Category: Tokyo

Concerns Raised Over Chinese Near-Monopoly of Tokyo’s Funeral Industry: Executive

Japan has become the go-to market for Chinese businesses wanting to expand through acquisitions there. In addition to acquiring the oldest home appliance store Laox and turning it into a popular duty-free store for tourists, Chinese investors have snatched up hotels that struggled during the pandemic and recently come to a near monopoly of Tokyo’s…


Consumer Inflation in Japan’s Capital Hits 33-year High

TOKYO – Core consumer prices in Japan’s capital, a leading indicator of nationwide figures, rose 3.4 percent in October from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, marking the fastest annual pace since 1989 in a sign of broadening inflationary pressure. The rise in the Tokyo core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh…


Osaka Pulls Out in Tokyo With Abdominal Pain

Naomi Osaka’s title defense at her home Pan Pacific Open ended on Thursday when the former world number one withdrew ahead of her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia due to abdominal pain. “I am really sorry that I am not able to compete today,” said the four-time Grand Slam champion, who won the tournament…


Superman: Japoteurs (1942)

Superman confronts Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr: gettr.com/user/epochtv Facebook:…


Japan Executes Man Convicted of Killing 7 People in 2008 Stabbing Rampage

Japan has executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a 2008 stabbing rampage, the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday, marking the country’s first execution since last December. Tomohiro Kato, 39, plowed into pedestrians with a truck in a Tokyo commercial district on June 8, 2008, killing three people and wounding two. He later…


Taiwan Vice President Attends Abe’s Funeral, Beijing Complains

Taiwan Vice President William Lai visited Japan to attend the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, much to the displeasure of Beijing. Abe was gunned down while giving a campaign speech in the Japanese city of Nara on July 8. Lai attended the funeral at Tokyo’s Zojoji temple, along with Abe’s…


Abe’s Body Returns to His Tokyo Home as Japan Mourns Slain Ex-PM

NARA/TOKYO—A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at his home in the Japanese capital on Saturday, as police in the western city of Nara where he was assassinated said there had been security flaws. Mourners gathered at his residence and at the scene of Friday’s attack in Nara, where Japan’s…


Capitol Report (May 23): D.C. Attorney General Suing Zuckerberg; Judge Says Title 42 Remains, for Now

Where’s the U.S. economy headed and is a recession looming? President Joe Biden brushes off the possibility. What do economists have to say about it? The Biden administration’s decision to end Title 42 has been overruled by a federal judge. Texas Congressman Chip Roy joins us to discuss the implications. Is the United States sending…


Capitol Report (May 23): DC Attorney General Suing Zuckerberg; Judge Says Title 42 Remains, for Now

Where’s the U.S. economy headed and is a recession looming? President Joe Biden brushes off the possibility. What do economists have to say about it? The Biden administration’s decision to end Title 42 has been overruled by a federal judge. Texas Congressman Chip Roy joins us to discuss the implications. Is the United States sending…


BOJ’s Kuroda Says Yen’s ‘Quite Sharp’ Moves May Hurt Businesses

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the yen’s recent moves had been “quite sharp” and could hurt companies’ business plans, offering his strongest warning to date of the risks stemming from the currency’s depreciation. Kuroda said there was no change in his assessment that, overall, a weak yen was good for the…