TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies broadly support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s tough trade stance against South Korea, a Reuters poll found. Three-quarters of companies in the monthly Reuters ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Japan again approved shipment of photoresists to South Korea -Yonhap News
SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Japan has approved shipment of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, Yonhap News Agency reported late on Monday, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc must back independent boards as a check on hostile takeovers
Two recent events -- Yahoo Japan's ousting of Askul's CEO and three independent directors, and H.I.S.'s unfolding hostile tender offer for Unizo Holdings -- should prompt corporate Japan to ... ( read original story ...)
How History Can Actually Solve the South Korea-Japan Crisis
Korea-Japan relations, already strained by South Korean Supreme Court rulings last fall ordering Japanese companies to compensate World War II victims of forced labor, began breaking down across new ... ( read original story ...)
Injured Osaka maintains top spot
PARIS: Naomi Osaka holds on to the top of the WTA rankings on Monday despite injury and elimination from the Cincinnati Masters. The Japanese lost to 20th placed Sofia Kenin in the quarter-finals on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 finalises Live Sites, triathlon hit by water contamination
The organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has today (Monday) finalised its selection of 30 ‘Live Site’ venues by adding one more destination to the previously announced ... ( read original story ...)
Things Can Get Worse for Japan’s Immiserated Regional Banks
Ultralow interest rates are making it a miserable year for Japanese banks, with many stocks hitting historic lows. The bad news is that things can still get worse. For Chiba Bank, in particular, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shrine for war dead vandalized by man claiming to be Chinese
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police on Monday arrested a man claiming to be Chinese for throwing a black ink-like liquid on a curtain at one of the buildings of Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine for war ... ( read original story ...)
United Airlines to fly to second Tokyo airport from Dulles
United Airlines on Friday said it will start flying nonstop between four United States hubs and Tokyo’s close-in Haneda Airport on March 28. The four hubs are Chicago, Los Angeles, New York ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Next Post-Anime Cultural Export May Be Pro-Wrestling
the highest since the IPO. The stock is up 32% since trading began, giving the company a market value of about $369 million. Hashimoto is seeking to tap into global demand for Japanese media ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama to Bid for the Right to Host One of Japan’s First Casinos
According to Japanese news outlets, the Mayor of Yokohama, Fumiko Hayashi, may announce that her city will, too, bid for the right to host one of Japan’s three casino resorts later this week. It is ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Steel keeps product prices steady in Sept for 2nd month
TOKYO: Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd , Japan’s top electric-arc furnace steelmaker, on Monday said it would hold its steel product prices steady in September because of high inventories at home and ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama to join race to host casinos
Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi may announce the city’s candidacy later this week at a news conference, the sources said. Under the integrated resorts promotion law, enacted in July 2018, Japan aims to ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama to join bidding race for casino resort
TOKYO -- The City of Yokohama has decided to bid to host a large resort that will include a casino, Nikkei has learned. The Japanese government has announced a plan to build three so-called ... ( read original story ...)
Two signs of strain on the global economy just came out from Japan
Two fresh signs of strain on the global economy were delivered by Japan today, after the country unveiled that exports slipped for the eighth consecutive month in July. Japan’s Ministry of Finance ... ( read original story ...)
China seeks to mediate in Japan-South Korea trade spat
"China has always played an active role in regional economic integration, which is why China could act as a mediator to help Japan and South Korea reach a compromise," Chen Youjun, a senior ... ( read original story ...)