TOKYO -- The Japanese government will expand its staff charged with monitoring working conditions for foreign workers to ensure that employers are in legal compliance as the nation prepares to open it... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei ups 0.22% on yen softer tone
Japan share market closed slight higher on Thursday, 23 August 2018, as yen depreciation to upper 110 zone against greenback, optimistic media reports on U. S.-Mexico trade talks and the U. S.-Turkey ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, China finance ministers to meet in Beijing as relations improve
TOKYO (Reuters) - Finance ministers and officials from Japan and China are to meet in Beijing on Aug. 31, a Japanese official said, a sign of improving ties amid Sino-U.S. trade tensions. Japanese Fin... ( read original story ...)
2 typhoons weaken after pounding South Korea and Japan
Japan's weather agency downgraded a separate storm from typhoon strength on Friday after it crossed a swath of the western part of the country overnight. South Korea's weather agency said typhoon Soul... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas Innovation Group Builds Presence on U.S. East Coast, Joins Greentown Labs as Terawatt Sponsor
That’s why Tokyo Gas, Japan’s largest provider of natural gas that’s been in business for more than 130 years and now serves more than 11 million customers, has partnered with Greentown Labs, the larg... ( read original story ...)
Make in Odisha 2.0: Japan partner country, SBI the banking partner
Japan has come on board for a partnership in the second edition of Make in Odisha conclave to be held from November 11-15. The announcement came after a dialogue between the Odisha government and Japa... ( read original story ...)
AP Interview: Japan official says Trump misunderstands trade
TOKYO — President Donald Trump's tariff policies reflect a serious misunderstanding of the importance of free trade and Japanese companies' contributions to the U.S. economy, Japan's trade minister sa... ( read original story ...)
ONE Championship heads to Tokyo for the first time in 2019
Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), just held a Press Conference announcing the promotion’s first live event in Tokyo, Japan, scheduled fo... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shelf innovation cuts time wasted dealing with toilet lost property
Forgetting a mobile phone in a public toilet could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new invention. Japanese firm NEXCO East has installed a new type of gadget shelf, which operates in conjunct... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s Breakthrough Game
Tsuyoshi Yoshitani, a sports reporter with Kyodo News, says: “Naomi is like no Japanese player ever before. I think she will be the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam.” Yet Osaka’s rise is acco... ( read original story ...)
South Korea, Japan brace for winds and rain from 2 typhoons
... to Japan's Kyodo News service. On Wednesday morning, three university students went missing along the coast of the central Japanese city of Shizuoka, Kyodo said. South Korean officials said the se... ( read original story ...)
Uncertainties around Vinalines’ IPO
“SM Group is one of several foreign investors, including some from South Korea and Japan, showing great interest in the IPO. We are preparing to work with other potential investors in the coming days, ... ( read original story ...)
Business class airfare to Tokyo – Tokyo Forum
Business class airfare to Tokyo is ridiculously overpriced: BOS-NRT on JAL was over $7,600, nonstop. I found a Boston to Beijing (thru NRT), Beijing to NRT, NRT to BOS fare, all JAL, all Business clas... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top financial regulator scolds weak regional banks
Japan’s top financial regulator Toshihide Endo at a press conference in Tokyo. Endo said regional banks “should not blame the Bank of Japan” for their woes, urging them to explore ways to survive ultr... ( read original story ...)
Dollar tops ¥110.40 on higher Tokyo stocks
The dollar erased early losses to top ¥110.40 in Tokyo trading Wednesday ... pleaded guilty to the violation of the election campaign finance law. But the greenback attracted short-covering purchases ... ( read original story ...)
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Hires Veteran Trial Lawyer from Finnegan for Tokyo Office
TOKYO and LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is pleased to announce that York Faulkner, former Partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, ... ( read original story ...)