Walking into the public toilet on a corner of Suido Avenue in Tokyo’s Hatagaya district is a first-class experience. The lavatories incorporate built-in bidets, heated seats, and noise-making devices ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s TeamLab Readies Renewed Digital Museum in Tokyo Mega Complex
teamLab, an international collective of artists, set a Guinness World Record by attracting more than 2 million visitors in 2019 to their Borderless museum on the Odaiba island in Tokyo Bay. The name ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo again acts as a magnet for corporate Japan
Tokyo has begun to attract businesses again as office rents continue to fall and companies' need for in-person meetings grows after the COVID pandemic. The number of companies that moved their head ... ( read original story ...)
Daisaku Ikeda, Chief Of Global Japanese Buddhist Organization Soka Gakkai, Dies At 95 In Tokyo
Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organisation, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese religious ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s largest labour union to seek worker pay hikes beyond 2024
Pedestrians walk past an electronic board displaying various companies' share prices, at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo ... ( read original story ...)
Fall is the new summer: Warming threatens Japan’s cultural calendar
According to Japan Meteorological Corp., which provides fall foliage forecasts for 700 viewing spots across the nation, this year’s peak in Sapporo didn’t arrive until Nov. 13, 16 days later than ... ( read original story ...)
Japan embraces management buyouts as pressures mount at listed groups
Management buyouts in Japan have accelerated to their fastest pace in more than a decade as shareholder activism, intensifying governance pressure and a still open window of cheap financing trigger an ...
Japan Approved To Buy 400 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
The $2.35 billion deal to purchase Block IV and V Tomahawk missiles would give Japan a new offensive punch in a restive region. ( read original story ...)
Renault won’t ago ahead with Ampere IPO if valuation too low-CEO
REUTERS/Stephane Mahe TOKYO (Reuters) - A former top Japanese financial official said on Wednesday yen weakness might be caused not only by interest rate differentials between... DUBAI (Reuters) - ...
Japan’s Daisaku Ikeda, longtime Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist leader, dies at 95
Daisaku Ikeda, who helped spread Buddhist thought around the world through Soka Gakkai - Japan's largest religious organisation and an ally of the government - has died, the organisation said on ... ( read original story ...)
Daisaku Ikeda: Influential leader of Japan’s Soka Gakkai Buddhist group dies
Daisaku Ikeda, a former leader of Japan's influential Buddhist group Soka Gakkai, has died at the age of 95. Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Hidden Gems: Check Out These 5 Places Before Everyone Does
From the shores of Iki Island to the vibrant metropolis of Tokyo, Japan is full of hidden gems. Here are five places to discover before everyone else does. ( read original story ...)
SEC Leak Reveals Sudden $17.7 Trillion Bitcoin ETF ‘Update’—Sparking Crypto Price Surge
Now, as bitcoin and crypto traders gauge a BlackRock "breakthrough," one high-profile ETF analyst has claimed leaked U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chats reveal the agency is negociating with crypto exchanges on ETF applications.
The Battle Begins In Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc
The climactic final showdown between Toman and Tenjiku takes place on Yokohama's seventh pier, with the fate of the Tokyo Manji Gang hanging in the balance. Izana Kurokawa, the leader of Tenjiku, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Still The Outlier After All These Years
The Japanese stock market is having itself a hot minute. The Nikkei 225 index, a benchmark for Japanese equities, is up nearly 30 percent so far this year.
Goldman Sachs’s Long-Standing Japan Chief Mochida Steps Down
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Japan president is stepping down after 38 years at the US investment bank, a person with knowledge of the matter said. ( read original story ...)