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New Tech Plan Envisions 3-D Maps For Driverless Cars
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Three-dimensional maps, a feature essential for self-driving vehicles, could be made from big data that the government plans to compile as part of its initiative to create a “super-smart society,” The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The goals were contained in a ...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Three-dimensional maps, a feature essential for self-driving vehicles, could be made from big data that the government plans to compile as part of its initiative to create a “super-smart society,” The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The goals were contained in a ...
- April 18, 2016
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Tokyo Leads Most Asia Markets Up But Fears Linger
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — A fall in the yen pushed Japan’s stock market higher in early trade Tuesday, helping it lead a broad Asia-wide advance, although analysts warned worries about the world economy and earnings would temper any rally.
World markets have been unable to maintain their momentum aft...
TOKYO — A fall in the yen pushed Japan’s stock market higher in early trade Tuesday, helping it lead a broad Asia-wide advance, although analysts warned worries about the world economy and earnings would temper any rally.
World markets have been unable to maintain their momentum aft...
- April 15, 2016
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Mori Building Unveils Redevelopment Projects For Toranomon Hills Area
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Mori Building Co on Wednesday unveiled ambitious plans for a large-scale development project surrounding the current Toranomon Hills office and retail complex in central Tokyo.
About 400 billion yen ($3.7 billion) will be spent on the construction of three towers around the ...
TOKYO — Mori Building Co on Wednesday unveiled ambitious plans for a large-scale development project surrounding the current Toranomon Hills office and retail complex in central Tokyo.
About 400 billion yen ($3.7 billion) will be spent on the construction of three towers around the ...
- April 14, 2016
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Haneda to Expand Business Jet Slots to Draw More Visitors
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The transport ministry will allow Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to accommodate more foreign business jets, doubling the number of takeoffs and landings to up to 16 per day by the end of this month, it has been learned.
The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ...
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The transport ministry will allow Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to accommodate more foreign business jets, doubling the number of takeoffs and landings to up to 16 per day by the end of this month, it has been learned.
The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ...
- April 13, 2016
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Seven & i's 83-year-old CEO Quits After Board Rejects His Proposal
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — The veteran boss of retail group Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd, who pioneered 24-hour convenience stores in Japan four decades ago, said on Thursday that he is stepping down to take responsibility for a failed management reshuffle.
The patriarch’s sudden departure without a name...
TOKYO — The veteran boss of retail group Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd, who pioneered 24-hour convenience stores in Japan four decades ago, said on Thursday that he is stepping down to take responsibility for a failed management reshuffle.
The patriarch’s sudden departure without a name...
- April 11, 2016
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Marubeni Rookies Try Noh Business
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THE JAPAN NEWS
This spring’s newly hired employees of a major Japanese trading house experienced a one-day training session for traditional noh at an authoritative stage in Japan on Wednesday.
The session was held by Marubeni Corp., aiming to have the freshmen who joined the company this month ...
This spring’s newly hired employees of a major Japanese trading house experienced a one-day training session for traditional noh at an authoritative stage in Japan on Wednesday.
The session was held by Marubeni Corp., aiming to have the freshmen who joined the company this month ...
- April 8, 2016
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910,000 New Recruits Start Work Across Japan
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Hundreds of thousands of Japanese started their first day on the job Friday in an annual ritual born from the country’s fast-disappearing jobs-for-life work culture.
More than 500 recruits pumped their fists in the air and shouted “yacchae, Nissan” (“go for it, Nissan”) at t...
TOKYO — Hundreds of thousands of Japanese started their first day on the job Friday in an annual ritual born from the country’s fast-disappearing jobs-for-life work culture.
More than 500 recruits pumped their fists in the air and shouted “yacchae, Nissan” (“go for it, Nissan”) at t...
- April 7, 2016
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Phone Carrier Price War Stifled
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THE JAPAN NEWS
By Katsutoshi Samata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
A directive issued by the communications ministry on Tuesday to two of the nation’s major mobile phone carriers over excessive discounts highlights the difficulty of encouraging the firms to rectify their business practices in a...
By Katsutoshi Samata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
A directive issued by the communications ministry on Tuesday to two of the nation’s major mobile phone carriers over excessive discounts highlights the difficulty of encouraging the firms to rectify their business practices in a...
- April 7, 2016
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IoT Revolution On Horizon For Business, Private Life
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THE JAPAN NEWS
By Daisuke Ichikawa and Yu Komagata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
The Internet of Things, or IoT (see below), which connects various objects through the Internet, will make family life more convenient and production in factories more efficient. This new market has brought busin...
By Daisuke Ichikawa and Yu Komagata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
The Internet of Things, or IoT (see below), which connects various objects through the Internet, will make family life more convenient and production in factories more efficient. This new market has brought busin...
- April 5, 2016
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Power Retail Market Opened for Competition
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s electricity retail business was fully liberalized on Friday, a landmark reform initiative to crack open an ¥8-trillion market that had been controlled by regional power monopolies for 65 years.
With the start of the new fiscal year, a total of 266 com...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s electricity retail business was fully liberalized on Friday, a landmark reform initiative to crack open an ¥8-trillion market that had been controlled by regional power monopolies for 65 years.
With the start of the new fiscal year, a total of 266 com...
- April 2, 2016
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