Japanese companies active in food ... Gunji said SMBC will also focus on property and project financing in Malaysia, particularly big-ticket items such as the high-speed rail project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Some Malaysian media reports have ... ( read original story ...)
Couple finds niche helping second home buyers
While Nishimura is originally from Osaka, Japan, Shimabukuro was born and raised on Oahu ... which is not something that we set out to do at the beginning. What’s the financial model of the business? Nishimura: For the second-home services, it’s ... ( read original story ...)
Care home provider for elderly deaf broadens residents’ horizons
SAPPORO — A first-of-its-kind housing facility in Hokkaido ... and the government’s cooperation is essential,” she added. KYODO NEWS ( read original story ...)
Japan, PH extend liquidity buffer deal
The central banks of the Philippines and Japan on Friday signed their amended third bilateral swap agreement (BSA), a stopgap measure for short-term liquidity problems. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Bank of Japan, which acted as the agent ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota reveals GR HV Sports and TJ Cruiser van concepts ahead of Tokyo motor show
Toyota tipped its hand ahead of the 2017 Tokyo motor show and revealed not one, but two concept vehicles it will debut in Japan. The first is the GR HV Sports Concept, which takes design inspiration from the automaker's TS050 LMP1 race car. The second is ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo drift: Japanese teen’s hockey dream takes him far from home
Yuji concedes he "knew nothing" about the sport at eight years old, having moved with his family only a few months earlier from Tokyo to the New York City commuter town of Scarsdale. "I remember being really nervous," Yuji says. "I didn't fully understand ... ( read original story ...)
Expect to see the Toyota Corolla GTI Concept at 2017 Tokyo Motor Show
At the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show, expect automakers like Toyota to recall some of its performance vehicles from two to three decades ago. According to Car and Driver who cited this rumour from Best Car, expect also to see new concepts for the new Supra ... ( read original story ...)
AP Interview: Tokyo Gov. vows to change nation from her city
TOKYO — Popular Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, a rumoured candidate in upcoming parliamentary elections, says she wants to influence national politics to speed up changes needed in Japan by starting them in her city. Koike, who became Tokyo's first female ... ( read original story ...)
Amazon Pops Up With Booze In Tokyo
Amazon is opening a bar — for a few days, anyway, in Tokyo, Japan. According to news from Bloomberg, for the next 10 days, the online retailer will be slinging beer, wine, sake and cocktails at a pop-up store in the Ginza district to promote alcoholic ... ( read original story ...)
Japan man confesses starting fire that killed wife, five children
Kyodo News reported. Komatsu was arrested not long after firefighters found six dead people at the site, including four boys, a woman and a girl. Japanese investigators said the girl, who was taken to a hospital before being confirmed dead, had multiple ... ( read original story ...)
Japan struggles with ‘karoshi,’ or death by overwork, after deaths of 2 young women
This week Tokyo-based news broadcaster NHK revealed that one of its journalists who died from heart failure in 2013 at the age of 31, died due to overwork. Last week, Japan's top advertising firm Dentsu was fined 500,000 yen ($4,400) for violating labor ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese reporter, 31, dies after 159 hours of overtime
Early this year, a government spokesman told Bloomberg News that Japan needs to "end the norm of long working hours so people can balance their lives with things like raising a child or taking care of the elderly." Companies have been joining the effort ... ( read original story ...)
Carlos Sainz Jr can’t explain big Japanese GP practice crash
... Full access to our news and in-depth Autosport Plus features - all in an ad-free enviroment. Subscribe to Autosport Plus Pirelli predicts first two-stop race since May Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli is predicting Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix to ... ( read original story ...)
Mercedes F1 team’s performance ‘back to normal’ in Japan – Hamilton
More in f1Renault offers to delay FIA signing's ... More F1 News Pirelli predicts first two-stop race since May Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli is predicting Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix to produce the first conventional two-stop race in five months ... ( read original story ...)
Little chance of deal on US beef in upcoming talks with Japan
TOKYO -- With little room to maneuver ahead of this month's general election, Japan will play up energy and infrastructure as areas for cooperation with the U.S. in upcoming economic talks while trying to deflect American pressure on beef import restrictions. ( read original story ...)
Interview: Tokyo governor says wouldn’t visit Yasukuni Shrine if she became PM
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, whose new conservative party is challenging Japan's ruling bloc in an Oct. 22 election, said on Friday she would not visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead if she ever became prime minister ... ( read original story ...)