Japan conditionally backs China’s Belt, Road Initiative: Abe
June 6, 2017
TOKYO- Japan will cooperate in China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative to create a huge economic zone stretching from Asia to Africa and Europe if certain conditions are met, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said. The initiative “has the potential to
Mitsui Engineering, German firm to develop tech to harvest methane hydrates
June 6, 2017
TOKYO- Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. said Tuesday it has joined hands with German drilling services company MHWirth GmbH to develop a technology to harvest methane hydrates, a potential next-generation energy source for Japan, from the seafloor. Specifically, the tie-up is
Researchers discover hottest planet ever
June 6, 2017
Tokyo- A group of Japanese and other researchers has discovered an extremely hot planet with surface temperatures as high as those of stars, according to an online article in the scientific journal Nature. The researchers, including those from the University of
Kansai Electric restarts Takahama No. 3 N-Reactor
June 6, 2017
TAKAHAMA, FUKUI PREF.- Kansai Electric Power Co. reactivated the No. 3 reactor at its Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Tuesday, after halting operations at the 870,000-kilowatt unit for one year and three months. The No. 3
Apple, Amazon to join Hon Hai bid for Toshiba chip biz
June 6, 2017
OSAKA- US technology giants Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. will join Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. in bidding for Toshiba Corp.’s flash memory business, a Sharp Corp.top official said Tuesday. Including Sharp, a subsidiary of Hon Hai, a total of
Team adopts mixed report on market relocation
June 6, 2017
Tokyo- A project team of the Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday adopted a report over the fate of the Tsukiji wholesale food market, showing two options–one for relocating it to the planned Toyosu site and the other for renovating the current
Boy, 14, arrested for creating ransomware
June 5, 2017
YOKOHAMA- The Kanagawa prefectural police department arrested Monday a 14-year-old boy in what is believed to be the first criminal case that has been established in Japan for alleged creation of ransomware. Before his arrest, the junior high school third-year student
World Bank revises up Japan 2017 growth forecast to 1.5%
June 5, 2017
WASHINGTON- The World Bank said Sunday that it projects 1.5 percent growth in Japan’s real gross domestic product for 2017, up 0.6 percentage point from its previous forecast in January. “Growth has picked up in 2017, supported by a recovery
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