Japan's household spending plunged in March and service-sector activity shrank at a record pace in April, reinforcing expectations that the coronavirus pandemic is tipping the world's third-largest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan govt will respond to calls for further economic steps – finmin
Japan's government will respond appropriately to ruling party lawmakers' calls for more steps to cushion the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ANA Suspends Recruitment Citing Coronavirus Fallout
An employee, wearing a protective mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), passes in front of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) counter at the almos ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Household Spending Slid Even Before Emergency Called
Japanese households cut monthly spending by the most in five years as the coronavirus started to spread more quickly in the weeks before the government called a state of emergency.Spending fell 6% in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s household spending plunges at fastest pace in five years
Japan's household spending fell in March at the fastest pace in five years as the coronavirus outbreak kept shoppers at home, underscoring the deepening pain the health crisis has had on the world's ... ( read original story ...)
Centara breaks ground in Osaka
Centara Hotels & Resorts together with Taisei Corporation and Kanden Realty & Development, completed the official groundbreaking ceremony and sake dedication, known as “jichinsai”, to mark the ... ( read original story ...)
Counter-terrorism sniffer dogs Mick and Mack are trained to root out destructive Japanese knotweed
Labrador retrievers Mack and Mick are thought to be the first dogs in the UK trained to sniff out Japanese knotweed in both homes and gardens and will freeze when they identify the plant. ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Japan’s Ruling Party To Propose Rent Relief For Small Businesses Hurt By Coronavirus Pandemic – Nikkei
JAPAN’S RULING PARTY TO PROPOSE RENT RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES HURT BY CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC - NIKKEI * JAPAN’S RULING PARTY LDP IS PROPOSING TO COVER TWO ... ( read original story ...)
HKDSE 2020: Expert advice on how to handle the Business, Accounting and Financial Studies exams
DSE takes place on May 16. To help you ace the exam, Young Post spoke to two star tutors – Beacon College’s Andy Yeung and iCon Education’s Leo Lau – for some last-minute advice and test-taking ... ( read original story ...)
Abandoned Japan teen juggling work, studies while barely surviving amid coronavirus
Students throughout Japan who cannot turn to their parents for assistance are struggling to make ends meet while their part-time workplaces ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s coronavirus shutdowns push service sector activity to record low: PMI
Japan's services sector shrank at the fastest pace on record in April as a huge blow to demand from the coronavirus epidemic and subsequent lockdown measures greatly hurt business activity and ... ( read original story ...)
This is how traditional Tebori tattoos are done in Japan
Meet the master tattoo artist who must hide his life's work from the world. Because of cultural taboos about the art, Choshu Horikazu must cover his tattoos while in public in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan household spending falls in March as pandemic pain deepens
Japan's household spending fell 6.0% in March from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, underscoring the deepening pain the coronavirus pandemic is inflicting on the world's third-largest ... ( read original story ...)
British & Irish Lions want home date with Japan
The British & Irish Lions are still planning to face Japan in a send-off Test match before next year’s tour to South Africa despite Warren Gatland floating the idea of a “decider” against New Zealand ... ( read original story ...)
Ground-breaking Ceremony and Sake Dedication for Centara Grand Hotel Osaka
Centara Grand Hotel Osaka is Centara’s first property in Japan and is scheduled to open in mid-2023. The newly built hotel is an upper upscale property with 515 keys that will occupy a gleaming ... ( read original story ...)
How well do you know your Japanese vending machines?
Perhaps no other country has embraced the vending machine like Japan. The country currently has about 3.8 million machines – one machine for every 34 people – installed, with roughly two thirds ... ( read original story ...)