Month: March 2016

Posted on 11 May 2014. Tags: Attract, Companies, Foreign, Initiatives, Introducing, Invest, seminar, Tokyo, Tokyo’s Invest Tokyo Seminar: Introducing Tokyo’s Initiatives to Attract Foreign Companies TOKYO, May 8, 2014 /CNW/ – On April 21, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) held the Invest Tokyo Seminar as a part of its initiatives to attract foreign companies with […]

Posted on 30 April 2014. Tags: ‘THE, Asia, Begins, Best, EVER, had’, I’ve, Obama, sushi, Trip Obama begins Asia trip with ‘the best sushi I’ve ever had’ (CNN) — Anyone who imagines U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed territorial disputes with China or the U.S.’s “pivot to Asia” foreign policy […]

Posted on 03 July 2014. Tags: above, Feral, Flocking, Parrots, presence, Spooky, Tokyo Feral Parrots Of Tokyo Are A Spooky Presence Flocking Above The birds, actually parakeets, are not native to Tokyo. They were originally imported in large quantities as pets in the 1960s, and since have spawned feral flocks that inhabit the surrounding areas. […]

Posted on 01 July 2014. Tags: afire, apparent, Protest, self, sets, Tokyo Tokyo man sets self afire in apparent protest A man has set himself on fire at a busy intersection in Tokyo in an apparent protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to ease limits of the country’s pacifist consitution, police and witnesses said. […]

Posted on 25 July 2014. Tags: forested, INTO, Island, Olympic, Tokyo, transforming, trash, venue Island of trash in Tokyo Bay transforming into forested Olympic venue Entry is currently prohibited to an island poking up in the middle of Tokyo Bay. But if all goes according to plan, the isle will be open to forest dwellers, […]

Posted on 14 August 2014. Tags: $1.6, bidder, Billion, building, final, Goldman, Sachs, sources, Tokyo Goldman Sachs a final bidder for .6 billion Tokyo building: sources Secured Capital, part of Asian private equity firm PAG, is trying to sell the 32-storey Pacific Century Place Marunouchi, in a prime spot near the Tokyo railway station. It […]

Posted on 18 July 2014. Tags: Away, from, Japan, Line’s, lure, lustre, messaging, Tokyo, York New York lustre may lure Japan messaging app Line’s IPO away from Tokyo TALE OF TWO CITIES: Tokyo may struggle to get a piece of a listing that could value Japan’s social messaging service Line Corp at up to US$ […]

Posted on 19 May 2014. Tags: Astounding, Facts, Housing, Takes, Tokyo, York Tokyo Takes New York: Astounding Housing Facts New York and San Francisco are in the midst of what they call a building boom. But there are building booms, and then there’s business as usual in Tokyo. Last month, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government released […]