Japan's love of tiny cars sore spot as Trump, Abe meet

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets on Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, Japan's bulging automotive trade surplus will be a sore spot, but the path to balancing auto exports and imports will be no easier than it ... ( read original story ...)

A worried Japan seeks Trump's assurances on Washington visit

news conference and working lunch. Both men are avid golfers and Trump's invitation to Abe to join him at the "winter White House" on his Ma-a-Lago resort in Florida represents a significant coup for the Japanese Prime Minister. It's being taken as a huge ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Draws Flake Over Freezing Fish For Sapporo Festival

After its raucous move to freeze fish in an ice rink, this time, Japan had made it clear to continue freezing different fish and aquatic animals as a tradition in celebrating the Sapporo Snow Festival. Animal rights activists thought that the tradition ... ( read original story ...)

Press rewind: Trump, Tokyo and a welcome back to the 1980s

In response, Toyota said it would invest $10bn in the US over the next five years. But analysts say the tough talk on cars won't end until Tokyo offers up some major concessions elsewhere, in particular on agriculture. To protect its farmers, Japan places ... ( read original story ...)

Correction: Japan-Shaping Sound story

TOKYO - In a story Feb. 7 about engineer Yasuhisa Toyota's work in concert halls, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he founded his company. He is not the founder of Nagata Acoustics. A corrected version of the story is below: Concert halls ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Sharp may start building $7B plant in US, report says

Sharp Corp, the Japanses display maker, may break ground on a $7-billion plant in the U.S. as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe readies for his first meeting with President Trump, Reuters reported. A Sharp spokesman told the news agency that no final ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Tire Signs On As Official Tire Of U.S. Spartan Race

Yokohama Tire Corp. has teamed up with Spartan Race, the world’s largest obstacle race and endurance brand, to highlight its GEOLANDAR line of light truck tires. Yokohama signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement and is now the “Official Tire of the U ... ( read original story ...)

Hotel JAL City Nagoya Nishiki Announced for 2019

Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., announced today that it will open Hotel JAL City Nagoya Nishiki, the Okura Nikko Hotel’s first property in Nagoya, Japan. The company signed a contract with Enuwan LLC to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo golf club undecided over rule changes to allow women

TOKYO -- Board members at the club that will host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament failed to make a decision about changing their policy of excluding women as full members. The Kasumigaseki Country Club came under scrutiny recently when the International ... ( read original story ...)

Hotel JAL City Nagoya Nishiki to Open in 2019

View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170207006603/en/ The new hotel will be located in Fushimi, just seven minutes from Fushimi Station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway. Fushimi, traditionally a tranquil area on the banks of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan broad trade surplus at 9-year high on weaker yen

U.S. figures reported Tuesday showed Japan logged the second largest trade surplus with the U.S. last year, at $68.9 billion dollars. China's, at $347 billion, was the highest. Those reports were front page news in Japan, where Trump's criticism has ... ( read original story ...)

Japan logs strong trade data ahead of Abe-Trump meeting

chief economist and principal at Japan Macro Advisors, told Bloomberg News. “It basically gives ammunition to the Trump administration that the yen is too cheap.” Japan’s current account surplus hit 20.65 trillion yen (USD 184 billion) last year ... ( read original story ...)

Japan broad trade surplus at 9-year high on export rebound

TOKYO — Japan says its current account surplus hit a 9-year high in 2016, helped by lower costs for imported oil and improved exports. The perennial trade surpluses Japan runs with the U.S. are a sore point for U.S. President Donald Trump, and the data ... ( read original story ...)