YTL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (YTL-REIT) expects the hospitality sector to remain resilient in Malaysia, Australia and Japan – the markets where it operates – supported by sustained …
Japan’s JERA Q1 profit slightly down on weaker overseas business
JERA, Japan’s biggest power utility, on Thursday posted a 1% decrease in net profit for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025 to 92.5 billion yen ($621.4 million) amid weaker overseas power …
Japan’s dealmaking machine revs up
Across the Pacific, though, is a machine roaring back to life. In Japan the number of private-equity deals has doubled since 2019, and their value has tripled. Mergers and acquisitions reached a …
How Trump’s tariffs are impacting Japan’s favorite beverage
Outside of Kyoto, Japan, in a small city called Uji, tea farmer Yoshitsugu Furukawa is struggling to figure out what President Donald Trump’s 15% tariffs on all Japanese exports set to go into effect …
130 foot waves. A nuclear disaster. Comparing Japan’s 2011 tsunami to today’s
The earthquake was powerful. One of the strongest ever recorded. Unlike 2011’s Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, there was little damage.
Waves reach US west coast after Russian earthquake as Japan lifts tsunami warnings
Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia’s eastern coast.
Legendary MLB Coach, Scout Who Starred in Japan Passes Away
The Texas native became one of the first Americans to play baseball professionally in Japan before returning home to coach and scout for several organizations.
Japan, Hawaii and Russia downgrade tsunami warnings after powerful earthquake
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several people were injured,
China and Russia to hold joint naval exercise near Japan next month
Defense Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang said that the Joint Sea 2025 exercise would be held in the air and seas near the Russian port city of Vladivostok, which lies across the sea from Japan’s west coast. Last year, the drill was held off southern China in the South China Sea.
Japan’s gate tower building features highway exit ramp passing through its middle floors
Sometimes, disputes between property owners and highway planners result in surreal looking buildings, like this Japanese office building. The Gate Tower Building in Osaka, Japan features something no …