A minivan slammed into pedestrians early Tuesday on a street where people had gathered for New Year's festivities in downtown Tokyo, injuring eight people ... ambulance workers rushing to the scene. K... ( read original story ...)
Car slams into pedestrians in Tokyo, injuring 8
TOKYO -- Police said a car slammed into pedestrians on a street where people had gathered for New Year's festivities in downtown Tokyo, injuring eight people. Police took into custody a man in his 20s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Stop Slaughtering Whales
It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. Japan, in many respects a model global citizen, has long been an outlier on whaling, an industry that most nations have abandoned as cruel, unne... ( read original story ...)
Japan and China could forge an alliance that will boost fiscal stimulus to offset recession
Infrastructure building is not a million dollar business; it is about trillions of dollars of spending and not least in Asia. If Japan and China can combine their expertise and financial muscle in pur... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Asia: Give us your young, your skilled, your eager workers
BEPPU, Japan -- A rusty hot-spring town in rural Japan is emerging as an unlikely hub for Asian business talent, spawning startups and workers who are ready to trot the globe on behalf of Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Internet Initiative Japan, Sony, Ingersoll-Rand, HDFC Bank and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
Chicago, IL – December 31, 2018 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and China consider holding high-level economic dialogue in spring
Japan could potentially ask China to correct unfair trade practices such as subsidies for state-owned companies and violations of intellectual property rights. According to the sources, China sounded ... ( read original story ...)
Carlos Ghosn: Japanese court detains ex-Nissan chief for 10 more days
Carlos Ghosn will remain in detention for another 10 days after a Japanese court approved a prosecutors’ request to continue questioning the former Nissan chairman over allegations of financial miscon... ( read original story ...)
The strangeness of Japan’s decision to start openly hunting whales
Although Japan's greater motives aren't known, there's potential that they intend to wind down their whaling operations, possibly for good. After all, the business, with diminished demand ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo court extends detention of Nissan’s Ghosn by ten days: TV Asahi
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo District Court has extended the detention of ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn by 10 days, TV Asahi reported on Monday. Ghosn, accused of aggravated breach of tr... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s cosmetics exports head for sixth straight annual record
TOKYO -- Japan's cosmetics exports are on track to ... according to a tally of 16 types of cosmetics compiled from trade data by Nikkei. Demand for gifts tends to boost exports in December ... ( read original story ...)
Room Request! Mandarin Oriental Tokyo
Below, the hotel’s Director of Concierge Services, Masumi Tajima, gives us the inside scoop on the property. Creating a distinctive ‘Sense of Place’ is a core guiding principle of Mandarin Oriental To... ( read original story ...)
One Championship announces partnership with TV Tokyo
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced an exclusive partnership in Japan with TV Tokyo, one of Japan’s largest national Free-To-Air tele... ( read original story ...)
Japan has millions of vacant homes you can buy for next to nothing
Many properties are listed because their often older owners don’t want to pay property taxes or can ... 20 percent of housing stock by 2033. Tokyo had the lowest percentage of vacant homes ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops crack down on Yamanote pickpockets
TOKYO (TR) – As a part of a crackdown on pickpockets targeting ... This year, police have received 103 reports of thefts on the Yamanote Line in which the value of lost property totaled 2.9 million ye... ( read original story ...)
Shizuoka: Decayed corpse found on property in Fuji
SHIZUOKA (TR) – Shizuoka Prefectural Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a male corpse in front of a residence in Fuji City last week, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun (Dec. 24 ... ( read original story ...)