Naming the event after the Japanese word for chit-chat, Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture in Tokyo found that their concept resonated with people around the world. PechaKucha events are now held worldwide in more than 900 cities and ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea claims all of U.S. in strike range as Trump says China has done ‘nothing”
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the missile ... Moscow's data indicated the launch was only of a medium-range ballistic missile, Russian news agency Tass reported. Diplomats say China and Russia only view a long-range missile test ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Saudi Aramco advisers favor London for historic IPO – sources
to act as a "cornerstone" IPO investor. Slideshow (6 Images) As well as New York and London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Toronto are all seeking to have Saudi Aramco list on their respective markets. But experts have long pointed to the ... ( read original story ...)
Redfin’s stock debuts 30% above its IPO price
Facebook: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward Japan It appeared to have been launched from northern Jagang Province, around 60 kilometers from North Korea's border with China . North Korea has apparently launched a missile which landed just 230 ... ( read original story ...)
ADNOC seeks to reduce costs, explore joint ventures
One major subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is poised for an initial public offering (IPO) on Abu Dhabi’s stock exchange by year’s end. This is a further indication of how the low oil prices battering Gulf Arab economies are ... ( read original story ...)
Monster Hunter World Will Release by March 2018; Capcom Comments on Strong Switch and PS4 Sales
Today Capcom released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year ... This is a significant improvement for the same period last year, that saw the publisher from Osaka posting considerable losses. Within the accompanying press release ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda Pharmaceutical’s (TKPHF) CEO Christophe Weber on Q1 2017 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
Thank you very much for joining our consolidated financial results conference for fiscal 2017 Q1 ... In Japan, we will have a development center that will be based in Osaka where it's currently based and a research group that will be based in Shonan ... ( read original story ...)
Court rules gov’t denial of funds to Korean school illegal
Under the program, public high school students were made exempt from tuition fees while private high school students receive financial aid to make tuition effectively free. According to the Osaka court ruling, applications to participate in the program by ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka court rules Korean school entitled to tuition subsidies withheld by government
Under the program, public high school students are exempt from tuition fees while private high school students receive financial aid to make tuition effectively free. According to the Osaka court ruling, applications by Korean schools to participate in the ... ( read original story ...)
Capcom Announces 3.7 Million Copies Sold for Resident Evil 7
Capcom has announced the financial results for the last quarter, concluded on June 30th. The home of Osaka has focused particularly on the commercial results of Resident Evil 7 Biohazard and Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers. While the ... ( read original story ...)
Chanathip off to solid start in J1 League
Sapporo: Chanathip Songkrasin was impressive in his J-League debut for Consadole Sapporo yesterday. The Thai midfielder became the first player from his country to play in the Japanese top flight before making way for fellow newcomer Jay Bothroyd in the ... ( read original story ...)
The world’s best record shops #074: Revelation Time, Osaka
One of several must-visit shops in Osaka (make a bee-line for Rare Groove too), Eiji ... Opened thirteen years ago as an online business, Revelation Time went physical in 2009 and specialises in a broad sweep of leftfield dance music, whether riding ... ( read original story ...)
Jakarta Land Surface Subsides 12 cm a Year
Land subsidence in Tokyo had taken place since the 1920’s and it was stopped ... building degradation which entails lower property value. ( read original story ...)
Russian Federation orders USA to cut embassy staff in retaliation for sanctions
Moscow ordered the United States to reduce its diplomatic presence in Russian Federation to 455 diplomats and staff and also said it was seizing some USA diplomatic property as retaliation ... Telltale's Game of Thrones , and Tokyo Jungle ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Electric Power : FY 2017 First Quarter Financial Results
Tokyo Electric Power Holdings, Incorporated finalized its consolidated FY2017 First Quarter (April 1 through June 30, 2017) Financial Results today. On the revenue side, electricity sales revenue decreased 2.7% from the same period of the previous fiscal ... ( read original story ...)
Death: We all have to go sometime
Was this murder, or filial piety? The father had begged the son to put him out of his misery. The Nagoya High Court handed down a prison sentence of four years, with three years suspended. Journalist Yoichi Miyashita, writing in the August issue of the ... ( read original story ...)