(Bloomberg) -- Radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is becoming the latest source of tension between Japan and South Korea, potentially undercutting Tokyo’s effort to promote the 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan opens arms to half a million fans for Rugby World Cup
TOKYO -- With the Rugby World Cup kicking off Sept. 20 in Japan, communities across the country are preparing for the 500,000-plus visitors expected to attend. Nearly 50 games will be played ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Credit Rating Agency rates BRICS Bank AAA
The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) was assigned a ‘AAA’ foreign currency long-term issuer rating with a stable outlook by Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd (JCR) on August 20. In its press release, ... ( read original story ...)
From Banking to Travel, Rakuten Taps into e-Commerce in Japan
Rakuten (RKUNY) is a well-diversified conglomerate with tentacles throughout Japan that has plenty of running room for international expansion. Many of you may not have heard of Rakuten but I ... ( read original story ...)
Sports Tech Tokyo’s World Demo Day Arrives In San Francisco Today As It Focuses On Technology’s Impact On Sports
discussed business-building opportunities. While 159 companies made it through the admissions process into the first cohort, only 12 have the opportunity to present at Sports Tech Tokyo’s World Demo ... ( read original story ...)
NOCs confident Tokyo 2020 can overcome heat, water quality issues
TOKYO (Reuters) - Searing heat and water quality issues have dogged Tokyo 2020 organizers in recent weeks but delegates to a Chef de Mission seminar on Tuesday said they are confident their hosts ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama plans to go all in on landing a casino resort in city
Yokohama officials are planning to spin the wheel in hopes of landing one of the three "integrated resort" (IR) locations in Japan that will include a casino, according to sources related to the ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: History complicates Seoul-Tokyo trade dispute
Tokyo-Seoul standoff decades in the making, writes Kim Tong-hyung and Yuri Kageyama. A runaway train. Crashing billiard balls. A compound fracture. Journalists and academics in Seoul have been running ... ( read original story ...)
Japan approves further exports of high-tech material to South Korea: sources
SEOUL (Reuters) - Japan has approved shipments of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, two people familiar with the matter said on ... ( read original story ...)
Restaurateur, 86: Free lunch if you can put me down in arm wrestling
NAGOYA--Beat an 86-year-old man in arm wrestling and win a free lunch? Many have tried to their regret to put Eiji Okubo down at his restaurant here in the city’s Chikusa Ward. But most have been left ... ( read original story ...)
Faced with global downturn fears, Japan Inc avoids raising bonuses: Reuters poll
In Japan, bonuses serve as a barometer of business confidence, as companies prefer using them to adjust pay up or down - boosting bonuses when business is good and slashing them in tougher times - ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s exports down for eighth month, sales to China slump as recession fears grow
Separately, the Reuters Tankan survey showed Japanese manufacturers' business confidence turned negative for the first time since April 2013 in August. "My impression is that the year-on-year rise in ... ( read original story ...)
Big global bond rally puts Bank of Japan in a bind
Many traders in Japan had a tough first day back from a national holiday on Monday, arriving at their desks to find speculative net long positions in the yen heading towards a record high and the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc backs Abe’s tough trade stance vs South Korea amid row: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese companies broadly support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s tough trade stance against South Korea, a Reuters poll found. Three-quarters of companies in the monthly Reuters ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Japan again approved shipment of photoresists to South Korea -Yonhap News
SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Japan has approved shipment of a high-tech material to South Korea for the second time since imposing export curbs last month, Yonhap News Agency reported late on Monday, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc must back independent boards as a check on hostile takeovers
Two recent events -- Yahoo Japan's ousting of Askul's CEO and three independent directors, and H.I.S.'s unfolding hostile tender offer for Unizo Holdings -- should prompt corporate Japan to ... ( read original story ...)