AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested and sent to prosecutors a 55-year-old man over the robbery of two convenience stores in Nagoya and nearby, reports CBC News (Feb. 7). According to police, Kazuaki Shimada, a company employee ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 hoping to learn from Pyeongchang: spokesman
Tokyo will host the next summer games in 2020 and the organizing committee has sent a large delegation to near-neighbours South Korea to learn lessons from the Winter Games, which start on Friday. Speaking to Reuters in Pyeongchang, Tokyo 2020 spokesman ... ( read original story ...)
Oakwood says ‘Ohayou’ to Osaka in summer 2018
Our properties in Tokyo have met with immense success and we look forward to what Yasuko-san and her team will accomplish with the property,” said Dean Schreiber, managing director of Oakwood Worldwide in Asia. “Oakwood Hotel & Apartments Shin-Osaka is ... ( read original story ...)
Softbank confirms preparations for domestic mobile business IPO
It’s official. SoftBank has confirmed that it has launched preparations for a Tokyo listing of its domestic mobile phone business in a bid to increase the technology group’s investment clout. Its billionaire founder Masayoshi Son says the initial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank prepares listing of mobile unit
There was no confirmation of those details in SoftBank’s statement. “With the IPO of SoftBank’s Japan operations, the various parts of the company can continue to grow independently,” company head Masayoshi Son said. “This way I can also spend ... ( read original story ...)
Misawa sailors sculpt ‘The Lone Sailor’ in snow for annual Sapporo festival
Servicemembers sculpted a replica of the Navy’s iconic “Lone Sailor” statue out of snow for this year’s Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan. An 11-person team from Naval Air Facility Misawa began the sculpture on Jan. 29 by chipping away at a ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank prepares for telecoms IPO, CEO aims for this year
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Wednesday that it wants to list its Japanese telecoms unit this year, a move towards completing its transformation from a domestic telecoms upstart into one of the world’s biggest technology investors. ( read original story ...)
Pence views Japan’s missile defense with North Korea on agenda for talks
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited a Japanese Patriot PAC-3 missile battery, Japan's last line of defense against any possible North Korean missile strike, in Tokyo on Wednesday on his way to the Winter Olympics in South Korea. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Princess Mako’s wedding postponed until 2020
TOKYO — Japan's imperial palace says Princess Mako's wedding will be postponed two years because of insufficient preparations. Mako and her college classmate Kei Komuro announced their engagement last September and were to wed in November. The delay had ... ( read original story ...)
Fevered speculation as Japan princess postpones engagement
which was leading Wednesday's television news programmes. For weeks, gossip magazines have been delving into the finances of Komuro's mother, who is widowed. In late January, Japan's two biggest weeklies, each quoting an acquaintance of "a former fiance ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers to buy 100,517 tonnes of food wheat via tender
TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture seeks to buy 100,517 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that will close late on Thursday. Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Princess Mako postpones wedding to commoner Kei Komuro
Japan's Princess Mako is postponing her wedding to her college ... "I am very sorry for causing a big trouble and extra burden to those who have sincerely helped our wedding," AFP news agency quoted the princess as saying. She will lose her title when ... ( read original story ...)
Stock market: Japan’s Nikkei 225 closes down almost 5% after huge losses on Dow Jones
Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 4.7 per cent, marking its worst fall since November 2016 and taking it down to a four-month low. The US benchmark S&P 500 fell by more than 4 per cent while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 4.6 per cent on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Feature: This Ain’t A Scene It’s An ARMS Race (At EVO Japan 2018)
Before fighting game regulars Tekken, Street Fighter and Smash Bros took to the stage at EVO Japan last weekend, a select group of a strong, committed and vocal community came together to advocate the inclusion of the newest title on the roster - Nintendo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Leading Index On Tap For Wednesday
CANBERA (Alliance News) - Japan will on Wednesday see preliminary December results for its leading and coincident indexes, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The leading index is expected to show a score of 108.1, down from 108.3 ... ( read original story ...)
Frasers Hospitality invests US$250m to develop Tokyo serviced residence
SINGAPORE - Frasers Hospitality, part of Frasers Property Group, is investing US$250 million to develop a new serviced residence in the Ginza district in Tokyo. The property, to be launched under its millennial-focused hotel residence brand Capri by Fraser ... ( read original story ...)