Tag: Yokohama

Japan will issue around 35.5 trillion yen ($258.52 billion) in new government bonds for the fiscal 2023/24 annual budget, government sources told Reuters on Tuesday, adding to the industrial world's heaviest public debt. ( read original story ...)

China and Russia will begin a weeklong joint live-fire naval exercise in the East China Sea on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, as the two partners step up cooperation in an increasingly tense western Pacific. ( read original story ...)

Japan's budget proposal for the 2023-2024 fiscal year could be as high as 114 trillion yen, the Nikkei reported, adding that the government could issue more than 35 trillion yen in bonds. On Friday, ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka has built is charting a path as a successful businesswoman and her latest smart investment is proving that. Per a Front Office Sports report, she joins Lebron James and Draymond Green in ... ( read original story ...)

Under the mandate, large construction firms will have to install solar panels on homes with less than 21,527 square feet of interior space. ( read original story ...)

The company is recalling the 295/75R22.5 TY517 MC² and BluEarth 109L tires in the same size that were manufactured at Yokohama’s plant in West Point, Mississippi, between May 29 and June 4. ( read original story ...)

A former Japanese soldier who came forward with her sexual misconduct case says harassment was as rampant in her army unit as if “part of daily communication.” ... ( read original story ...)

The event is planned for June 1 in the Japanese capital, the first destination for this now-traditionally traveling show. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is mandating that all new homes in the city be built with rooftop solar panels starting in 2025. Tokyo is the first Japanese city to require rooftop solar on new homes. The mandate, which goes ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Monday after renewed fears of a global slowdown drove down Wall Street shares. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.05 percent, or 289.48 points, to 27,237.64, while the broader ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is continuing large-scale monetary stimulus as the economy has not fully recovered from COVID-induced slump and as wage growth has lagged behind price hikes, former BOJ deputy ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. dollar slipped on Monday as a pick-up in market sentiment drove stocks and riskier currencies higher, while the yen gained on reports that Japan will consider revising a decade-old blueprint ... ( read original story ...)

It emerged recently that 22 officers at Nagoya Prison in central Japan had repeatedly assaulted three inmates. Twenty years ago, guards at the same fa ... ( read original story ...)

Japan next year will consider revising its decade-old blueprint for fighting deflation, sources said, as financial markets bet that a weak yen and rising consumer prices will force the central bank to ... ( read original story ...)

Twenty-two correctional officers at Nagoya Prison abused three inmates hundreds of times through violence and hateful language from November 2021 to August this year, according to sources ... ( read original story ...)

Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were suspended for up to four hours due to an electricity outage Sunday, affecting ten ... ( read original story ...)