wall Street's strength in the previous session, with heavyweight technology and energy stocks leading the gains, while a pullback in banks and insurers weighed ...
Japan firms to stop insuring ships in all Russian waters, Nikkei reports
Three Japanese insurance companies will stop insuring ships for damage in all Russian waters due to the war in Ukraine, potentially affecting Japan's energy imports including liquefied natural gas ...
Japan minister signs clean energy cooperation document during Saudi visit
Saudi Arabia and Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on Sunday in the fields of the circular carbon economy, carbon recycling, clean hydrogen and fuel ammonia, the Saudi energy ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Japan firm to expand in LIMA Estate–AIC
Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC), the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz Group, and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza), signed an agreement with Kurabe Industrial Philippines. The Japanese ... ( read original story ...)