TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacifica Capital K.K. and PAG Real Estate are pleased to announce the opening of its hotel project, Oakwood Hotel & Serviced Apartments Shin-Osaka, which began operations on Au... ( read original story ...)
Death toll in western Japan 6.1 quake rises to 4
The death toll in the Japanese city of Osaka rose to four on Tuesday from a magnitude ... Related Japan earth quake Legal Notice: Copyright, trade marks and other intellectual property rights in this ... ( read original story ...)
The world’s most liveable city has changed for the first time in seven years
Melbourne only edged out third-placer Osaka by 0.7 of a percentage point. The Japanese city vaulted to its current position from a distant 14th place last year when Asia was all but absent from the to... ( read original story ...)
Nigerian national suspected in destruction of gravestones in Osaka, Ehime
Osaka Prefecture, of pushing over one Buddhist statue — valued at around 80,000 yen — at a temple in Saijo City, Ehime at around 5:00 a.m. on July 15. Police did not divulge whether Uba, who has been ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas Chemicals and CarboTech AC GmbH continue partnership for distribution of CMS products
Osaka Gas Chemicals and CarboTech AC GmbH are extending their ... The cumulative competence in CMS intellectual property is additionally supported by research activities with universities and joint pr... ( read original story ...)
New hotels: Oakwood Hotel & Apartments Shin-Osaka, Dash Resort, and more
The first international serviced apartment brand in the Umeda and Shin-Osaka areas offers a total of 185 units ... a fitness centre and spa. For functions, the property also has a grand ballroom and t... ( read original story ...)
Sydney, stop whingeing – our city’s not that bad
Sure, our property prices make extortionists feel embarrassed ... Sydney jumped to fifth, with only Vienna, Osaka, Calgary and Melbourne ahead of us. Melbourne dropped to second, meaning that condolen... ( read original story ...)
World champion chess prodigy who made Heroz, the hottest Japanese IPO
The financiers kind of tuned out. Heroz Inc. CEO Takahiro Hayashi listed the company on a startup market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in April. Shares opened 11 times higher than the IPO price, the bes... ( read original story ...)
Peter Luger-style steakhouses are now storming Tokyo
We hear Morton’s is coming to Japan very soon.” But by all accounts, the biggest challenge to opening an American steakhouse in Tokyo isn’t just finding a well-funded Japanese business partner; it’s l... ( read original story ...)
Japan ships fewer cars to US as export growth slows
Japan’s economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.9 percent in the second quarter on the back of household and business spending, recovering from an earlier contraction. ( read original story ...)
Escaped rape suspect may have snatched purses in Osaka while on the run
OSAKA – A rape suspect who escaped from an Osaka Prefecture police station earlier this week may have snatched purses from several people since going on the run, investigative sources said Thursday. A... ( read original story ...)
Inspection of Japan Crypto Exchanges Reveals Loose Business Practices
Onsite inspections of 16 licensed cryptocurrency exchanges and 7 with licenses pending in Japan has revealed generally loose business practices and controls, according to a report released last Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s export growth slows as U.S.-bound car shipments fall
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's export growth slowed in July, with shipments of cars to the United States sinking and as global trade disputes cast doubt over demand for products from the world's third-bigg... ( read original story ...)
Peter Luger, New York-Style steakhouses are now storming Tokyo
We hear Morton’s is coming to Japan very soon.” But by all accounts, the biggest challenge to opening an American steakhouse in Tokyo isn’t just finding a well-funded Japanese business partner; it’s l... ( read original story ...)
Poll: Japan ‘family time’ filled with smartphones
TOKYO >> About 60 percent of Japanese elementary and junior high school students said family members use their mobile phones or smartphones even when they are spending time together, the highest such ... ( read original story ...)
Japan must act to protect Fukushima clean-up workers: U.N. experts
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan must act urgently to protect tens of thousands of workers laboring to clean up the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station from reported exploitation and exposure to ra... ( read original story ...)