A medical institution in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kishiwada administered 145 people with COVID-19 vaccines that had expired up ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas sells Australian LNG stakes in $3.4b deal
Major Japanese LNG buyer Tokyo Gas has made a shock move to sell out of four Australian LNG projects to a US private equity firm in what is the first significant sign of a Japanese firm exiting gas ... ( read original story ...)
Shared sauna workspace incubating business collaboration in Nagoya
A sauna bathhouse featuring a shared workspace and bar has opened in Nagoya, attracting remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, small business owners and others who see it as a unique location to ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama releases 716U ultra-wide base tire for fleets
The 716U UWB — available in the U.S. in size 455/55R225 — is designed specifically for waste, recycle and on and off-road severe service operations where maximizing payload capacity is vital. ( read original story ...)
Japan Set To Reopen Borders To Independent Travelers And Lift Daily Arrival Limit This Month
After two and a half years of strict COVID-19 restrictions, Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida announced it will allow visa-free individual tourist travel again. ( read original story ...)
Renault chief flies to Japan for crunch talks over Nissan alliance
Renault chief executive Luca de Meo has jetted into Tokyo for a weekend of talks with Nissan boss Makoto Uchida aimed at breaking a deadlock over intellectual property and potentially paving the way ... ( read original story ...)
US warships, with South Korea and Japan, train to shoot down North Korean missiles
U.S. warships from the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group teamed up with South Korean and Japanese destroyers to practice shooting down missiles in the Sea of Japan Thursday, a show of force ... ( read original story ...)
U.S., S. Korea, Japan hold defense exercises amid rising tensions on peninsula
U.S., South Korean and Japanese warships conducted ballistic missile defense exercises Thursday near the Korean Peninsula in retaliation to North Korea days earlier firing a missile over Japan. ( read original story ...)
EIG unit to buy Tokyo Gas’s stakes in Australian LNG projects for $2.15 bln
TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - MidOcean Energy, a unit of U.S. fund EIG, said on Friday it had agreed with Tokyo Gas Co Ltd (9531.T) to buy the Japanese company's stakes in a portfolio of four Australian ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo exchange to remove nearly 500 firms from Topix index
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is set to remove almost 500 firms from the Topix index of primary domestic firms in the bourse's latest reform aimed at attracting more foreign investors. ( read original story ...)
Tiafoe defies ‘really bad’ jet lag to cruise into Tokyo semis
Tokyo (AFP) – Jet-lagged Frances Tiafoe flew into the Japan Open semi-finals in straight sets on Friday, clinching each with an ace to beat Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0, 6-4. The fourth-seeded ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Film Festival: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Koji Fukada to Receive Kurosawa Akira Award
Japan’s flagship festival has revived its world cinema honor after a 14-year hiatus. Previous winners have included Steven Spielberg, Yoji Yamada and Hou Hsia Hsien. ( read original story ...)
Dog bites station worker after jumping aboard train near Tokyo
A dog caused chaos after it boarded a train at a station near the Japanese capital on Oct. 6, biting a station staff member who tried to remo ... ( read original story ...)
Gone but not forgotten: 19 popular attractions in Tokyo that closed during the pandemic
And, sadly, that means some of Tokyo’s most popular tourist destinations have had to shut down due to the pandemic and lack of visitors. So as Japan plans to reopen to the world on October 11, you ... ( read original story ...)
Motor racing-Alonso sets wet F1 practice pace in Japan
Alpine's Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in a wet opening practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday. The Spaniard lapped the soaked Suzuka track in one minute, 42.248 seconds ahead ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower on Wall St. losses amid rate hike concerns
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday, weighed down by overnight losses on Wall Street, with sentiment dented by renewed concern over aggressive interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal ... ( read original story ...)