Japan's biggest airline ANA Holdings is considering issuing 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion) in shares to bolster its finances as the downturn in air travel drags on, the Nikkei newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto adoption has no future without regulation and law enforcement
Crypto depends on the ability of regulators to create a framework that protects consumers and makes investing in crypto more welcoming. ( read original story ...)
Soccer: Grampus ease past struggling S-Pulse
TOYOTA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Well-taken first-half goals from Hiroyuki Abe and Naoki Maeda set the tone as Nagoya Grampus eased to a 3-1 home win over str ... ( read original story ...)
No, The Massive Walking Gundam In Yokohama Is Not A ‘Transformer’
Life-size Gundams are not a new thing for Japan. There have already been a few, from the classic Gundam to the Unicorn and now the Freedom in China. However, the latest lifesize Gundam has been ... ( read original story ...)
This Carousel Has Had Quite a Ride. Will Anyone in Japan Save It?
The 113-year-old merry-go-round, which arrived in Tokyo after stints in Germany and Coney Island, is now in storage, its fate uncertain in a country that tends to preserve only the very old. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s MonotaRO invests $15 million in Industrybuying, enters into JV with parent company
MonotaRO will acquire a majority stake in Gurugram-based Industrybuying.com, which is the SME supply business of Emtex Engineering. ( read original story ...)
Malaysians donate coronavirus protective gear to Japan hospitals
SAPPORO – A group of Malaysians who formerly studied in Japan have donated hundreds of items of nonwoven protective clothing for Japanese hospital staff to use amid the coronavirus pandemic. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Is Paying Firms to Make Things at Home. But China’s Pull Is Still Strong.
Japan is attempting a delicate balancing act as the pandemic has underlined the risks of the world’s economic reliance on Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Central Japan city mayor demands resignation of governor of his own prefecture
Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura on Sept. 25 submitted a petition to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly demanding that the local legislature vote o ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya mayor demands Aichi Pref. assembly vote on resolution seeking gov.’s resignation
Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura on Sept. 25 submitted a petition to the Aichi Prefectural Assembly demanding that the local legislature vote o ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM tells U.N. Tokyo is determined to host Olympics next year
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after the games were postponed due to the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new prime minister vows to host Olympics next year
Japan’s new prime minister said Saturday that he’s determined to host the Tokyo Olympic Games next summer as “proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic.” The 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga ‘determined’ to hold Olympics despite pandemic
Japan is "determined" to host the postponed Olympic Games in 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic, the country's newly elected prime minister told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Osaka pulls out of tournament semis to protest racial injustice
Naomi Osaka pulled out of the semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament on Wednesday in protest at racial injustice. Osaka, who has a Japanese mother and Haitian father and has ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s base strike capability ‘necessary’: Defense chief Kishi
Developing the capability to strike enemy bases in response to an impending missile launch is "necessary to protect our nation," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said Friday, weighing in on a possible ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga and China’s Xi agree to pursue high-level contacts in first talks
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he had agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first talks to pursue high-level contacts in a bid to promote regional and ... ( read original story ...)