TOKYO — As a brass band blared "Anchors Aweigh," Tokyo's governor led Thursday's opening ceremony for the Japanese capital's new fish market and tried to assuage concerns about contamination at the si... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign minister says country to open to foreigners
HANOI, Vietnam — Japan is gearing up to accept more foreign workers as its own population is on the brink of a steep decline, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday. Kono told a World Economic Forum m... ( read original story ...)
Game, set, match: Nissan signs rising tennis star Osaka as brand ambassador
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday it had signed U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka as its next brand ambassador, tapping the tennis star’s youth ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo chief opens new fish market, delayed for 2 years
The Toyosu market won’t open for business until Oct. 11. But hundreds of government and fisheries industry officials in dark suits came to the ceremony Thursday at the sprawling facility. Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent-backed Meituan raises $4.2 billion in IPO priced near top of range: sources
Meituan's IPO is one of the biggest in a packed Hong Kong listing calendar ... after Sopoaga warning Thomas returns to Malaysia seeking third CIMB Classic title Osaka not saddened by Serena row in U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka serves Japan brands a golden Olympic opportunity
"It was very good ...for us," an official of Citizen Watch told the Nikkei Asian Review. The Japanese company named Osaka its first global ambassador last month, and will in the coming days ... ( read original story ...)
Manufacturing leads Japan’s increasing reliance on foreign staff
Nikkei analyzed the government's labor force ... The ratio of foreign workers to total workforce for all six manufacturing sectors in Japan was higher than the all-industry average. ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s U.S. Open win re-opens cultural discussion in Japan
YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Naomi Osaka's victory in the U.S. Open has added her to a growing list of athletes, Nobel Prize winners, and beauty pageant contestants who have raised the issue of what it means to ... ( read original story ...)
Popular Toronto restaurant earns coveted food stall at ramen museum in Japan
Ryus Noodle Bar, a Japanese ramen eatery that specializes in noodle soups, has been chosen to set up a food stall in the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama. The museum, which calls itself a food-t... ( read original story ...)
Suruga scandal casts shadow over Japan’s banking sector
Along a residential backstreet of western Tokyo, the logo of a non-existent company — hastily rustled up to disguise the roots of Japan’s biggest banking crisis in years — has been mounted beside the ... ( read original story ...)
What Serena Williams whispered to Naomi Osaka on podium
FIVE days after her historic US Open victory, Naomi Osaka has spoken about what really went down on the podium between the 20-year-old and her childhood idol, Serena Williams. Osaka became the first-e... ( read original story ...)
Japan opposition leader says its PM is too close to Trump
WASHINGTON — Japan’s main opposition leader said Wednesday that the nation’s prime minister is papering over differences on trade and other issues with President Donald Trump, and that could ... ( read original story ...)
Japan looks to Canada for US mood on trade talks
TOKYO -- Japan is keeping a close eye on Canada's stance on trade, in hopes that ongoing negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement would temper Washington's attitude at its new ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 test event announced for August 2019
On the eve of the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final, the International Triathlon Union (ITU), Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee and Japanese Triathlon Union have announced the dates for the 2019 test even... ( read original story ...)
Japanese prosecutors want to see suspected ‘Twitter Killer’ hang
Japanese prosecutors are determined to see an accused serial killer hang. Officials have indicted Takahiro Shiraishi, 27, on multiple charges of murder, forcible sexual intercourse and robbery ... ( read original story ...)
Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo Hosts “The Traditional Beauty of Kyoto Supporting Geiko and Maiko Culture” Exhibition
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 12, 2018--Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (KPH) Tokyo, one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will hold a special exhibition entitled “The ... ( read original story ...)