JAPAN TODAY
 
December 21 was a dark day in Japan, and not just because, as the winter solstice, it marked the low point of daylight hours.
There was also an emotional darkness clouding the nation’s hearts, as on that day, McDonald’s Japan announced its decision to suspend sales of medium and lar...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's unemployment rate in November edged up to 2.8 percent from the previous month as an economic recovery from the coronavirus fallout prompted more people to leave their jobs in search of better ones, the government said Tuesday.
The seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose 0.1 pe...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo — Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, will be illuminated by light-emitting diodes with high energy-saving performance from next spring, replacing old lighting fixtures known for their “cocktail light” luminous quality at night games.
The ...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The Japan Tourism Agency is conducting trials at five locations to promote local revitalization through new tourism services using digital technologies.
In some of the experiments, a QR code and a facial recognition syste
m are being used to encourage people visiting large-scale eve...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
A new kind of chip shortage has hit Japanese supply chains, with McDonald's forced to ration fries in the country as COVID-19 and floods in Canada squeeze potato imports.
McDonald's Japan said it will only sell small-sized French fries for a week from Friday to avoid shortages.
"Due...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The top executive of Kirin Holdings Co. said Tuesday the company may ask the Japanese government for help to resolve a dispute over ending its beer business partnership with a Myanmar military-linked entity.
Kirin Holdings President and CEO Yoshinori Isozaki said in an interview tha...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Daihatsu Motor Co. said Monday that all of its new models for the domestic market will be electric vehicles (EV) or hybrids by 2030.
The company also said it plans to launch an electric mini-vehicle by 2025. Utilizing subsidies from central and local governments, Daihatsu aims to...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Assets held by Japanese households hit a record at nearly ¥2 quadrillion ($18 trillion) at the end of September as people continued to refrain from spending due to the coronavirus pandemic and as stock prices rose, Bank of Japan data showed Monday.
The total figure of ¥1,999.8 trill...

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ELEVEN
 
Japanese former politician who campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from some of Japans top companies to Myanmar has urged Japan to endorse its military government, saying the nation's ruling military leader has  "grown fantastically as a human being," while praising his...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A joint venture between Hitachi, Ltd. and Alstom SA of France has won a £1.97 billion (about ¥300 billion) contract to supply next-generation high-speed trains for Britain’s High Speed Two (HS2) railway line project.
The companies announced on Dec. 9 that the venture will design,...

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