SBI Bank, a Russian commercial banking subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings, has announced that it is joining the New York-based blockchain consortium led by R3, CoinDesk reported. R3’s global network counts over 200 banks, financial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe to sack top finance official accused of sexual harassment: paper
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided that a top finance ministry official accused of sexually harassing several female reporters must be fired, the daily Sankei newspaper reported on Monday, without citing a source. The weekly ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo fears Trump could link security with trade at summit with Abe
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could find his oft-touted close ties with Donald Trump sorely tested at a summit this week in which Tokyo fears the U.S. leader will to try to link vital security matters with touchy trade topics. It is ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | China, Japan resume economic talks after 8-year hiatus
TOKYO | April 15, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) China and Japan resumed high-level economic talks Monday after a hiatus of nearly eight years in a sign of improving ties in their often-frosty relationship. Led by their foreign ministers, the two sides met in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stocks Open Higher as Investors Shrug off Syria Strikes
Tokyo stocks open up as investors shrug off Syria strikes (Photo: AFP). Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday with exporters rising on a cheaper yen and the apparently limited impact of US-led strikes on Syria. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0 ... ( read original story ...)
China, Japan resume economic talks after 8-year hiatus
TOKYO — China and Japan resumed high-level economic talks Monday after a hiatus of nearly eight years in a sign of improving ties in their often-frosty relationship. Led by their foreign ministers, the two sides met in Tokyo for what was billed as the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan airline ANA aims to build digital payments business
ANA, Japan’s largest carrier, is aiming to launch a digital payments business as it seeks a cushion against the volatility in the airline industry’s profits. The plan is part of a broader digital push by ANA, which hopes to build on data collected from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, China pledge to work on economic ties amid heightened trade tensions
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart kicked off the first high-level economic talks between their nations in eight years on Monday, at a time of tense trade relations with the United States for both ... ( read original story ...)
30+ Small Business Ideas in Japan in 2018 With Low Investment
In Japan, opening up a spa can be one of the successful business ideas in Japan. It is a Japanese trend to get a massage therapy. So, if you hire the people who do this job in the right way, then your business can start blooming in a short period. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Woman dies in fall into hole while burying cat corpse
The corpse of a woman was found along with a garden shovel on her property in Adachi Ward TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police suspect that a woman died in an accident while burying a corpse of a cat on her property in Adachi Ward, reports the Sankei ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and China’s foreign ministers pledge to pursue improved ties
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart have pledged to improve ties between their nations and affirmed a commitment to stick with U.N. resolutions aimed at forcing North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe’s rating falls in media poll amid scandal woes
TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... Another survey released on Sunday by Kyodo news agency put Abe’s support at 37 percent, down 5.4 points. The polls come ahead of Abe’s summit this week with U.S. President Trump ... ( read original story ...)
Compensation Clinic: Hyatt Regency Osaka, Management & Room Maintenance Problems
Our Compensation Clinic this week makes a stop at the Hyatt Regency Osaka, Japan where I attempted to stay for two nights earlier this months but ended up walking away to a different property. I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Osaka before exactly a year ago ... ( read original story ...)
Japan foreign minister says Beijing, Tokyo should co-operate more to denuclearize North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono said on Sunday that Tokyo and Beijing needed to work more closely together to denuclearize North Korea, in comments made during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi. Wang's arrival in ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia’s former opposition leader Sam Rainsy urges Japan to lean on Hun Sen to ensure fair elections
Sam Rainsy, whose Cambodia National Rescue Party has been banned, said he’s hopeful that Japan and its business community can send a message to Prime Minister Hun Sen that he needs to restore democracy or face isolation. Sam Rainsy is in Tokyo to meet ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten aims for an ‘ecosystem’
Rakuten announced this week it had received approval from the Japanese government to enter the mobile network operator business. Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten is branching out. Following an announcement of a new partnership with Walmart to launch an ... ( read original story ...)