Новости за 08.04.2024

The number of corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of at least ¥10 million in fiscal 2023 rose 31.5% from the previous year to 9,053, topping 9,000 for the first time in nine years, a survey by Tokyo Shoko Research showed Monday.

Daihatsu Motor said on Monday it will streamline the way it reports on development and certification to its parent Toyota Motor, as the compact carmaker seeks to overcome a safety test certification scandal.

Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu plans to submit his resignation as early as Wednesday following his latest gaffe, informed sources said Monday.

Author Hirotada Ototake said Monday that he will run as an independent in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in the Tokyo No. 15 constituency.

While defense issues will figure prominently in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden’s summit meeting later this week, the two leaders are also expected to announce boosted cooperation on supply chains and cutting-edge technologies — including semiconductors and artificial intelligence — all with an eye on China.

The most desired occupation for students starting their first year of elementary school this spring is to work in a bakery or a cake shop, according to a survey conducted by school bag material manufacturer Kuraray.

Thailand is steering an initiative for a joint-visa program with countries that together hosted about 70 million tourists last year as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin ramps up initiatives to attract more long-haul and high-spending travelers.

Japan’s monetary policy underwent a historic shift last month under the leadership of Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda, who marks one year on the job on Tuesday, as the central bank decided to scrap negative interest rates to implement its first rate hike in 17 years.

Hong Kong-based activist investor Oasis Management on Monday revealed it owns over 3% of Japan's Kao, days after claiming the cosmetics and skincare firm could boost its share price by 76% by streamlining and focusing on overseas marketing.

A total of 54 incidents of indoor pets accidentally causing house fires were reported in the decade between fiscal 2013 and 2022, according to a recent report from the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE).

Private drivers with their own vehicles can now be hailed for rides in Tokyo, marking the first time in Japan that ride-hailing has been put into practice after the system was introduced on April 1.

Military officials said on Sunday that Israel is pulling some troops out of the city of Khan Younis in Gaza, saying it had ended its mission there as the war against Hamas reached the six-month mark.

In response to increasing demand for food due to global population growth, next-generation protein sources have emerged as substitutes for meat, including insects and soy meat.

In March 2023, a 17-year-old girl who fell from a building in the South Korean city of Daegu died after her ambulance was turned away by three hospitals that lacked doctors to treat her.

Initiatives to enjoy artworks through the ears — without depending on the eyes — have been spreading recently.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s state visit to meet with United States President Joe Biden this week will be “historic,” according to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.

Japanese workers’ real wages fell in February for a 23rd consecutive month after consumer price growth accelerated, exerting a drag on spending, in an outcome that will likely keep the central bank on hold for now.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he would seek to build a multilayered defense network with other countries while bolstering military cooperation with the United States as he seeks to strengthen Japan’s deterrence in a challenging security environment.

Some of the world’s biggest money managers are searching for the next wave of artificial intelligence winners beyond the U.S.

Japan meets all the conditions that should make it a front-runner in electric vehicles: above-average incomes, a robust auto industry, high rates of new car purchases and a culture that generally embraces technology. Instead, EVs made up a measly 1.8% of new cars sold in the country last year.

The artificial intelligence lab had exhausted every reservoir of reputable English-language text on the internet as it developed its latest AI system. It needed more data to train the next version of its technology — lots more.

Twenty-seven people are set to go on trial on Monday for money laundering in connection with the "Panama Papers" tax evasion scandal, which revealed how many of the world's wealthy stashed assets in offshore companies.

A standoff between Elon Musk and Brazil escalated on Sunday when a Supreme Court judge opened an inquiry into the billionaire after Musk said he would reactivate accounts on the social media platform X that the judge had ordered blocked.

A tiny island in the South China Sea symbolizes the struggle — and disparity — in the Philippines’ efforts to assert its rights in disputed waters when compared to China, which claims much of the waters.

Israeli officials said Sunday they are preparing for military operations in the Gaza Strip's southernmost point of Rafah six months into a "long war" that has shattered buildings and lives.