An AI character was made an official resident of a busy central Tokyo district on Saturday, with the virtual newcomer resembling a chatty seven-year-old boy. The boy named "Shibuya Mirai" does not exist physically, but he can have text conversations with ... ( read original story ...)
Asiana Airlines Busan to Osaka – Osaka Forum
I will be travelling from Busan to Osaka on the 14th of May. Prior to that I will be going to Malaysia and Shanghai before a 2 weeks holiday in Seoul/Busan. We will be travelling via business class which gives us 40kg luggage. However we are planning to ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Is Leaving Japan Empty-Handed on Trade
They shared an intimate dinner and repeatedly showered each other with praise. But for all the apparent chumminess between President Donald Trump and Japan’s Shinzo Abe, it hasn’t resulted in much concrete action to address Trump’s main complaint ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan to resume domestic production of cars for Japan on Tuesday
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan plans to resume production of vehicles for its home market at five of its domestic plants from Tuesday after Japan's transport ministry approved changes to the improper final-inspection procedures that forced a major ... ( read original story ...)
Trump says U.S. will arm Japan to knock down Korea missiles
In his first stop of an extended trip in Asia, Trump stood with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a news conference and suggested the United States will arm Japan, much as the United States has done with allies in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia. ( read original story ...)
Trump suggests U.S. will arm Japan to knock down North Korean missiles
In his first stop of an extended trip in Asia, Trump stood with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a news conference and suggested the United States will arm Japan, much as the United States has done with allies in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia. ( read original story ...)
Expo covers latest overseas property market trends
In view of the growing interest in overseas property, The Standard and Sing Tao Overseas Property ... significant price growths have been recorded over the past four year in Tokyo and Osaka, where local Japanese have increasingly opted for buying rather ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s Japan visit includes formalities and fish
TOKYO — President Donald Trump's visit to Japan briefly took a turn from formal to fishy ... with a casual burger lunch and golf on Sunday and formal meetings and a news conference Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japan families of N. Korea abductees meet Trump, seek help
North Korea in 2002 acknowledged for the first time abducting 13 Japanese citizens, saying eight of them had died, without providing proof. The North allowed five others to visit Japan later that year and they stayed. ( read original story ...)
Trump stands with Japan, denounces North Korean aggression
"Some people say my rhetoric is very strong but look what has happened with very weak rhetoric in the last 25 years," said Trump, who stood with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a Monday news conference. Abe, who has taken a more hawkish view on North ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese logistics firm SG Holdings IPO to raise up to $1.1 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese logistics company SG Holdings Co said on Monday its initial public offering would raise up to 124.5 billion yen ($1.1 billion), valuing the company at about 500 billion yen. The company, its employee shareholding association and ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Market Stumbles in Denmark as $1 Billion Deal In Doubt
The world’s largest cleaning service provider had to pull its IPO in the last minute in March 2011 as stock markets plunged amid Japan’s nuclear disaster. ISS eventually listed three years later, and has performed well on the Danish exchange with the ... ( read original story ...)
Trump, in Japan, talks tough on the ‘menace’ of North Korea, trade
standing alongside Japanese Prime Minster and promising to work in solidarity with Japan to confront “the North Korean menace.” At an afternoon news conference with Abe here, Trump declared, “the era of strategic patience is over,” and promised to ... ( read original story ...)
Trump says stands with Japan against North Korean ‘menace’, working on trade
Abe, with whom Trump has bonded through multiple summits and phone calls, repeated at the same news conference that Japan backed Trump's stance that "all options" are on the table, saying it was time to exert maximum pressure on North Korea and the two ... ( read original story ...)
Trump lashes out at ‘unfair’ Japan trade ties
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Japan over trade and said he would push for a fairer economic relationship between the two countries. Speaking to business leaders in Tokyo on Monday he said Japan "has been winning" on trade in recent decades. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Trump expects large-scale military sale to Japan
Reporters were unable to hear the conversation. 10 a.m. President Donald Trump has raised the touchy issue of trade with Japanese business leaders. Trump says in remarks to business leaders in Tokyo that the U.S. and Japan will have “more trade than ... ( read original story ...)