The Reuters Tankan results came after data showed Japan’s growth surprisingly accelerated in January-March, driven by net contributions from exports, although declines in consumer and business ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota Releases TRD Performance Styling Parts for the 2020 Supra
While the internet was busy fantasizing about how the 2020 Toyota Supra would look with previous-gen A80 Supra parts, Toyota Racing Development (TRD) was readying its own modded Supra for the Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
JR West conducts anti-terror drill ahead of G20 summit
Also on Monday, Finance Minister Taro Aso at a meeting in Tokyo urged top ... which will bring leaders of the world’s top 20 advanced and emerging economies to the city of Osaka on June 28 and 29. “A ... ( read original story ...)
Steven Mnuchin expects to visit Beijing ‘in near future’ for US-China trade talks
Speaking at a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Mnuchin said he will attend a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors slated for June 8-9 in Fukuoka, ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Trump threatens more action in China trade fight
He also says he’ll meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G-20 summit in Osaka ... Our patience is waning, our finances are suffering, and the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Readies New Tariffs as Trump Says He’ll Meet China’s Xi
Earlier, Trump said he’ll meet Xi at the meeting of Group of 20 leaders June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan. But Trump warned Beijing ... not retaliate -- will only get worse!” the Ministry of Finance in ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. targets another $300B of Chinese goods for possible tariff hikes
China's Finance Ministry announced duties of 5 to 25 per cent due ... Trump said Monday he and Xi would meet during the Group of 20 meeting of major economies on June 28 and 29 in Osaka, Japan. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shifts toward digital storage of records after Moritomo, SDF and other scandals
Such scandals include the Finance Ministry’s manipulation of documents related ... Death sentence confirmed after killer of two Osaka junior high school students drops appeal A death sentence given to ... ( read original story ...)
China Retaliates And Trump Threatens
Earlier, the finance ministry listed 5,140 U.S. products that will get ... Although Trump said he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping personally at the G20 Summit next month in Osaka, Japan, he ... ( read original story ...)
Dark side of Tokyo?
An aerial file photo shows New National Stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics under construction. TOKYO—An International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team took a routine tour of venues being ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Auto Group ‘Profoundly Disappointed’ by Trump’s Comments on Imported Cars
(Bloomberg) -- The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said it’s “profoundly disappointed” by U.S. President Donald Trump deeming imported cars and parts a national security threat, echoing a ... ( read original story ...)
New themed area in Tokyo DisneySea to be named Fantasy Springs
CHIBA - A new area to open at Tokyo DisneySea in the 2022 business year will be named Fantasy Springs, operator Oriental Land Co. said Tuesday. The themed area will add four new attractions to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to the world: Call him Abe Shinzo, not Shinzo Abe
Japan’s foreign minister has said he will issued a request to foreign media: 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 ...)
Stop it! Japan anti-groper app becomes smash hit
A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour trains. Victims of groping can activate the ... ( read original story ...)
ESR Raises $633M to Close Japan Logistics Fund
ESR, which filed for a Hong Kong IPO in March of this year ... the new fund to work investing in large scale logistics facilities in the cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, with the company having said ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Olympic Village condos to become apartments
Because these units were built with the comfort of Olympic athletes in mind, they were designed with somewhat larger spaces than in a typical Tokyo apartment. The condominiums will be sold by a group ... ( read original story ...)