A 61-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka this month that killed 25 people died in hospital on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said. The man had …
Japan faces royal dilemma as ancient monarchy sinks
“Royal women have long walked a difficult path in Japan.” Japan’s imperial family is facing extinction due to a shortage …
Holiday surge brings COVID-19 to US bases in Japan
A surge in COVID-19 within the U.S. military in Japan added another 154 new cases at bases from Okinawa to Tokyo this week, due largely to new arrivals and holiday travelers returning to Japan.
Japan’s Hokuriku enterprises want to invest in Vietnam
Enterprises in Japan’s Hokuriku region highly valued Vietnam’s business environment and pinned high hopes on the prospect of bilateral cooperation in the future, said Chairman of the Hokuriku …
Japan’s Hokuriku enterprises want to invest in Vietnam
Enterprises in Japan’s Hokuriku region highly valued Vietnam’s business environment and pinned high hopes on the prospect of bilateral cooperation in the future, said Chairman of the Hokuriku …
Japan’s Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai says won’t get sucked into US-China rivalry
In comments to Nikkei newspaper, Japan’s richest man said economic relations between Washington and Beijing remained strong despite growing power competition Yanai has not commented on whether Uniqlo …
Japan’s Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai says won’t get sucked into US-China rivalry
In comments to Nikkei newspaper, Japan’s richest man said economic relations between Washington and Beijing remained strong despite growing power competition Yanai has not commented on whether Uniqlo …
Could Covid finally end the tradition of Japan’s dreaded ‘bonenkai’ parties?
John Updike described America as a ‘vast conspiracy to make you happy’. Japan, a wonderful place to live in many ways, at times seems like the opposite; if not a vast conspiracy to make you …
Why Japan’s Economy May Surprise Us In 2022
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has articulated a clearer path to raising the country’s economic game than Shinzo Abe did in nearly eight years.
Only 18% of Japan’s Firms Planning 3% Pay Hikes in Nikkei Survey
(Bloomberg) — Less than a fifth of Japan’s biggest firms plan on raising … Of 140 CEOs responding to the newspaper’s main business outlook survey, only 61 gave specific answers on their …