Net profit of Tokyo Finance declined 48.72% to Rs 0.40 crore in the quarter ended March 2020 as against Rs 0.78 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2019. Sales declined 94.94% to Rs 0.04 ... ( read original story ...)
Ainu minority files lawsuit against Japan gov’t on salmon fishing rights
A group of Ainu, an ethnic minority in northern Japan, filed a lawsuit Monday against authorities to grant them exemption from ban ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama ex-cop arrested for allegedly trying to strangle 102-year-old aunt
A former police officer who tried to strangle his 102-year-old aunt because he was tired of looking after her was arrested Aug. 16 on suspicion of att ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Okura to Partner With Tokyo Management College
Hotel Okura is additionally establishing an education and training program in Japan for its overseas local staff in cooperation with Tokyo Management College and Tokyo Masuda Culinary School, a ... ( read original story ...)
Money Heist season 5 theories: Tokyo devastated by return of ex-boyfriend – here’s who
MONEY HEIST Part Five will add two new members to the cast. Ahead of the show's final instalment, fans have been busy trying to work out what roles the new characters will play. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe Goes to Hospital for Reported Check Up, Following Health Concerns
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a hospital in Tokyo on Monday for what an aide said was a checkup, following recent concerns about his health. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy shrinks at record pace as pandemic wipes out ‘Abenomics’ gains
Japan was hit by its biggest economic contraction on record in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic crushed consumption and exports, keeping policymakers under pressure for bolder action to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Always Scraped By. Covid Will Make That Harder
Despite being written off by skeptics as an economic wasteland for the past three decades, Japan has often managed to scrape by, and has even enjoyed periods of sustained growth. The Covid-19 pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Global report: Japan hit by biggest GDP fall in 40 years, Australia suffers deadliest day
New Zealand postpones general election; US coronavirus death toll passes 170,000; Italy closes nightclubs for three weeks ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin To ‘Ignite’ After Labor Day, Warns Former Prudential CEO In Surprise Crypto Flip
George Ball, the chief executive of investment firm Sanders Morris Harris and former chief executive of Prudential Securities, has changed his tune on bitcoin, switching from being a bitcoin "opponent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Contracts 7.8 Percent, Worst Decline on Record
The quarterly slide, an annualized drop of 27.8 percent, coincides with a long and uncertain road to recovery. ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks fall after economy contracts, other markets up
Japanese stocks sank while other Asian markets gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. The quarterly ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Pacific stocks mixed as U.S.-China tensions remain; Japan’s economy shrinks in second quarter
June, according to government data released Monday. That was the sharpest contraction on record, according to Reuters. ( read original story ...)
INSTANT VIEW 4-Japan’s economy shrinks at record pace as pandemic hits spending
Japan suffered its biggest economic contraction on record in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic crushed business and consumer spending, keeping policymakers under pressure for bolder ... ( read original story ...)
Watch thieves steal a Lexus in Nagoya
Aichi police have released security camera footage showing the quick-strike theft of a Lexus sedan from a parking lot in Nagoya last week ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy shrinks at record pace as pandemic hits spending
Japan suffered its biggest economic contraction on record in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic crushed business and consumer spending, keeping policymakers under pressure for bolder ... ( read original story ...)