STUTTGART – World number one Naomi Osaka said Tuesday she had “dodged a bullet” after Simona Halep, her main pursuer in the WTA rankings, pulled out of this week's tournament in Stuttgart. Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan reporter sues government after passport is invalidated
TOKYO - A Japanese journalist known for covering war zones has sued the Foreign Ministry after it invalidated his passport and demanded he surrender it, saying it deprives him of his right to travel ... ( read original story ...)
As tensions rise in the Asia-Pacific, Japan’s PM is calling on Canada for help
In the military, they call it "painting a target." And it apparently came as a shock to the crew of a lumbering Japanese patrol plane last December when a South Korean warship locked onto them with ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese passes law to compensate forced sterilization victims
Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, told a news conference that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was set to issue a statement later on Wednesday. "I would also like to apologize after deep ... ( read original story ...)
Japan apologises to people forcibly sterilised under defunct eugenics law
Photograph: Daniel Hurst/The Guardian Japan’s government has issued an apology and awarded ... including those who reportedly agreed to undergo surgery, according to Kyodo news agency. People with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan apologises, vows redress for forcibly sterilised women
Japan's government apologized to tens of thousands of victims forcibly sterilized under the now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law and promised to pay compensation. Picture: Toshiyuki Matsumoto/Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)
After bodysuit blow, Japan’s Zozo embarks on hiring spree to shore up online mall
TOKYO (Reuters) - For Japan’s Zozo Inc, a brash online fashion retailer, 2018 marked a turning point, but not in the way that anyone had hoped. Its body-measuring Zozosuit, which was supposed to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan nuclear regulator to halt reactors without anti-terrorism systems
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday said it would start ... Shares of all three companies tumbled on the news, with Kansai falling 7.2 percent to 1,453 yen, Kyushu falling more ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Softbank to buy 5.6 percent of Wirecard for around $1 billion
BERLIN (Reuters) - Japan’s Softbank Group Corp will buy a 5.6 percent stake in German payments company Wirecard by acquiring convertible bonds worth around 900 million euros ($1.01 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei eases as caution sets in before earnings; Nissan plunges
TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged lower in choppy trade on Wednesday as investors stayed cautious before earnings results, but it remained around a 4-1/2-month high as sentiment was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Heisei era: Changes, growth and tragedies
Japan’s “bubble economy” of soaring asset prices was in its final stages when Akihito ascended the throne. The Nikkei share average hit a record high of 38,957.44 on Dec. 29, 1989, but began to slide ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-based developer of laundry-folding robot files for bankruptcy
A Tokyo-based developer of a laundry-folding robot filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday due to financial difficulties. Seven Dreamers Laboratories Inc. released a statement saying that it had insufficient ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: In Japan, the old are harassing the young
An elderly in Japan appears in a viral video preventing the door of a packed Nagoya commuter train from closing. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab) TOKYO: A minute or two of newly shot mobile phone video ... ( read original story ...)
Japan apologizes to those forcibly sterilized, vows redress
TOKYO -- Japan's government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of victims forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law and promised to pay compensation. Chief Cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
Didi-SoftBank taxi-hailing JV expands to 13 cities across Japan
The app launched in September in Osaka, a popular destination for Chinese tourists, where it tied up with taxi firms to enter an increasingly crowded market for such apps that includes rivals backed ... ( read original story ...)
Inconvenient truths of Japan’s ‘combini’ culture
Japan's convenience culture covers not only ... Gwen Robinson is editor-at-large of the Nikkei Asian Review. ( read original story ...)