TOKYO, Jan 6 Japan's Nikkei share average dropped on Friday morning as automakers dragged after incoming U.S President Donald Trump threatened to slap punitive taxes on Toyota cars imported into the United States from Mexico. Index heavyweight Fast ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to recall envoy from South Korea over "comfort women" statue
... bilateral "high-level" economic dialogue and that Japan was suspending talks on a new currency swap arrangement with South Korea. "Without building relations of trust, it won't stabilise," Finance Minister Taro Aso reporters, referring to the currency ... ( read original story ...)
Japan recalls envoy after comfort-woman statue placed outside consulate
TOKYO - Japan is recalling its ambassador to South Korea in response to the placing of a comfort-woman statue in front of its consulate in the Korean city of Busan. Both Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine in Seoul and the consul-general in Busan will be ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is addressing its 'death by overwork' problem with long weekends once a month
The Japanese government hopes as many businesses as possible sign up for the Premium Friday policy. It already has won the support of Keidanren, a major business lobby in Japan, which encouraged 1,300 other businesses in a recent memo to follow suit. ( read original story ...)
Takeda and PvP Biologics Announce Development Agreement around Novel Therapeutic for Celiac Disease
OSAKA, Japan & SAN DIEGO & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) (TOKYO:4502) and PvP Biologics, Inc. (“PvP”) today announced a global agreement for the development of KumaMax, a novel enzyme designed to break ... ( read original story ...)
Sharp to consider listing its LCD venture with Foxconn: Nikkei
TOKYO Japan's Sharp Corp will consider an initial public offering for Sakai Display Products Corp, the LCD joint venture between it and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (Foxconn) of Taiwan, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday. "We'll think about it ... ( read original story ...)
Top 30 areas for investing in apartments in Japan
Source: Pixabay #30 to #21 (Umeda is the only location outside Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures) 30. Umeda station (Osaka) 29. Futakotamagawa station (Tokyo) 29. Oimachi station (Tokyo) 27. Sumiyoshi station (Tokyo) 26. Minamiurawa station (Saitama ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis updates: Naomi Osaka joins casualty list at ASB Classic
5.00pm: Promising Japenese teenager Naomi Osaka has joined the mounting casualty list at the ASB Classic, withdrawing injured from her quarter-final match-up with Croatian Ana Konjuh. The clash was expected to be a highlight of the tournament's third day ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka cops: Punctured IV drip bags found at nurse station in hospital
OSAKA (TR) – Officials at a general hospital in Osaka City ... Police are investigating the case as suspected criminal damage to objects. TBS News (Jan. 4) quoted hospital officials as saying the hospital has “strived to do its utmost to build a ... ( read original story ...)
Suntory says not considering IPO of U.S. unit
TOKYO Suntory Holdings is not planning to list its U.S. spirits unit Beam Suntory Inc [BSI.UL] on the New York Stock Exchange, a top executive said on Thursday, denying a Japanese media report. "We are not considering any listing in the U.S.," Takeshi ... ( read original story ...)
Sushi Totto brings Japanese specialty foods, culture to South Ogden
With two restaurants already open in Layton and Tooele, chef Yong Cho, owner of Osaka Sushi and Izakaya, decided to open his new restaurant, Sushi Totto, a little closer to his home in South Ogden. “We realized that there is a need for Japanese food in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM asks business leaders for wage hikes in 2017
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked business leaders on Thursday to support a sustainable economic recovery by raising employee wages in the new year, in keeping with their policy of the last few years. "I thank you for the high-level ... ( read original story ...)
Dolphins escape from Taiji facility in Japan
A pod of dolphins has escaped from a recreational facility in the Japanese town of Taiji, known for its annual controversial hunts. Staffers from the DolphinBase centre discovered nets dividing the pools from the ocean had been slashed, allowing four ... ( read original story ...)
Trump to choose Hagerty as the next U.S. ambassador to Japan: source
Japan's Nikkei news service reported that Trump would soon announce the choice of Hagerty, the director of presidential appointments in his transition team. The adviser who spoke to Reuters confirmed the Nikkei report on condition of anonymity. Hagerty is ... ( read original story ...)
466-pound bluefin tuna sells for almost $850,000 in Japanese auction
A Japanese sushi chain boss bid a winning 74.2 million yen (C$849,328.82) Thursday for a 212-kilogram (466-pound) bluefin tuna in what may be Tsukiji market’s last auction at its current site in downtown Tokyo. The winning bid Thursday for the prized but ... ( read original story ...)
Japan December services PMI rises to 11-month high
TOKYO (Reuters) - Activity in Japan's services sector expanded in December at the fastest pace in 11 months, a private survey showed on Thursday, in a sign that economic growth could pick up due to gains in consumer spending. The Markit/Nikkei Japan ... ( read original story ...)