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TOKYO -- The Japanese trading house Sojitz has signed a 45 billion yen ($290 million) contract with MRT Jakarta, operator of Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit, to extend the subway system in the Indonesian capital's traffic-heavy central area, the company announced on Thursday.
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake that struck southwestern Japan left nine people with minor injuries and caused damage such as burst water pipes and small landslides, authorities said Thursday. But there was no danger of a tsunami.
Singapore's Changi Airport has lost its pole position as the world's best airport to Doha's Hamad International Airport, according to air transport rating firm Skytrax.
This year the title has switched, with 12-time winner Singapore being edged out of the top spot by its Middle Eastern rival in the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2024.
TOKYO — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan late on Wednesday (April 17), said the Japan Meteorological Agency, without issuing a tsunami warning.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Former badminton world champion Kento Momota said Thursday he will retire from playing for the Japanese national team.
TOKYO -- Akebono, a native Hawaiian who arrived in Japan as Chad Rowen and went on to become the sport's first foreign-born yokozuna, or grand champion, died at 54 of heart failure in Tokyo earlier this month.
TOKYO -- More unsolicited acquisitions are an option for Dai-ichi Life Holdings as it pursues growth beyond the Japanese insurance market, CEO Tetsuya Kikuta told Nikkei.