U.S. law firm Akerman on Tuesday said it has launched a new team focused on Japan and Japanese business with the hiring of a leading Japan dealmaker from rival firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Japan’s Denso, Mitsubishi Electric to invest $1 billion in Coherent’s silicon carbide unit
Coherent, a major U.S. supplier of materials used to make chips for the automotive industry, said on Tuesday Japan’s Denso and Mitsubishi Electric will invest $1 billion in the company’s silicon …
The Tiny Islets That Could Spark a US-China War
China’s heavily armed coast guard cutters continue to swarm the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, a group of uninhabited islets the United States is treaty-bound to defend.
Posts distort data on post-war repatriation of Japanese from Korea
Historians have debunked Facebook posts that claim hundreds of thousands of Japanese people living on the Korean peninsula after World War II pretended to be Korean in order to spread a pro-Japanese …
JERA, Vietnam’s EVN sign MOU for decarbonisation roadmap development
The Vietnam government advocates conversion to ammonia and hydrogen in the power sector. Japan’s JERA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with major power utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to jointly craft a decarbonisation roadmap for EVN.
An American couple left their rent-free life in Mexico and moved to a $7,500 abandoned home in Japan: ‘We feel overwhelmingly welcome’
A couple lived rent-free in Mexico for over a year before traveling to Japan and buying an abandoned house for $7,500.
Japan’s Seafood Producers Are Feeling The Economic Fallout Of China’s Ban On Imports
The ban came after Japan started discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Restaurant Claps Back at Japanese Tourist Who Called Cops on Them for $1,300 Bill
A tourist dining in Singapore called the cops on a restaurant after receiving a $1,300 bill for crab, restaurant claims they clearly explained pricing.
Japan executive found guilty, avoids jail time, in Olympic bribery scandal
An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa has been found guilty of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member.
Japan and South Korea defense stocks jump after Hamas attack, aviation stocks slide
On the other hand, shares of airlines in both countries tumbled after carriers around the world scrapped flights to Israel. Japanese carriers ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines slid 0.85% and 1.93% …