Walk-assist robot unveiled
Engineers in Japan today (Monday) unveiled what they hope will provide an answer to the problems of the world’s fastest-...
read moreTrain fare hikes hit Tokyo as sales tax kicks in
Workers in Japan were busy today (Monday) getting ready for the nation’s upcoming April 1 consumption tax hike.Employees...
read moreDiet passes record budget
Japan’s parliament has passed a record budget for fiscal 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the roughly 950-b...
read moreN. Korea-linked building goes to runner-up
A Tokyo building with close links to North Korea will be sold to a real estate firm based in southwestern Japan.The Japa...
read moreJapan logs record trade deficit
Japan posted another record trade deficit in February, mainly due to growing imports of fossil fuels to compensate for t...
read moreMajor Japanese manufacturers to raise wages
Many of Japan’s leading companies have agreed to raise their employee’s monthly wages, responding to calls from the gove...
read moreJapan cutting bluefin catch in half
The land of sushi will cut its Pacific bluefin tuna haul by fifty percent.Japan’s Fisheries Agency says from next year t...
read moreBusinesses fail to learn lessons of 3.11
Three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, most Japanese companies do not have business continuity plans in plac...
read moreJapan’s tallest skyscraper opens in Osaka
The 300-meter Abeno Harukas opened today (Friday) in Osaka in western Japan.People rushed into Kinki Nippon Railway’s ne...
read moreJapan: bitcoin not a currency
Japan’s government says the virtual money bitcoin will not be treated as a currency.The decision came as a written respo...
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