Isao Harimoto, the baseball great who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb and still holds Japan’s hits record, has died. He was 86. The Golden Players Club, an organization for elite baseball players, …
Nishikawa Miwa on Japan’s Wartime Neglect in ‘Children Untold’
In the rubble left by the firebombing of Tokyo in WWII, a 12-year-old girl who once dreamed of a life in music learns to shine shoes, fall in with a band of orphaned boys sheltering under a local …
Explainer – Russia, China, Taiwan and Japan’s World War Two legacy dispute
Sept 11 (Reuters) – Russian diplomats in Taiwan last week screened a film on Japanese “militarism” and World War Two, causing concern in Taiwan’s government which thinks Russia is helping China push …
Sri Lanka – Japan Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce holds 47th AGM
Sri Lanka, Sept. 11 — The Sri Lanka – Japan Business Council (SLJBC) of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce recently held its 47th AGM, with the Ambassador of Japan and the Patron of the Council, Akio …
Hormuz crisis has forced Japan into rethinking – and domesticating – its energy security needs
Prior to the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran – and Tehran’s retaliation and closure of the strait – Hormuz carried 93% of Japan’s crude imports; the Middle East as a whole supplied 94% of the …
Japan must raise rates, central banker says
Japan has come under US pressure to raise rates and strengthen the yen, which tumbled to a 40-year low this year. Bessent said on Tuesday that he had “pretty good insight into what the Bank of Japan …
White blazers, pink ties as North Koreans land in Japan for Asian Games
North Korean athletes who arrived in Japan ahead of the Asian Games were welcomed by a large group of supporters who sang songs and waved the country’s flag.
Japan’s wholesale inflation stays elevated in August, boosts case for rate hike
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Japan’s wholesale inflation remained elevated in August, data showed on Friday, highlighting mounting price pressures that cement the case for the central …
Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84
A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990.
Shinhan LifeCare teams with Japan’s Nikken Sekkei for senior facilities
South Korea’s Shinhan LifeCare said Tuesday that the company has teamed up with Japan’s Nikken Sekkei to develop senior housing and care facilities designed for the Korean market.