Tokyo Electron is on track to boost net profit 33% this fiscal year to 450.8 billion yen ($2.94 billion), according to the average analyst outlook from QUICK Consensus. ( read original story ...)
Marion County restaurant inspections: Night Deposit Whiskey Library, Nagoya Japanese
This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Marion County health department. Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures, food ... ( read original story ...)
Tech Moves: OpenAI hires former Amazon Web Services leader to lead new Tokyo office
Tadao Nagasaki, a longtime tech exec who led Japan-related operations for Amazon Web Services and F5, is joining OpenAI ( read original story ...)
Daily round-trip flights resume between Tokyo and quake-hit Noto
All Nippon Airways resumed daily flights on Monday between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Noto Airport, located in the area of central Japan that was devastated by the New Year's Day earthquake. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Public Toilets Will Leave New Yorkers Sobbing
Wim Wenders’s tender and lovely film Perfect Days has fired me up with a new object of desire: public bathrooms as clean and beautiful as those in the Shibuya neighborhood of Tokyo. In the film, Koji Yakusho plays Hirayama, ( read original story ...)
Plaintiffs make impassioned pleas in Tokyo court as police racial profiling case opens
Plaintiffs in a police racial profiling suit against the national, Tokyo Metropolitan and Aichi Prefectural governments made impassioned spee ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen falls to lowest since 1990, dollar/yen up 0.6%
The yen weakened on Monday, pushing the dollar to its highest against the Japanese currency since June 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up ... ( read original story ...)
OpenAI opens its first Asia office in Japan as a ‘first step’ in its commitment to the region
ChatGPT developer OpenAI opened its first Asian office in Tokyo, Japan as the company aims to expand its global presence. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas, Sumitomo, and JOIN to Invest in Expanding City Gas Distribution Business in India
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Osaka Gas) announced on April 8 its subsidiary OSAKA GAS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (OGS) has reached an agreement with Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development (JOIN) to invest in AG&P LNG Marketing Pte. ( read original story ...)
Trial over alleged racial profiling begins in Tokyo
A trial has begun in Tokyo involving three foreign-born residents who are seeking compensation from the central and local governments over alleged racial profiling by police. ( read original story ...)
7 shows like ‘Tokyo Vice’ to watch while you wait for season 3 renewal
Following last week's aptly-named "Endgame" episode, season 2 of " Tokyo Vice " on Max has come and gone, bringing with it plentiful action and more than enough investigative reporting all set on a neon-drenched Tokyo backdrop unlike any other. ( read original story ...)
Japan Considers Emissions Cuts in New Energy Plan, Says Nikkei
Japan will consider slashing emissions 66% by fiscal year 2035, from 2013 levels, as the nation kicks off a review of its energy mix strategy, the Nikkei reported Monday without attribution. ( read original story ...)
Theft suspect admits taking gold tea bowl from unlocked case in Tokyo store
Tokyo investigative sources say a man suspected of stealing an expensive gold tea bowl has admitted taking it because the display case was not locked. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sapporo sees earliest 25C day since records began
Temperatures in Japan's northern city of Sapporo -- famous for skiing -- on Monday passed 25 degrees Celsius at the earliest point of any year on record, a weather agency official said.It is the ... ( read original story ...)
Why Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics failed
Sapporo’s 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid failed to garner public support due to factors ranging from the negative impact of the 2020 Tokyo Games to a poor public relations campaign from ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka World Expo 2025: How to win influence with key economic drivers in Japan
Ballooning costs, construction delays, a carpenter shortage—the litany of reported woes besetting the World Expo 2025 in Osaka seems endless. One year out, Japanese media coverage of the Osaka Expo ... ( read original story ...)