After developing in a rare location, Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to take a swipe at Japan by the end of the week, following in the footsteps of Severe Tropical Storm Dolphin, which tracked ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Suga, Under Fire, Defends Rejection of Scholars for Science Panel
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, under fire for rejecting six scholars for membership of a science advisory panel, defended the move on Monday amid growing criticism that it violated the ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo Arrives in Japan for Trip Shortened by Trump’s COVID-19
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Japan on Tuesday shortly after midnight for a visit that has been cut short by President Donald Trump's hospitalisation with COVID-19. The trip has been ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Middleman Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Last week justice came to two companies that had been swindled out of millions of dollars that had been earmarked to buy bitcoin. ( read original story ...)
US, Australia, India, Japan to discuss China’s growing power
Pacific nations known as the Quad group are gathering in Tokyo on Tuesday for talks that Japan hopes will increase their involvement in a ... ( read original story ...)
Fujitsu still investigating Tokyo stock bourse outage: CEO
Fujitsu Ltd , the developer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's trading system, is still investigating the cause of the bourse's worse outage, its chief executive said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
The Pressure to Be Perfect Turns Deadly for Celebrities in Japan
A succession of suicides has shown the burdens of a society where many feel that they must conceal their personal struggles. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama launches BluEarth GT tyres in 26 sizes: Promises higher durability
Yokohama India has been supplying passenger car and SUV tyre since 2007 in the Indian market. Yokohama’s first manufacturing plant located at Bahadurgarh, Haryana, started operations in November 2014. ( read original story ...)
NYK’s Yokohama Daikoku C-3 Terminal Starts Utilizing Renewable Energy
From October 1, electricity sourced from renewable energy will be used at Yokohama Daikoku C-3 Terminal, which began operations in August as the first finished-car logistics terminal in Japan operated ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama introduces BlueEarth-GT tyre range in India
Yokohama India, the Japanese tyre manufacturer’s local arm which has a plant in Bahadurgarh, Haryana, today introduced a new range of high-performance tyres to its portfolio. The Yokohama BlueEarth-GT ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Has Made Akon’s $6 Billion Crypto-Powered, ‘Real-Life Wakanda’ In Senegal ‘More Necessary’
The coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed the way the world works, disrupting the status quo and greatly accelerating emerging trends. Cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, are being looked to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s NEC To Buy Avaloq
Japan’s NEC Corporation is acquiring Switzerland-based banking and wealth management technology group Avaloq in a deal expected to be worth SFr2.05 billion ($2.23 billion), and due to complete by ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda warns COVID-19 pandemic to keep economic uncertainty ‘very high’
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday (Oct 5) uncertainty over the country's economic and price outlook remained "very ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Eneos permanently shuts 115,000-bpd Osaka CDU
Japan’s biggest refiner, Eneos Corp, permanently shut the 115,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit at its Osaka refinery on September 30 as planned, a company spokeswoman said on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo exchange to set up committee to investigate outage
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has set up a committee to investigate the cause of the outage last week that brought trade to a standstill for a full day, it said on Monday. The exchange said in a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga Under Fire After Rejecting Scholars for Advisory Body
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is under fire for rejecting six scholars for membership in a science advisory body set up after World War Two, a move critics say violates the constitution's ... ( read original story ...)