In a grim sign of Japan’s rapidly aging society, insurance companies are developing policies for property owners that cover the costs of dealing with the lonely deaths of renters. Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. plans to release in June a service ... ( read original story ...)
China-Japan Reset Continues With High-Level Economic Talks
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said the countries ... He also took the opportunity to raise long-standing concerns about China’s record on intellectual property rights and “proposed that we should enable fair and free technology transfers ... ( read original story ...)
Trump and Japanese prime minister give thumbs-ups after golfing
report Senators push HHS to negotiate lower prices on opioid overdose reversal drug MORE and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave a thumbs-up to cameras after playing golf at a Trump property on Wednesday. "Prime Minister @AbeShinzo of Japan and ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, new rules may leave home-sharing industry out in the cold
Japan aims to host 40 million foreign tourists a year by 2020 ... out of a converted traditional wooden "machiya" house in Kyoto. He still advertises on his property in Kyoto on Airbnb and the hotel license frees him from the 180-day limit. ( read original story ...)
Japan insurer Aioi Nissay eyes alternative assets, foreign equities
Aioi Nissay Dowa is the non-life insurance arm of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc, Japan’s biggest property and casualty insurance group. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei edges lower as index-heavy stocks weaken; financials gain on U.S. yields
TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average edged lower on Monday morning after index-heavy stocks such as SoftBank and Terumo lost ground, offsetting gains in financial stocks, which rallied after U.S. yields rose. The Nikkei fell 0.2 ... ( read original story ...)
Despite plunging approval ratings, Japan’s Abe popular among businesses
but a Reuters poll shows that the Japanese business community has a much more positive view of him. Out of 223 respondents, 73 percent wanted Shinzo Abe to win a third, three-year term as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which would ... ( read original story ...)
Behind China’s sudden olive branch to Japan
TOKYO -- On April 16, a day before Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met U.S. President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Tokyo to meet his counterpart Taro Kono. It was the newly ... ( read original story ...)
Japan needs ‘strong accommodative’ monetary policy ‘for some time,’ says BOJ’s Kuroda
Monetary police should remain accommodative until Japan hits 2 percent inflation, the country's central bank chief, Haruhiko Kuroda, told CNBC this weekend. He said he expects to reach that goal in fiscal 2019, warning that "risks are skewed to the downside." ( read original story ...)
Quebec maple syrup hits sweet spot on Japanese market, entrepreneur says
That meant learning how maple syrup gets from the thousands of maple trees outside his newly acquired Quebec sugar shack all the way to stores in his native Japan. Kaburaki specializes in importing Quebec-made products to Japan, from smoked salmon to honey. ( read original story ...)
Canada, Japan sign military pact ahead of G7 foreign ministers’ talks in Toronto
Freeland and Kono met last month in Tokyo where they affirmed their commitment to keep economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear program when they meet their G7 counterparts today in Toronto. The gathering is part of the regularly ... ( read original story ...)
Fed Cup: Japan wins decisive doubles to beat Britain 3-2
western Japan. (Meika Fujio/Kyodo News via AP) Kurumi Nara leveled the tie with a hard-fought 7-6 (7), 6-4 win over Watson in Sunday's second reverse singles before Kato and Ninomiya rallied to secure the win for the hosts. Britain's Johanna Konta returns ... ( read original story ...)
Nabi Tajima, world’s oldest person, dies in Japan at 117
Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since January. Tajima, born on Aug. 4, 1900, was the last known person born in the 19th ... ( read original story ...)
Security issues worry Osaka residents ahead of 2019 G-20 summit
OSAKA – Beginning this month, both the city of Osaka and the prefecture began preparations to host next year’s Group of Twenty leaders’ summit, with political and business leaders forming task forces to help with local assistance and promotional ... ( read original story ...)
The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died
TOKYO – The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since ... ( read original story ...)
World’s oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117
TOKYO -- The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed. She had been hospitalized since January. ( read original story ...)