TOKYO: Within days of China urging its citizens not to travel to Japan due to a diplomatic dispute, Tokyo-based tour operator East Japan International Travel Service had lost 80% of its bookings for the remainder of the year. The small firm, which specialises in group tours largely for Chinese clients, is at the sharp end of...
TOKYO (Reuters) -A fire ripped through more than 170 buildings and killed one person in a southern Japanese coastal city on Wednesday, with military and firefighting helicopters scrambling to extinguish the country's largest urban blaze in almost half a century. Aerial footage from broadcasters showed houses reduced to rubble and thick plumes of smoke rising from...
SEPANG: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi departed for home Sunday (Oct 26) evening after attending the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur. Japan's first female prime minister left at 9.50pm following a red carpet send-off, which included a guard of honour mounted by the First Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment. Minister in the...
TOKYO: Less than a year ago, Yuichiro Tamaki (pic) was fighting to retain the leadership of his own opposition party amid reports of an extramarital affair. Now, the 56-year-old athletics fan is in the running to lead the nation, with the identity of the next administration largely in his grasp. The collapse of the ruling coalition...
TOKYO: A Japanese man was sentenced to death for the murder of four people, including two police officers, in a rare shooting and stabbing rampage two years ago, a court said Tuesday (Oct 14). Japan has one of the world's lowest murder rates and some of the toughest gun laws, and there are few instances of...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and global banking subsidiary MUFG Bank (Malaysia) Bhd have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate high-value investment in Malaysia. MIDA said the memorandum of understanding (MoU) focuses on attracting global investment in semiconductors, speciality chemicals, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, electric vehicles, digital sectors and green technology. Chief executive...
OITA, Japan: Japan's oldest person, Miyoko Hiroyasu, a 114-year-old woman in Nakatsu in Oita Prefecture, south-western Japan, has died, the government said on Wednesday (July 30). According to Kyodo News Agency, Shigeko Kagawa, also a 114-year-old woman in Yamatokoriyama in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, is now the country's new titleholder following Tuesday's death in Nakatsu. Nakatsu Mayor...
AUSTIN: It’s no easy feat to catch Washington’s formidable trade lobbies and relentless, scoop-hungry journalists off guard. Yet on Tuesday (July 22), US President Donald Trump managed to do exactly that. On a day when experts and analysts were poised to dissect a potential deal with the Philippines, awaited after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s visit to the...
What kind of dystopian workplace does that? Japanese company Neo Corporation is under fire for allegedly subjecting its employees to shocking and humiliating abuse. The Osaka-based firm, which manufactures and sells electronic machinery and electric-saving equipment, is facing intense scrutiny after five employees filed a lawsuit against it for abuse, improper wage deductions, and power harassment. They are seeking 19mil yen (S$167K)...
TOKYO: Japan said Tuesday (June 10) that two Chinese aircraft carriers had been seen operating in the Pacific for the first time as Beijing boosts its military capability in far-flung areas. On Monday (June 9), China's Shandong carrier and four other vessels, including a missile destroyer, sailed inside the Japanese economic waters surrounding the remote Pacific...
