The Osaka Regional Immigration Services Bureau announced on May 30 that it is conducting an internal investigation into a full-time female do･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks fall after Nikkei’s recent strong run to 33-yr highs
Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday morning as a cautious mood took hold following the Nikkei index's recent run-up to 33-year highs, prompting ... ( read original story ...)
China urges Japan to end curbs on chip exports
China’s commerce minister has urged Japan to end its newly announced curbs on exports of chipmaking equipment, saying it would hurt economic and trade relations between the two countries. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Largest Insurer Joins Defectors from GFANZ Climate Group
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest insurer by market value, is withdrawing from the Net Zero Insurance Alliance, the latest in a wave of defections from the world’s biggest climate alliance for insurers. ( read original story ...)
Toyota’s April global sales rise on stronger demand in Japan, China
Toyota Motor Corp's global sales rose by nearly 5% in April from a year earlier, boosted by stronger demand for hybrids and gasoline-powered cars in Japan and China. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM fires son after pictures emerge of ‘inappropriate’ private party at official residence
Fumio Kishida criticises actions of eldest son, Shotaro, after photos show him lying on the stairs and posing at a press conference podium ( read original story ...)
Body wrapped in cloth found in southwest Japan vacant shop
A body wrapped in a clothlike material was found inside a vacant shop in a building in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on May 29, and police a･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street sees further upside for Japan stocks as they notch a fresh three-decade high
Japan's Topix (Tokyo Price Index) has marked new peaks in the past two weeks, seeing its highest level since July 1990 on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japan finance minister Suzuki: Must maintain yen credibility in guiding fiscal policy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday said he must guide fiscal policy based on common international understanding as global economic and financial situations change ...
Japan PM’s son to resign after public outrage over private party at official residence
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday his son is resigning as his executive policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s residence for a private party at which the merrymaking was exposed in magazine photos that triggered public outrage. ( read original story ...)
Etihad Airways to launch flights to Osaka
Etihad Airways has unveiled plans to launch flights between Abu Dhabi and Osaka, Japan. The airline will operate the route with five flights per week using Boeing 787-9 aircraft, beginning Oct 1. The ... ( read original story ...)
From Beijing to Tokyo, Asian nations get active in crypto regulation: Law Decoded, May 22–29
Last week almost all the key markets for digital assets in Asia got updates from local regulators. Lawmakers in Japan have decided to enforce stricter Anti-Money Laundering measures to trace ...
Nikkei 38,000, or Nikkei 28,000? Japan analysts mixed on stock rally
Masayuki Kichikawa, chief macro strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management, is on the bullish side, anticipating that the Nikkei Stock Average will rise to 38,000 in the first quarter of 2024.
Japan’s Koji Yakusho wins best actor at Cannes
Veteran actor Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor prize at the Cannes International Film Festival on Saturday. The 67-year-old Japanese star received the award for his performance as a Tokyo toilet cleaner in "Perfect Days, ( read original story ...)
Curbs to ’cause huge losses’ for Japan’s chip industry
Japan's chip export controls will deal a heavy blow to its chipmaking equipment companies, as most of them count China as their largest market, Japanese and Chinese experts said. Highlighting that ... ( read original story ...)
In Tokyo, Skipping the Hot and New for Enduring Haunts
Using a guidebook published more than 20 years ago, a writer searches out the bars and restaurants that express the city’s traditional eating and drinking culture. ( read original story ...)