Greater Patchogue News – February 16, 2016 – Separately, data earlier showed that Japan’s gross domestic product contracted by an annualized 1.4% in the three months to December, worse than expectations for a contraction of 1.2%, following a revised 1.3% expansion in the second quarter. Private consumption, which accounts for about 60 percent of the country’s […]
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Japan’s economy contracts as weak dem...
thestar.com – February 15, 2016 – TOKYO—Japan’s economy contracted at a 1.4 per cent annual pace in the last quarter as weak consumer demand and slower exports battered the recovery. The preliminary data, which may be revised, were slightly worse than expected and was a setback from the 1.3-per-cent expansion in the previous quarter. The latest […]
Japanese shares plunge amid global ec...
BBC – February 12, 2016 – Japan’s markets were trading sharply lower on Friday amid concerns over the global economy and following steep falls in Europe and the US. The benchmark Nikkei 225 opened down more than 3.5% at 15,122.06 points. It continued to fall in early trade to below the psychologically important level of 15,000 points, marking […]
Nature in Short / Soft carpets of spe...
The Yomiuri Shimbun – February 9, 2016 – Last Thursday I timed my afternoon bike ride so that I would arrive at a high bridge just before sunset. This bridge enjoys a fairly open view to the southwest, and I had hoped to watch the setting sun sink right down on the top of Mt. Fuji. […]
Japanese Airline VP Calls Israeli Tra...
JNS.org – February 4, 2016 – The senior vice president of All Nippon Airways (ANA), the largest airline in Japan, said on a visit to Israel that the Israeli travel market is important for Japan. “The Israeli market is important to us. We recognize its great and growing potential, and are interested in the passenger traffic between […]
Japan launches chocolate UNDERWEAR: W...
EXPRESS – February 3, 2016 – If you’re planning on taking a trip to Japan, would you be brave enough to try the latest form of underwear? Bizarrely, adult department store Ms Online have launched edible CHOCOLATE underwear. The underwear has a ‘spacious’ front and a ‘sturdy’ back design. The online store encourages buyers to have […]
Exclusive: Market research app Qandme...
DealStreetAsia – February 2, 2016 – Qandme, a Tokyo-headquartered startup of Asia Plus Inc but operating mainly in Vietnam, is about to close its seed funding round, a top executive with the company said. The funding raised will help it offer quicker and more affordable market researches and expand to Asia, its founder Kengo Kurokawa said, even as he declined […]
‘Visa on arrival’ to attract Japan, K...
The Hindu – February 1, 2016 – After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement in December that all Japanese citizens would get “visas on arrival”, the government has decided to extend it only to the business community for now. The government is actively considering including South Korea in this category. Officials in the know say this was […]
Japanese Exchange Bitflyer Invests in...
Japanese exchange Bitflyer has announced a 50 million Yen investment into a new fund which will see Osaka-based IoT startup Sivira as the first company to benefit from the fund. According to the exchange, this is in an effort to support and encourage the growth of blockchain businesses in Japan. Bitflyer has termed this new investment activity, “Block Chain Angel Fund.” […]
Air Bonsai: Japanese Startup Launches...
The Air Bonsai has four designs, each carefully crafted according to the “monozukuri,” an ancient Japanese tradition.