In the story headlined “4 people found after tour boat lost contact off Hokkaido,” please note the following CORRECTION. At 2nd graf, please read…it was tilting 30 degrees around 2 p.m….(not…3 p.m…as sent). The alteration was made in line with …
URGENT: Tourist boat with 26 aboard reports flooding off Hokkaido
A tourist boat with 26 passengers and crew reported it was flooded off eastern Hokkaido on Saturday, the Japan Coast Guard said. Patrol boats are heading to the site near the Shiretoko Peninsula for rescue, the coast guard said.
Bank of Japan needs to keep monetary easing policy: Kuroda
The Bank of Japan needs to continue its monetary easing policy, the central bank’s governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Friday, defending the accommodative stance amid growing concern that it has triggered rapid depreciation of the yen against the U.S. dollar…
IMF-World Bank meeting also raps Russia’s war but skips communique
A joint panel of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank gave up on issuing a communique after its meeting Friday, releasing instead a chair’s statement criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee…
Japan, Russia strike deal on salmon, trout fishing despite sanctions
Japan and Russia have clinched a deal on Tokyo’s fishing quota for salmon and trout spawned in Russian rivers, Japan’s Fisheries Agency said Saturday, reaching an agreement on the issue despite Japan’s economic sanctions against Moscow over its invasio…
FOCUS: Japan’s bid to address weak yen sidelined by G-20 rift over Russia
The meeting of Group of 20 finance chiefs this week in Washington, rather than showing unity, revealed a bitter divide among the world’s major economies over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite no shortage of other pressing issues to discuss. For Jap…
Tokyo stocks plunge as gains locked in after 3-day rally
Tokyo stocks finished sharply lower Friday as investors locked in gains following a three-day rally of the benchmark Nikkei index. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 447.80 points, or 1.63 percent, from Thursday at 27,105.26. The broader Top…
Baseball: Katoh makes 1st MLB start, scores run in Blue Jays win
Utility infielder Gosuke Katoh started his first major-league game Thursday, drawing a walk and scoring a run in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Batting eighth and playing second base, the 27-year-old Katoh, born in California t…
Main events scheduled for Saturday, April 23
Main events scheduled in Japan for Saturday, April 23: — 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit to be held in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Soccer: Urawa suffer 1st defeat in ACL to Daegu
Urawa Reds fell to their first defeat in the Asian Champions League Group F on Thursday, going down 1-0 against Daegu FC of South Korea. Urawa began the campaign with two wins from two but are now level on points with Daegu. Japanese midfielder Keita S…