Posted on 11 February 2015. Tags: balked, channel, crisis, hostage, Islamic, opening, peak, State, Tokyo At hostage crisis peak, Tokyo balked at opening channel with Islamic State … Japan opened a communication channel with Islamic State in the decisive stages of the recent hostage crisis but was unwilling to use it to start negotiations, according […]
Posted on 27 January 2015. Tags: 0.25%, 43.23pts, Nikkei, sheds, stocks, Tokyo, Weaker Tokyo stocks 0.25% weaker at end, Nikkei 225 sheds 43.23pts TOKYO: Tokyo stocks slipped 0.25 per cent lower at the end after anti-austerity party Syriza swept to victory in Greece’s weekend general election, increasing worries the country could exit the eurozone. The […]
Posted on 10 February 2015. Tags: animal, cruelty, Letter, store, Tokyo Letter: Tokyo owl store is animal cruelty In regards to your Jan. 26 article, “Tokyo’s ‘Shop of Owls’ a real hoot for visitors,” why was it published? Was it meant to be amusing? I believe the owls probably do “give a hoot.” This was […]
Posted on 30 January 2015. Tags: closely, hostage, Islamic, Japan, Jordan, release, secure, Tokyo, working Japan Hostage: Tokyo working closely with Jordan to secure release, as Islamic … He made no mention of Goto, whose wife Rinko broke her silence with an emotional appeal to Tokyo and Amman to save her husband. “My husband is […]
Posted on 13 January 2015. Tags: again, Cuts, prices, purchasing, scrap, Steel, Tokyo, tonne Tokyo Steel cuts scrap purchasing prices again by JPY 500 per tonne Japan’s Tokyo Steel announced to cut its scrap purchasing prices again by JPY 500 per tonne from January 10th. After the adjustment, its H2 scrap purchasing prices averaged at […]
Posted on 12 January 2015. Tags: Deals, Dollar, early, Range, Tokyo, trades, upper Dollar trades in upper 119 yen range in early Tokyo deals TOKYO (Kyodo) — The U.S. dollar traded in the upper 119 yen range early Friday in Tokyo, up slightly from its levels overnight in New York. At 9 a.m., the dollar […]
Posted on 24 January 2015. Tags: Dance, humanoid, perform, Robots, routine, synchronized, Tokyo 100 humanoid robots perform synchronized dance routine in Tokyo One hundred humanoid robots performed a synchronized dance routine in Tokyo on Monday. Each of the one hundred ‘Robi’ robots weighs just 2.2 pounds and stands just a little over a foot tall. […]
Posted on 25 January 2015. Tags: Kano, Moves, premiere, Tears, Tokyo, Viewers Kano moves viewers to tears at Tokyo premiere 24 (CNA) Kano (嘉農), a film shot in Taiwan, brought profuse tears to the eyes of the audience at its premiere in Tokyo Saturday. The film, directed by Taiwanese Umin Boya (馬志翔),is based on the […]
Posted on 07 January 2015. Tags: Airlines, Applies, Between, Flights, Haneda, Hawaiian, Kona, Tokyo’s Hawaiian Airlines applies for flights between Tokyo’s Haneda and Kona Hawaiian Airlines has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation for daily flight service between Tokyo International Airport at Haneda and Kona Airport on Hawaii’s Big Island, starting on […]
Posted on 16 January 2015. Tags: investment, Japan, Life, Softbank, Stories, Tokyo, Whisky Top WSJ Stories on Japan: Whisky, Softbank Investment, Life in Tokyo Your daily roundup of news from The Wall Street Journal related to Japan: Is Japanese Whisky Better Than Scotch?: Japanese whiskies deserve their moment in the spotlight and are well worth […]