The first strike in sixty years destroys a renowned Japanese department store.

One of Japan's most renowned department stores shuttered its doors on Thursday in the sector's first strike in six decades, prompted by fears that its proposed new U.S. owner will eliminate employment.

The Seibu in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district attracts approximately 70 million...

The New Tokyo Edition Is a Sophisticated Urban Retreat

In the weeks preceding my early November visit to Tokyo, I began to notice images of the city popping up on my Instagram feed with a curious regularity: the glittering lights of Shibuya Crossing, rare art books from the rambling second-hand bookstores of Jinbch, and yakitori skewers grilling in a...

China maintains its low credit rates, boosting most Asian markets, while Tokyo's stock surge continues.

Monday saw gains across Asia as the rebound in Tokyo equities continued and talks to raise the U.S. debt ceiling resumed. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong gained 1.23 percent, making it the region's best performer, and the Hang Seng Technology index gained 2.17 percent. The People's Bank ...

The New Tokyo Edition Offers an Urban Hideaway

My Instagram feed started to fill up with pictures of Tokyo weeks before my early November trip there. There were the bright lights of Shibuya Crossing, the dusty art books from Jinbch, and the charred yakitori skewers from a hidden Shinjuku izakaya. It dawned on me that most of the posters were ...

Popular Japanese Fashion Trends in 2023

Japanese fashion is cantered on culture, community, self-expression, and risk-taking. The 2023 trends are inspired by Tokyo's everyday life and aesthetics, notably Harajuku streets: vibrant colours, large proportions, experimental layers, clashing prints, and tactile materials. In addition, 2...

Prosecutors raid Dentsu as part of their investigation into the Tokyo Olympics

On Friday, Japanese authorities searched the offices of big advertising firm Dentsu, as the probe into the Tokyo Olympics scandal intensified.

Tokyo District Prosecutors and Japan Fair Trade Commission officers were seen entering Dentsu headquarters, according to major local TV channels...

ADK advertising firm claims bid manipulation for Tokyo Olympic test events

A source close to the matter said Tuesday that ADK Holdings Inc, a major Japanese advertising agency, reported to the fair trade watchdog that it participated in bid rigging for the rights to organize test events for the Tokyo Olympics.

ADK came forward after Tokyo prosecutors recently ...

Ad agency CEO and two others arrested in bribery probe related to the Olympics by Tokyo prosecutors

Japanese media reports that the president and two former employees of Japanese advertising business ADK Holdings Inc were arrested on Wednesday by authorities in Tokyo on suspicion of bribery related to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Originally concentrated on a former member of the Tokyo 202...

Kishida offers a sacrifice at Yasukuni Shrine

As a source of diplomatic concern with certain Asian countries, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a traditional offering to the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Monday.

Though he sent the masakaki ceremonial tree for the Shinto shrine's autumn festival, Kishida is not expected...

With rising energy prices and a depreciating yen, Tokyo is seeing its highest rate of inflation in 30 years

Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 2.8% from a year earlier in September due to rising energy costs and a weak yen, the fastest annual rate of increase in almost three decades when removing the effects of tax increases.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that the c...

Numerous people want the state funeral for Abe to be cancelled.

In a Tokyo park on Friday, several hundred protestors chanted and waved placards calling for the postponement of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official burial.

Demonstrator Mayumi Ishida stated that Abe's policies "favored war," stressing that Abe per...

MOL Tankers Turned 50

The ocean shipping sector began to detect a trend toward specialisation in the 1960s, which resulted in boats committing themselves to hauling particular types of cargo. This trend was first observed in the shipping business. This pattern is still typical in today's society. During the same t...

Singaporean Athletes Celebrating 2021 Victories

On 26th December 2021, four Singaporean athletes got aboard an open-top bus to celebrate their achievements in 2021.

The players included badminton star Loh Kean Yew, pool player Aloysius Yap, para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu, and bowler Shayna Ng. The athletes waved to the crowds gathered to e...

South Korea is willing to provide friendly business environment for Japanese firms

Highlights

• South Korea wants to promote trade ties with Japan
• The country is willing to create an open and transparent business environment for Japan

South Korea will be seeking to strengthen trade cooperation with Japan, i...

Japan is planning to establish national training centers for ‘urban sports’

Highlights

• The sports agency of Japan is planning to establish national training centers
• The national training centers are for skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, and BMX freestyle park

The sports agency of Japan is planning to e...

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd(JAL) is looking to raise 300 billion Yen to get out of funding challenges

Highlights

• Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) is looking to raise 300 billion yen (S$3.66 billion) by the end of the month.
• This is done to fund challenges faced because of the slump in air traffic.

Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) is planning t...

Japan to extend Covid-19 emergency in Tokyo and neighboring states with rising cases of Delta variant

Highlights

• Japan to extend emergency regarding Covid-19 in Tokyo and neighboring states
• A rise in cases of Delta variant in the country

The rising cases of delta variant of Covid-19 in Tokyo and neighboring states have forced the gov...

FIRST UNMANNED ELECTRONICS STORE OPENS IN JAPAN

HIGHLIGHTS

• The first unmanned electronics store in Japan has opened in Tokyo.
• The new store called GO12 is completely unmanned.
• In Tokyo, GO12 is located in the Kamata neighborhood.
• GO12 will soon have a security system to preven...

Japan to allow thousands of school kids and teenagers to attend Paralympics

The Japan government has allowed thousands of school kids and teenagers to attend the Paralympics, to be held in the country from Tuesday. Around 130,000 to 140,000 children are expected to attend the ceremony. All other fans are banned from attending these games.

The Paralympics will b...

New island formed in Japan, as submerged volcano erupts

A submarine volcano started erupting in the south of Tokyo, giving rise to a new island. This new island is located around 1200 kilometres south of Tokyo, near Iwoto. The coast guard told on Monday that the volcano began erupting last week.

This is a C shaped island, with a diameter of ...