"This inbound tourism has brought a growth chance to sectors such as the retail and restaurant business, which were shrinking due to population decline," said Kimihiro Etoh, a Bank of Japan executive and manager of the Osaka branch. Osaka was traditionally ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic sponsors far more excited for Tokyo than Pyeongchang
Tokyo tells a different story ... Japan's biggest toilet manufacturer was seven years old when the Olympics first came to Japan. TOTO Ltd. made news in 1964 for its prefabricated toilet-and-bath units that helped speed the construction of a luxury hotel ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo college long gone but its legacy carries on at The Japan Times
A 10-minute walk from JR Sapporo Station brings one to a small, white clock tower in the city center. The 13-meter-high Western timepiece is an iconic image of the city and Hokkaido. Most Japanese recognize the tower, one of the most popular tourist spots ... ( read original story ...)
Reliance Nippon IPO to open on 25 October
It will be the first IPO by an Indian mutual fund manager ... and Nippon Life Insurance Co., a leading private life insurer in Japan, which holds 49%. Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management is involved in managing mutual funds (including exchange-traded ... ( read original story ...)
Japan has almost completely eliminated gun deaths — here’s how
Japan is a country of more than 127 million people, but it rarely sees more than 10 gun deaths a year. Culture is one reason for the low rate, but gun control is a major one, too. Japan has a long list of tests that applicants must pass before gaining ... ( read original story ...
Travel deals: Free airfare for a Suez Canal cruise and $1,000 resort credit in Mexico
Generations Riviera Maya, a Karisma Hotels & Resorts property in Mexico, is offering a $1,000 resort ... tours and meals; 11-night cruise from Osaka to Sapporo; all onboard meals, drinks and gratuities; shore excursions; airport transfers; and taxes. ( read original story ...)
Osaka leaders complain about S.F. ‘comfort women’ statue
as did former Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who canceled a trip to San Francisco in 2013 after being internationally condemned for suggesting the comfort women system had been necessary at the time. “We’re concerned mistaken history based on news reports ... ( read original story ...)
Making Japanese mochi is no easy feat but this Markham pastry shop doles out the ‘real stuff’
"My mom and I both had the biggest smiles on our face," he said. "In Canada, it's very hard to get fresh mochi. It reminded us of Japan." We're sitting at the back of the bustling J-Town complex in Markham late one Sunday morning — Little Japan to those ... ( read original story ...)
A Look Back: The Rape And Murder Of British Bar Hostess Lucie Blackman In Tokyo
a serial rapist named Joji Obara was arrested in Tokyo for the murders of bar hostess Lucie Blackman and Australian model Carita Ridgeway. At the time of his arrest, he was also charged with raping six other women. Obara, a wealthy property developer ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei stock index closes at 21-year high
Tokyo's benchmark stock index closed at a more than two-decade ... But it remains far below a record close of almost 39,000 in the last days of 1989 before a stock and property market bubble collapsed. The index then began a long descent as the once ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. helicopter crash-lands, burns close to Okinawa home
HIGASHI, Okinawa Prefecture--A U.S. military transport helicopter caught fire in mid-flight and crash-landed on grazing land on private property here Oct. 11 ... would file a protest over the incident with Tokyo and Washington. He was incensed that ... ( read original story ...)
exhilarating toyota GR HV concept revealed before tokyo motor show 2017
set to be shown at tokyo motor show 2017, the toyota 'GR HV' concept integrates ... Bark Design Architects have designed this spectacular timber house nestled on a vegetated coastal property of Peregian Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensla ( read original story ...)
Reliance Nippon Life AMC IPO to mop up Rs 1,542 crore; issue opens October 25-27
The company "plans to open its IPO on Wednesday, October 25, and close on Friday, October 27 with a price band of Rs 247-252 per equity share," the filing noted. Jointly owned by Japan's Nippon Life and Reliance Capital, the firm is the asset manager to ... ( read original story ...)
Reliance Nippon IPO: Know More About It
The company "plans to open its IPO on Wednesday, October 25, and close on Friday, October 27 with a price band of Rs 247-252 per equity share," the filing noted. Jointly owned by Japan's Nippon Life and Reliance Capital, the firm is the asset manager to ... ( read original story ...)
Reliance Nippon Life AMC IPO to mop up Rs 1,542-cr
The company "plans to open its IPO on Wednesday, October 25, and close on Friday, October 27 with a price band of Rs 247-252 per equity share," the filing noted. Jointly owned by Japan's Nippon Life and Reliance Capital, the firm is the asset manager to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s stock market has hit a 21-year high: Has Abenomics recreated the economy or will political uncertainty and North Korea end the party?
The latest of which came this week as upbeat sentiment sent Japan's best known stock index the Nikkei 225 up to a 21 year peak of 20,881 on Wednesday. Following an extensive stimulus effort by the central bank, deflation has been fended off and economic ... ( read original story ...)