From right: Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC Managing Director S.R. Gnanam hands over the sponsorship contribution to The Music Project Trustee Shalini Wickramasuriya Tokyo Cement announced partnering with The Music Project, a non-profit initiative ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks lose ground in morning tracking losses on Wall Street, profit taking
Tokyo stocks declined Friday morning as Wall Street’s overnight losses created a dour market mood, while some investors opted for profits and to square away positions ahead of the weekend. stocks The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 27.22 points, or 0 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas : Ex-Tokyo gov. blames incumbent over fish market plan “current trouble”
Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Friday criticized current Gov. Yuriko Koike over stalling the plan to relocate the famous but aging Tsukiji fish market. Ishihara admitted responsibility for giving final approval for the relocation plan as the head ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Tokyo Gov. Ishihara urges early relocation of fish market
The 84-year-old politician and writer will be summoned as a sworn witness on March 20 to a committee at the Tokyo metropolitan assembly looking into the relocation. To have fuller access to the Kyodo News website, it is necessary to subscribe. We offer a ... ( read original story ...)
Mmmm, mayo custard desserts: Cult favourite Kewpie mayonnaise to open ‘mayo cafés’ in Japan
To get an idea of just how popular the emulsion is in Japan, consider Tokyo’s mayonnaise museum, MayoTerrace. The building includes a wooden replica of a 450 g Kewpie squeeze bottle – the “Mayonnaise Dome” – and a Kewpie kitchen where you can try ... ( read original story ...)
Erdogan Critics Beware: Turkey Probably is Watching
The Investigative Project on Terrorism kindly allows Modern Tokyo Times to publish their articles. This important think tank provides essential information in the area of terrorism. ( read original story ...)
IOC gets tough with Tokyo 2020 golf venue
TOKYO: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday issued a sharp warning to the private club set to host golf at the 2020 Tokyo Games: admit women or you’re out. On a visit to Tokyo to check on the city’s Olympic preparations, IOC vice ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia issues arrest warrant for airline employee in Kim murder probe
Kim Jong-nam reportedly fell out of favor with his father, the late Kim Jong-il, in 2001, when he was caught trying to enter Japan on a false passport to visit Tokyo Disneyland. ( read original story ...)
Japan's core inflation rises for 1st time in over a year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices rose for the first time in over a year in January due to a pickup in energy costs and private consumption, offering some hope for the central bank's efforts in accelerating inflation to its 2 percent target. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Bank Consortium Will Commercialize Ripple Technology Later This Year
It is not surprising to find out a Japanese bank consortium is looking to integrate blockchain technology. What is somewhat surprising is how the group wants to use Ripple’s blockchain to improve their payment infrastructures. The plan is to use this ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bank consortium plans blockchain payments push using Google-backed Ripple tech
A consortium of Japanese banks is planning to use distributed ledger technology — better known as blockchain — from a Google-backed fintech start-up to make domestic and international payments. This follows a successful implementation of a pilot ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks build on global Trump..
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks hit a two-month high Thursday ... was "very serious" about bidding for the troubled Japanese company's prized microchip business. Nintendo, whose new Switch games console will hit stores Friday, fell 1.76 percent to 22,875 yen. ( read original story ...)
Golf venue must allow women ahead of Tokyo 2020: IOC VP
TOKYO -- The club that is set to host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament must change its policy of excluding women as full members or the event will go elsewhere, IOC vice-president John Coates said Thursday. Coates, in Tokyo for a two-day co-ordination ... ( read original story ...)
Owl cafes in Japan draw ire of animal safety activists
Owls fluff up their feathers and preen beneath the stroking fingers of customers at Owl Village, one of many owl cafes that have popped up around Japan amid the nation’s pet cafe boom. Here children can play and pet the eight owls, while adults take ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo overtakes Hong Kong to become most expensive business travel location
Tokyo becomes the most expensive location in the Asia-Pacific region for business travel in 2016, while Hong Kong has fallen to the second place, a survey from consulting firm ECA International showed. The London-based company released its latest Daily ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei hits 14-month high as yen weakens and Wall Street soars
TOKYO, March 2 Japan's Nikkei share average hit a 14-month peak on Thursday as the yen weakened against the dollar on heightened expectations for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month and after Wall Street soared to record highs. ( read original story ...)