Some 70% of healthcare workers in Japan want to leave their jobs, a survey by an umbrella organization of local government workers’ unions revealed on Thursday. The result reflects severe labor shortages in the medical field, according to the All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union, or Jichiro, which led theRead More →
Hiroshima Carp star outfielder Seiya Suzuki has agreed to a five-year, $70 million (8.3 billion yen) contract with the Chicago Cubs, US sports network ESPN reported, citing a source. Suzuki, 27, one of Japan’s top players, was free to negotiate with any MLB team after being affected by the CarpRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended its session higher on Monday, March 14, 2022, as investors recovered from battered stocks after the benchmark Nikkei’s plunge late last week. Meanwhile, the yen’s depreciation to above 117 against the greenback and hopes of ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine boosted riskRead More →
Fukushima– The government is expected to complete work by March 31 to transfer radioactive soil collected from areas polluted by the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima prefecture to an interim storage facility as part of the decontamination effort. The facility, straddling the towns of Futaba and Okuma in Fukushima, surroundsRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended its session lower on Friday, March 11, 2022, after following a massive sell-off on Wall Street overnight fueled by fears of a protracted conflict in Ukraine after the first ceasefire talks in A face-off between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his RussianRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended its session strong on Thursday, March 10, 2022, as investors sought undervalued stocks after suffering heavy losses in the previous four sessions, thanks to Wall Street’s positive lead from the overnight, the decline in crude oil futures and the resumption of diplomatic talksRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session slightly lower after erasing earlier gains on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, extending losses for the fourth straight session, on the heels of Wall Street’s negative advance overnight sentiment proving difficult to cheer up amid lingering concerns over the situation in Ukraine.Read More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session at a 16-month low on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, after trailing Wall Street’s negative overnight lead as the Russia-Ukraine war continued to weigh on investor sentiment. Market sentiment also softened on concerns about the potential economic repercussions of disruptions to globalRead More →
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted shipping and air logistics networks, driving up freight costs – already high due to the COVID-19 pandemic – even further. More and more European countries have restricted ship arrivals to their ports, while due to the war in Ukraine many flights have been cancelled,Read More →
Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed zero tolerance for anything that could undermine ethnic harmony in the world’s second-largest economy, a sign he is sticking to assimilation policies that have led to unrest and allegations of human rights violations. “Only when all ethnic groups live in unity and harmony canRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended its session higher on Thursday, March 3, 2022, following overnight rallies on Wall Street as uncertainty over the course of monetary tightening by the US Federal Reserve eased after statements Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Market participants were also watching developments in a secondRead More →
KIEV/KHARKIV, Ukraine – A Russian airstrike hit near Kiev’s southern railway station on Wednesday, where thousands of women and children were being evacuated, Ukraine’s state-owned railway company said, as the UN General Assembly demanded that Moscow end his invasion. The railway company, Ukrzaliznytsya, said there was no immediate news ofRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended its session lower on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, triggering a three-session rally, as investors became risk averse and trimmed positions amid growing concerns over worsening market conditions. situation in Ukraine and the impact of a growing list of international sanctions. on Moscow. TheRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended lower for the fourth consecutive session on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, as geopolitical uncertainty regarding Ukraine continued to weigh on investor sentiment. At the close, the 225-number Nikkei Stock Average fell 461.26 points, or 1.71%, to 26,449.61. The broader Topix index of allRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended lower for the third consecutive session on Monday, February 21, 2022, as escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine dampened investors’ appetite for riskier assets. Uncertainty over the outlook for monetary policy also continued to weigh on markets ahead of an anticipated interest rateRead More →
A nightmare scenario for Tokyo appears to be unfolding. Last week, a series of bilateral and multilateral diplomatic events took place in the Indo-Pacific region. Yet the mostly indifferent Western media continues to focus on Vladimir Putin’s capricious intentions and his military build-up along the Ukrainian border. Developments in theRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended its session lower on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, as investors opted to lock in gains amid reignited fears of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine following reported shelling in Ukraine. woes related to rising US interest rates also contributing to cautiousness. mood. AtRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session sharply higher on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, amid signs of de-escalation in geopolitical tensions along the Russian-Ukrainian border after Russia announced it had withdrawn some of the troops massed near of its borders with Ukraine. At the close, the 225-number NikkeiRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended its session sharply lower on Monday, February 14, 2022, triggering a three-day rally, on heightened concerns over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as the prospect of an aggressive tightening of Fed policy after government data showed inflation rose to 7.5.Read More →
Beijing – Japanese Olympic team captain Miho Takagi won her second silver medal in speed skating at the Beijing Winter Games on Sunday, finishing just behind newly crowned U.S. champion Erin Jackson in the women’s 500 meters. Jackson, 29, lapped the track at the Beijing National Speed Skating Oval inRead More →
The Japanese equity market ended higher for the third straight session on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, as risk sentiments gained support on the back of a strong late-night Wall Street run and a string of positive results. electronics and chemical companies. Market gains were limited, however, as tradersRead More →
ZHANGJIAKOU, China – Unable to contribute to Japan’s medal tally at the ongoing Beijing Olympics, ski jumper Sara Takanashi said she immediately felt like an outsider in her own sport and wondered if she should continue. “New talent emerges at every Olympics and I feel blessed to have been ableRead More →
Istanbul – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened Turkish media with legal action for content “inconsistent with national values and morals”, in an extent seen by critics as an attempt to stifle dissent. He also sacked his justice minister and the head of the national statistics agency afterRead More →
BEIJING – Journalists reporting on the Winter Olympics are offered the option of sleeping on the job thanks to high-tech booths at the Beijing Media Center. The 20 sleep cabins, developed by Chinese company Keeson Technology Corp., allow journalists to take a nap for up to an hour with aRead More →
Chisato Fukushima, the Japanese women’s record holder in the 100 and 200 meters, announced her retirement on Saturday. The 33-year-old from Hokkaido clocked 11.21 seconds in the 100m in 2010 and 22.88 seconds in the 200m in 2016. Fukushima has competed in three consecutive Olympics starting with the 2008 GamesRead More →
Nagoya– Many members of Japan’s foreign community come here to teach English. Some want additional experience abroad, some are looking to start over in the country, and some are hoping to start a career in education. Whatever their situation, the pandemic has highlighted the precarious position in which many live.Read More →
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received the 2022 Netaji Prize from the Netaji Research Bureau on Sunday on the 125th anniversary of the legendary freedom fighter’s birth. Japan’s Consul General in Kolkata, Nakamura Yutaka, received the honor on Abe’s behalf at a reception hosted by the office at theRead More →
With Tokyo and other major centers under near-emergency COVID-19 restrictions, nighttime crowds in many cities across the country were smaller over the weekend, while daytime activities appeared less affected compared to previous waves of coronavirus. With the number of infections rising rapidly across the country and fears growing over potentialRead More →
The Biden administration has assembled a group that will prepare new countermeasures for the emergence of future variants of COVID-19 and other pandemic threats, after the arrival of the omicron strain caused an uproar in the economy and the American healthcare system. The Pandemic Innovation Task Force, formed by theRead More →
Japanese courts are working hard to make information technology available for court proceedings, a move that has been in part boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country lags behind in digital reform of court cases. In April last year, the Supreme Court launched a division to promote digital reform,Read More →
From Boris Johnson to Emmanuel Macron, European leaders are increasingly attacking anti-vaxxers as the battle against the rapidly spreading omicron variant exacerbates pandemic fatigue in the region. Amid a seemingly unstoppable rise in infections, authorities are focusing restrictions on unvaccinated people rather than resorting to widespread crackdowns. The strong overallRead More →
Sydney – Joe Root said on Monday he had “questions to answer” and would assess his future as England captain following the losing Ashes tour, with Ben Stokes insisting he had no ambition to take over. Root will become his country’s longest-serving test skipper in the fourth test in SydneyRead More →
NEW YORK – Almost a year after Joe Biden’s narrow presidential victory over Donald Trump, the United States remains on a razor’s edge. Many political outcomes are possible. These range from the progressive economic and political reform sought by Biden to the subversion of the election and constitutional regime thatRead More →
In 2021, inflation returned. After a year of debate, no one can deny it anymore. Next year, we’ll find out if he’s here to stay and how much bitter economic medicine will be needed to quell him. Opinions are more divided than ever on this vital question. Optimists still maintainRead More →
Free agent third baseman Kyle Seager announced his retirement on Wednesday after 11 seasons with the Seattle Mariners. Seager, who turned 34 in November, set career highs with 35 homers and 101 RBIs in the Mariners’ 90-game winning season of 2021. “Today, I am announcing my retirement from Major LeagueRead More →
The year-end and New Year’s shopping blitz is lacking in momentum in Japan due to the halt in production of goods due to shortages of semiconductors and other parts and components. “A wide range of consumer electronics have been affected” by the parts shortage, an industry analyst said. Sony’s PlayStationRead More →
The Japanese stock market finished higher for the third consecutive session on Thursday, December 23, 2021, as investors rejoiced to follow overnight advances on Wall Street after strong US and U. S. Approval by regulators of an oral COVID-19 drug developed by Pfizer Inc. Market gains were capped, however, amidRead More →
Two years ago, researchers uncovered details of a disinformation network that made a coordinated effort to spread the Chinese government’s messages outside the country. Today, a separate research group says the network is still at work, despite efforts by social media companies to stop it. More than 2,000 accounts haveRead More →
Japan’s equity market ended higher for the second consecutive session on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, as sentiment strengthened on monitoring overnight advances on Wall Street. Market gains, however, were capped due to coronavirus concerns after reports emerged that community spread of Omicron had been detected in the westernRead More →
Kabul – The generation of young Taliban fighters who conquered Kabul have gone through the euphoria of victory to face an uncertain future as the country they won after two decades of war sinks deeper into economic crisis . Most have only experienced fighting and while their memories of theRead More →
China to ban employers from listing their gender preferences in job postings or asking applicants for marital and pregnancy status in proposed overhaul of old women’s rights law nearly three decades. The country’s highest legislative body on Monday began considering a draft amendment to the Law on the Protection ofRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session higher on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, ending two days of losing streak as investors looked for heavily damaged stocks in hopes the recent sell-off was overdone and after the company American Micron Technology has exceeded market expectations by publishing more solid quarterly results.Read More →
The Japanese stock market ended lower for the second consecutive session on Monday, December 20, 2021, as risk aversion liquidated across the board following broadly negative signals from Wall Street on Friday. Meanwhile, selling pressure has intensified amid concerns about the impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, withRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session sharply lower on Friday, December 17, 2021, as investors registered gains in the previous two sessions after following broadly negative signals from Wall Street overnight. Sentiment was also heightened amid concerns over the impact of the Omicron variant after several countries around theRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session sharply higher on Thursday, December 16, 2021, as risk sentiment strengthened following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to cut rates and plans to hike rates three times the next year were in line with market expectations. At the closing bell, the 225-issue NikkeiRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended a lackluster, slightly higher session on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, as feelings of risk eased amid lingering concerns about the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant on the global economic recovery and ahead of it. Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Announcement Later Today At the closingRead More →
Osaka – The Japanese government will aim to relaunch its Go To Travel domestic tourism promotion campaign at the end of January next year, Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said on Monday. “We hope to continue talks on restarting the surrender campaign towards the endRead More →
The Japanese government is considering a decision to refrain from sending its ministers to the Beijing Winter Olympics, to align with the United States and others that have already announced diplomatic boycotts, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. , citing unidentified government and ruling party officials. The government is considering whether toRead More →
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration faces increasing pressure from Japan and Japan to join the US-led diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party say Japan should follow in the footsteps of the United States, Australia, Britain and Canada by declaringRead More →
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he did not intend to revisit a 1993 statement that admitted the role of the Imperial Japanese Army in forcing “comfort women” to work in brothels at times. of war. Comfort Women were forced or coerced into sexual slavery under a variety ofRead More →
Koh Phi Phi Ley, Thailand – As travel halted and the world was locked in, in the dazzling blue waters of Thailand’s idyllic Phi Phi Islands, a gentle rebirth was underway. Mass tourism had brought the archipelago, immortalized in Leonardo DiCaprio’s film “The Beach”, to the brink of ecological disaster.Read More →
The Japanese Fair Trade Commission said on Monday that Rakuten Group Inc. had committed acts suspected of violating antimonopoly law through the operation of its online shopping site. The company has forced tenants at its Rakuten Ichiba shopping mall to waive delivery charges for purchases over certain amounts, according toRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session higher on Thursday, November 25, 2021, as buying sentiments strengthened after the yen depreciated to its nearly five-year low against the dollar. At the closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was up 196.62 points, or 0.67%, to 29,499.28. The larger Topix indexRead More →
The issue of growing inequality and the question of how to deal with it have featured prominently in the Lower House election campaign, which ends on Sunday, with even the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party incorporating related policies into its manifesto. . But a measure that previously seemed to be aRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session sharply lower on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, after a long weekend, as the risk aversion sell-off triggered following the follow-up to negative Wall Street signals from day to day. next day and falling crude oil prices. Concerns about contagion sweeping financial markets fromRead More →
Japanese stocks mostly rose on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, with the Nikkei and Topix indices ending at 31-year highs, as lingering hopes of stimulus under a new prime minister and progress on COVID-19 vaccinations in the country continued to support investors’ risk appetite. At the close, the 225-issue Nikkei StockRead More →
The Japanese stock market closed higher on Friday, September 10, 2021, based on lingering expectations, the new Japanese government will introduce new policies to normalize the pandemic-affected economy, focusing on Japanese policy ahead of a vote in the leadership of the ruling party after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says heRead More →
Capital spending by Japanese companies rose 5.3% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, the first increase in five quarters, rebounding from a sharp drop last year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, government data showed on Wednesday. Investments by all non-financial sectors for such purposes as building factories andRead More →
The Japanese stock market ended the session lower on Thursday, August 12, 2021, as investors opted to profit after a four-day streak of consecutive wins and concerns over the coronavirus situation with the number of Covid patients. -19 with severe symptoms reached an all-time high in Tokyo. At the closingRead More →