A home buyer has been awarded £50,000 compensation plus costs of up to £90,000 after a surveyor failed to spot Japanese knotweed growing in the garden of the £1.2m property. The buyer, Paul Ryb, ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei inches up, sentiment still fragile on domestic, external pressure
TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged up on Wednesday in an overall cautious market as data showed another drop in the nation’s exports for April, which offset a few positive signs for the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei Food: Japanese-Peruvian Fusion Cuisine
‘Nikkei’ is a word used to describe people of Japanese descent who live as immigrants in another country; however, nowadays when people say the word Nikkei, they’re quite possibly referring to a type ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei partners with Chinese tech news site 36Kr
The partnership will help the Japanese media group enhance its tech reporting, drawing on outside resources in addition to its own vast network, Nikkei said in a news release. Nikkei will publish ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises as tech shares gain; soft yen helps mood
TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged up on Wednesday morning as technology shares rose tracking their U.S. counterparts, while the country’s better-than-expected machinery orders aided ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s MUFG steps up US expansion with eye on more tech lending
San Francisco, U.S. -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group of Japan has become one of the largest ... recently talked to the Nikkei Asian Review about the bank's hunt for higher returns and how the ... ( read original story ...)
Injury-hit Osaka heads to French Open after ‘rocky’ clay season
TOKYO (Reuters) - After pulling out of last week’s Italian Open due to injury, World number one Naomi Osaka admitted she has had a “rocky” claycourt season heading into the French Open. ... ( read original story ...)
With the world at her feet, Naomi Osaka takes Paris in her stride
Osaka, the daughter of a Haitian father and Japanese ... In Japan, her coy personality and breezy news conferences have made her into a media darling. 'Naomi-speak' was among the most searched ... ( read original story ...)
Japan woos Trump with pomp and circumstance, looks to avoid trade battle
New Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Harvard-educated ... chairman of the lower house foreign affairs committee, told a Reuters News seminar this week. “I don’t think (demands) will be as harsh ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka returns to Paris ahead of French Open
Twelve months ago at Roland Garros, an embarrassed Naomi Osaka bristled at being hailed as the ‘coolest thing’ in tennis. Now, however, the 21-year-old Japanese returns to Paris as comfortably the ... ( read original story ...)
WTS Yokohama: 10 things we learnt
1. Yokohama not so hot as an Olympic dry run: The Japanese city lies less than a 40km bike leg from Tokyo and its course profile – essentially pan-flat – resembles what triathletes can expect at next ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Exports Fall for Fifth Month Amid Trade Tensions
(Bloomberg) -- Japanese exports fell for a fifth straight month in April, offering the latest sign that China’s slowdown and its trade conflict with the U.S. are continuing to weigh on Japan’s economy ... ( read original story ...)
Designed by committee, Toyota’s Japan Taxi becomes an expensive Olympic symbol
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor’s Japan Taxi, born in a government committee and designed to be an all-things-to-all-people cab, has become a high-priced icon of Tokyo’s budget-busting 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Exports Fall Again as Trump’s Trade Policy Threatens Economic Outlook
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese exports contracted for the fifth month in April due to a slump in shipments of chip-making equipment to China, underlining the growing threat to the world's third ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to the English-speaking world: call him Abe Shinzo, not Shinzo Abe
Japan’s foreign minister has issued a request to the English-speaking world: call our prime minister Abe Shinzo, not Shinzo Abe. “The new Reiwa era was ushered in and we are hosting the Group of 20 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s trade surplus falls sharply as exports drop
Japan's trade surplus dropped by around 90 percent in April, official data showed Wednesday, with exports affected by a slowdown in China's economy as it wages a trade war with Washington. Meanwhile, ... ( read original story ...)