Embodying the proud traditions of Hotel Okura’s signature Japanese hospitality, The Okura Prestige Taichung will join The Okura Prestige Taipei and the Hotel Royal Nikko Taipei as the group’s third luxury property in Taiwan. “It will be a great ... ( read original story ...)
Fake food and alcohol seizures at EU borders jump
The report on actions to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) is based on data from Member ... 2011-13 are the US (20%), Italy (15%), France and Switzerland (12%), Japan and Germany (8%). “Both the fragmented and variable nature of national ... ( read original story ...)
Top Melbourne restaurant style at home with Made in Japan ceramics
Made in Japan also has a warehouse and shop in Mornington ... The Weekly Review is a free premium lifestyle and property magazine that celebrates the best of Melbourne and all it has to offer . Now with 8 editions across Melbourne , the ... ( read original story ...)
How Wisconsin Lured Foxconn’s Massive Manufacturing Plant
This will be the first factory of its kind in the United States, and the only one not presently located in Asia (the others are located in China, Japan, South Korea ... These include reductions in income and property taxes, balancing of the state budget ... ( read original story ...)
US launches unarmed ICBM from California in system test
Reports: Trump administration discussing ways to compel China crackdown on theft of copyrights, patents and other intellectual property. High-profile lawyers ... lost some of its punch could still threaten Japan by this weekend. A powerful Pacific typhoon ... ( read original story ...)
What happened to Wei Qiujie, the Chinese teacher missing in Japan?
WEI Qiujie was only meant to be in Japan for a week. The 27-year-old primary school teacher from China had travelled there for a solo trip and was staying in a hostel in Sapporo, a picturesque, mountainous city on the island of Hokkaido. She checked in on ... ( read original story ...)
New witnesses claim to have seen missing Fujian teacher in Japan
These encounters were at different times and places in the past few days, China News Service website reported Tuesday, citing information from the official website of the Chinese consulate-general in Sapporo. One of the encounters was along a forest road ... ( read original story ...)
As LNG projects stall, AltaGas signs propane export deal with Japanese firm
AltaGas inked a deal with Tokyo’s Astomos Energy Corp. to buy half of the 1.2 million tonnes of liquefied propane gas per annum the company will produce at its $500-million Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign minister set to take party post in Cabinet reshuffle: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will appoint Foreign ... and aim mainly for economic reform," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Kimiko Date set to play in Japan Women’s Open tennis at 46
the Japan Tennis Association said on Wednesday. The Kyoto native had been awarded a sponsors' invite for the Sept. 11-17 event at Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Kyodo news reported. Date, who initially retired in 1996 but returned to competition in ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises to 1-1/2-week high on strong earnings; Apple suppliers shine
TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a 1-1/2-week high on Wednesday, supported by strong domestic earnings as well as a rally among Apple's suppliers after the iPhone maker reported robust profits. The Nikkei ended 0.5 percent ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya hospital to consider offering womb transplants
NAGOYA – A Nagoya hospital will set up a project team to consider womb transplants for women born without a uterus or whose uterus has been surgically removed due to cancer or other conditions, the hospital said Wednesday. While successful uterus ... ( read original story ...)
ANALYSIS/ Kagoike arrest leaves question of land scandal unanswered
As prosecutors arrested the former head of an educational institution on suspicion of defrauding the central and Osaka prefectural governments on ... The Kinki Local Finance Bureau did not publicize the price of the land transaction until The Asahi Shimbun ... ( read original story ...)
EDITORIAL: Kagoikes’ arrests should not obscure state land discount
The Finance Ministry sold a tract of land in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, to the school operator for 134 million yen, far below its appraised value of 956 million yen, for the planned school. But the developments that led to the discount remain a mystery. ( read original story ...)
Blackstone takes on $1.1 Billion Property Portfolio
The Australian Financial Review said the bid was the second approach ... amassing 27 assets that were mostly located in central and greater Tokyo and some in regional cities such as Osaka and Fukuoka. Blackstone and Spring Investment will now enter ... ( read original story ...)
GA Telesis, Tokyo Century launch USD 1bn new technology engine leasing initiative
Tokyo Century Corporation is a highly specialized and unique financial services company that pioneers new business fields combining finance, services and business expertise, working alongside customers in pursuit of their growth and goals. Through its four ... ( read original story ...)