Zoos in Japan are struggling to secure feed for grass-eating animals, reflecting worldwide supply disruptions amid the coronavirus pandemic. While zoos in Japan rely mostly on hay imports, shipping companies give low priority to the animal feed due to …
Tokyo’s Yamanote Line to test automated trains with riders from Oct.
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will carry out test runs of automated trains with passengers aboard on Tokyo’s Yamanote loop line for two months starting around October. JR East has been testing the automated system on out-of-service trains on t…
China delays online meeting between PM Li, Japanese business leaders
China has postponed an online meeting between Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese business leaders that was set for earlier this week, sources close to the matter said Tuesday, with a lockdown of Shanghai weighing on the world’s second-biggest economy. Bei…
Tokyo stocks end lower on Wall St. fall, China concern
Tokyo stocks ended lower Tuesday as investor sentiment was dampened by an overnight plunge on Wall Street and concern over the global economic impact of China’s stringent COVID-19 restrictions. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 152.24 point…
URGENT: Nikkei falls 2% to 2-month low on U.S. plunge, China concern
The Nikkei stock index extended its losses to a nearly two-month intraday low Tuesday morning, briefly dropping over 2 percent after an overnight plunge on Wall Street and on concern over the impact of China’s stringent COVID-19 restrictions on the glo…
Tokyo stocks open lower, weighed down by worries over China outlook
Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Tuesday, with the Nikkei index falling below the 26,000 mark for the first time in about two months, as the market reflected concern over the adverse impact of China’s stringent COVID-19 restrictions on the global econ…
NTT to restructure overseas businesses under NTT Data unit
Japan’s telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Monday it will reorganize its business structure by consolidating its overseas operations in October under a subsidiary NTT Data Corp. to enhance its competitiveness in the area…
URGENT: Tokyo stocks extend losses in morning, Nikkei down over 2%
Tokyo stocks were sharply lower Monday morning, with the Nikkei index down over 2 percent, following a fall on Wall Street late last week amid worries that the U.S. central bank may further tighten monetary policy to fight high inflation. As of 10 a.m….
URGENT: Japan to slowly phase out Russian oil, keep interests in projects
Japan will slowly phase out oil imports from Russia while maintaining its interests in oil projects there to minimize adverse effects on Japanese people’s lives, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday. His remarks to reporters were made after he told…
Slovakia PM vows to keep military aid to Ukraine in fight for freedom
Slovakia will keep providing military support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia out of shared values of democracy and freedom, according to the NATO member’s Prime Minister Eduard Heger. Speaking in an interview Friday in Bratislava, Heger said Sl…