One of Japan’s largest IPOs in 2022 was for Daiei Kankyo … the country’s newest billionaire with a net worth of $1 billion. Kaneko, along with three business partners, founded the company in 1979 in …
Japan weighs finally lifting age of consent from 13
A Japanese justice ministry panel on Friday proposed raising the country’s age of consent, currently among the world’s lowest at just 13, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation.The move to raise the age of consent to 16 is part of a package of reforms that would also clarify rape prosecution requirements and criminalise voyeurism.
Japan’s H3 flagship rocket fails to lift off after booster engine glitch
TOKYO, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Japan’s H3 rocket, the country’s first new medium-lift launcher in three decades, failed to lift off on Friday because two secondary booster engines strapped to the side of …
THE OLDEST JAPANESE AMERICAN BUSINESS IS A MOCHI STORE CALLED FUGETSU-DO | SELECTS
Mixed inside are stories of joy and pain, tradition and racism, legacy and loss. In this intimate portrait of a sweet shop that has become a memory bank for the Japanese-American community, it’s clear …
71.6pc Japanese companies want to expand business in Bangladesh
Around 71.6 per cent of Japanese companies operating in Bangladesh want to expand their business in the country. The information was revealed today at a webinar titled, “Investment Opportunities in Hi …
With Japan’s new central bank boss, Kishida bids farewell to Abenomics
For Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan’s next central bank chief had to symbolise a departure from the unconventional policies of his predecessor Shinzo Abe – but without angering pro-growth …
Is Japan “going to sink, right along with its birth rate”?
Elon Musk warns low birth rate will see Japan “cease to exist” Japan has the fastest-aging population of any post-industrial nation on earth. Its birth rate — the average number of children any given …
Japan set to launch new flagship rocket
Japan is making final preparations ahead of launching its next-generation H3 rocket Thursday evening, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said.
Japan’s government will play romantic matchmaker in a bid to shore up the birth rate. Experts say it will fail.
Never in Japan’s history has the state played such a conspicuous and expanding role in affairs of the heart. And that role is about to get even bigger. Last month, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida …
How to Watch Japan’s New H3 Rocket Take to the Skies for the First Time
It’s been a long road, but the time has finally come for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to light the 207-foot-tall candle known as the H3 launch vehicle. You can catch the action live right …