JAPAN NEWS
 
The European Union on Friday proposed making all eel species, including the Japanese eel, subject to regulation under an international treaty to protect endangered species, while Japan opposes the move.
The EU, along with the Dominican Republic, Panama and Honduras, submitted the pro...

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NIPPON
 
Private-sector rice imports to Japan are soaring as domestic rice prices remain high, apparently for use in "bento" boxed meals and household consumption.
According to trade statistics released by the Finance Ministry on Friday, 10,607 tons of rice was imported by private-sector companie...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Toyota Motor Corp said Friday its global sales for May rose 6.9 percent from a year earlier to 898,721 units, a record high for the month, due to last-minute demand in the United States amid concerns over possible price hikes due to high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trum...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Asian shares were mixed on Friday, losing some of their morning gains, after U.S. stocks ran to the brink of another record. U.S. futures and oil prices also logged modest gains.
Investors were watching for further details after President Donald Trump said the U.S. and China had sig...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
The average monthly salary in Tokyo is about half of those in New York, according to a report released by the Deutsche Bank Research Institute.
The report notes that while the U.S. economy has grown, Japan’s monthly salaries have dropped to the global average following events such as...

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NISSAN
 
Nissan Motor Co on Tuesday said it forecasts a net loss of 200 billion yen for the April-June quarter and apologized for the worsening performance as it faced criticism from shareholders at their annual meeting.
New President and CEO Ivan Espinosa, who took over from Makoto Uchida in Apr...

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JAPAN NEWS
 
Thirty major industry associations in manufacturing sectors such as steel, electronics and textiles established a cross-industry human resources management organization to secure more highly skilled foreign workers to work in Japan.
About 7,000 companies will join the Japan Associati...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan's Nippon Yusen and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said on Monday they have instructed their vessels to minimize the time spent in the Gulf as they continue to transit the Strait of Hormuz following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The shipping companies said they are close...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan’s biggest banks are considering evacuating employees and their families from financial hubs in the Middle East, just days after U.S. airstrikes on Iran increased risks in the region.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has started to pull the families of staff out of locations incl...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese and Indian governments are arranging for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Japan in late August for talks with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, diplomatic sources said Saturday.
The two leaders are expected to agree on India's adoption of a next-generation shin...

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