A major leak has occurred at the Meiji water headworks, a water intake facility in the Aichi Prefecture city of Toyota, which could leave 13 ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama begins field trials of marine hoses and conveyor belts with built-in RFID
Tokyo, Japan – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has begun field trials of its marine hoses and conveyor belts with built-in RFID. The field trials, conducted with cooperation from users in Japan and ... ( read original story ...)
2-yr-old Ukrainian evacuee girl enters kindergarten in Yokohama
A 2-year-old Ukrainian evacuee girl recently entered a kindergarten in this eastern Japan city. Nataliia Muliavka, 36, and her two daughters fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine and came to Japan. ( read original story ...)
Snoopy opens his first Peanuts Cafe in Osaka at Lalaport Expocity
Japan sure has a love for Snoopy and the Peanuts gang. While there are a number of Snoopy themed attractions around the country, there hasn’t been a Peanuts Cafe in Osaka until ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei hits highest in nearly 2 weeks after Wall Street’s jump
Japan's Nikkei rose on Wednesday to its highest in nearly two weeks, with technology heavyweights leading the rally, after Wall Street closed sharply higher overnight on strong retail sales data. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s quarterly economy contracts as energy prices soar
Japan’s economy shrank at an annual rate of 1% in the first quarter, as rising prices and COVID-19 restrictions deadened spending and investment. The Cabinet Office says Japan’s real gross ... ( read original story ...)
French Open 2022: Is Naomi Osaka playing at Roland-Garros?
Former world no.1 Naomi Osaka has been a huge personality in the tennis world over the last four years both on and off the court. From winning Grand Slam majors to being a mental health crusader, the ... ( read original story ...)
Australian leader won’t say who might attend Tokyo summit
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday would not say who might represent the nation at a summit with U.S., Indian and Japanese leaders in Tokyo just three days after Australian ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rise on firm Wall St., hopes for travel demand recovery
Tokyo stocks opened higher Wednesday, tracking overnight advances on Wall Street, with some leisure-related issues bought on growing hopes for travel demand recovery in Japan after it said the ... ( read original story ...)
Court: Tokyo’s order for shorter business hours was illegal
A court on May 16 said the Tokyo metropolitan government’s order to a restaurant chain to close early during the COVID-19 state of emergency was “illegal,” but the ruling rejected the company’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese man accidentally given £290k in Covid relief funds blows it all gambling
A Japanese man accidentally given more than £250,000 from a ... “I don't currently have the money and I don't have anything with property value at hand. It's actually difficult to return it." The ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase Responds to Storm Shaking Crypto Market
The crypto trading platform had planned to triple its employee headcount, but suspended hiring as its stock fell sharply. ( read original story ...)
The Great Crypto Grift May Be Unwinding
But the indictment came during what is increasingly looking like the unwinding of the great crypto “bezzle.” The term comes from John Kenneth Galbraith’s classic account of the 1929 stock-market crash ... ( read original story ...)
Japan manufacturers’ mood slips to 15-month low in May – Reuters Tankan
May manufacturers' sentiment index +5 vs April +11 * Manufacturers' mood hits lowest since Feb 2021 * May service sector index +13 vs +8 in April . By Daniel Leussink . TOKYO, M ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Shrinks on Trade Drag, Omicron Consumption Hit
Japan’s economy shrank in the first three months of this year as the omicron variant swept across the nation, with lingering supply snarls and soaring import prices adding to the unfavorable ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Q1 GDP shrinks as Ukraine, cost of living cloud outlook
Japan's economy fell for the first time in two quarters in the first three months of the year as COVID-19 curbs hit the service sector and the Ukraine war and surging commodity prices created new ... ( read original story ...)