Japan

[ad_1] Australia won’t interfere in any moves by the Pacific nation of Tuvalu to end its diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said, following media reports that it could follow Nauru’s lead in shifting its alliance to China.Tuvalu’s foreign policy is a matter for the Pacific nation alone, Wong said at a news conference in Canberra on Tuesday. Any decision on its recognition of either Taiwan […]

[ad_1] Two workers were taken to a hospital Tuesday after they were apparently electrocuted while working to fix a hanging overhead electrical wire on a shinkansen track that was believed to have caused a power outage and halted bullet train lines in eastern and central Japan, police sources said.Many bullet train services between Tokyo and stations in eastern and central Japan that were suspended due to the power outage will […]

[ad_1] In a widely expected move, the Bank of Japan left the world’s last negative rate policy unchanged Tuesday, due in part to uncertainty over how the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1 will affect the Japanese economy.Market participants and observers are closely watching for when the BOJ will start exiting negative rates, amid growing expectations that the central bank will likely seek normalization from its […]

[ad_1] A Filipino man has been arrested in connection with the case of a couple whose bodies were found underneath their home with stab wounds in Tokyo last week, police said Tuesday. Bryan Jefferson Lising Dela Cruz, 34, is suspected of abandoning the bodies of Norihiro Takahashi, 55, and his wife Kimie, 52, at their residence in Tokyo's Adachi Ward. He has admitted to the allegations following his arrest on […]

[ad_1] With the Red Sea crisis roiling shipments of everything from cars to energy, it’s only a matter of time before soaring costs and supply-chain strains show up in companies’ earnings reports. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The quake-hit Noto Airport in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, will resume services for commercial flights later this week, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. All Nippon Airways stated that it will restart services connecting Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Noto Airport on Saturday. During a meeting of the disaster response task force, Kishida said the government will compile a relief package on Thursday, vowing to "incorporate as many policies as possible […]

[ad_1] Snow crunches beneath his boots as chef Toshiya Ikehata’s weary eyes peer through the backdoor into the kitchen, where custard-filled ramekins lay broken on the floor and metal racks are toppled over. He lets out a deep sigh, his breath visible in the frigid air, as he stands under frozen persimmons dangling from thin branches. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Japan's supermarket sales in 2023 rose 2.4% from the previous year on a same-store basis, increasing for the fourth consecutive year on price hikes for food items and post-pandemic rises in travel and outdoor goods demand, an industry body said Tuesday. Sales at all supermarkets totaled ¥13.56 trillion ($91.9 billion), with price hikes in food items boosting overall sales despite shoppers buying fewer items, according to the Japan Chain […]

[ad_1] Popular Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto on Monday sued Bungei Shunju, the publisher of the Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine, seeking ¥550 million for defamation over a report concerning sexual assault allegations against him. According to Matsumoto’s lawyer, he is suing the publisher and Shukan Bunshun's editor in chief over an article that was published in the magazine and online on Dec. 27. The article detailed sexual assault allegations brought forward […]