South China Sea claims and Japan-Korea trade tensions loom over ASEAN Summit
July 30, 2019 – Japan Times – Singapore/New Delhi | Rising tensions in the South China Sea and the fallout from the U.S.-China trade war are set to dominate talks this week as top diplom... Read More
1st unmanned, cashless convenience store opening in Japan
July 29, 2019 – The Japan News – East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) on Tuesday will open an unmanned, cashless convenience store at Musashisakai Station on the Chuo Line.... Read More
Weathering With You, follow up film to Your Name, releases first English trailer
The first English subtitled trailer for Japanese director Makoto Shinkai’s latest film Weathering with You was recently released to Youtube and looks to pull at the heart strings similar to his 2016... Read More
Nissan to cut over 10,000 jobs worldwide
Jul 22, 2019 – The Japan Times – Japanese car giant Nissan plans to cut more than 10,000 jobs around the world as part of efforts to turn itself around, Kyodo News agency said Tuesday, cit... Read More
Barcelona sign Japanese starlet Hiroki Abe from Kashima Antlers
After the transfer of Takefusa Kubo to Real Madrid in June, another young Japanese prospect in Hiroki Abe is moving to the other half of the El Clasico rivalry with Barcelona accepting the terms of a ... Read More
#BoycottJapan movement highlights reactions from both South Korea and the international community to Japan’s commercial decisions
Due to the recent export restrictions announced in Tokyo, some South Koreans have started a #BoycottJapan movement. Most of these posts can be found on instagram and twitter encouraging others to not ... Read More
Historic years ahead for Japanese basketball
When the NBA draft happened on June 20th, the Washington Wizards selected a 6’8”(2.032 meters) forward from Gonzaga University with the 9th pick in the draft. The player comes from a University wi... Read More
Panasonic invests $60m in world’s first laundry-folding robot
Telegraph – Nov 22, 2016 – Panasonic has invested tens of millions of dollars in a robot that can reduce the time it takes to wash clothes by sorting clean items and folding them into neat... Read More