Densuke watermelon fetches $3,000
A single premium densuke watermelon sold for about three thousand dollars in Japan today.The season’s first auction too...
read moreMatsuzakaya eyes summer gifts to counteract tax hike
A department store in central Japan is hoping to fight a slowdown in the wake of a tax hike.Japan’s sales tax was raise...
read moreSoftBank debuts ‘emotional’ robot Pepper
Japan’s tech giant SoftBank took the wraps of a new “emotional” robot today.CEO Masayoshi Son introduced the robot name...
read more4K TV broadcasts underway
Super hi-definition 4K TV broadcasts began today in Japan.Minister of Communications Yoko Kamikawa joined TV executives...
read moreRakuten opens Shibuya café
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is taking its first step into bricks and mortar.Founder Hiroshi Mikitani opened the d...
read moreRecord trade deficits continue
Japan posted a trade deficit for the month of April, for its 22nd consecutive month in the red. Japan’s Finance Ministry...
read moreDept stores look to Ochugen gifts in wake of tax hike
Japan’s summer gift-giving season has arrived. A major department store in Tokyo is using the custom to try to boost sal...
read moreVanilla Air cancels 154 flights due to pilot shortage
Japan’s Vanilla Air says it is canceling 154 flights next month. The reason…? A lack of pilots. Management for the budg...
read moreJapan promotes maglev train for US
Japan’s ambassador wants to link Washington and New York via one of Japan’s high-speed maglev trains.Ambassador Kenichir...
read moreFukushima Fish on Sale in Tokyo
Marine products from Fukushima prefecture are on sale at a special event held by a department store in Tokyo.Dried floun...
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