News Japan Industry: 20,000-square-foot Japanese marketplace coming to Industry City
On Saturday, Nov. 24, the massive waterfront complex will officially welcome Japan Village, a 20,000-square-foot authentic Japanese marketplace featuring a specialty grocer, food stalls, a Japanese pub/restaurant/cocktail bar known as an izakaya, and a liquor store.
News Japan Industry: Hundreds of Boys Abused by Japanese Pop Mogul, U.N. Report Blasts Response
Boybands created by Johnny Kitagawa not only dominated the pop charts in Japan but their members became ubiquitous onscreen, giving him immense power that he wielded to facilitate the sexual abuse of ...
News Japan Industry: Seaeye Falcon gets to work in Japan's Offshore Wind Industry
Japan’s expanding offshore wind industry has added a further Seaeye Falcon underwater robot as a key operational resource for ...
News Japan Industry: Japan's Mitsui seek shrimp farming dominance with Ecuador deal
Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co plans to invest $360 million in an Ecuadoran shrimp farming company to cement its role in the industry and capture rising consumer demand for higher protein food.
News Japan Industry: Japan is bringing in more foreigners than you think
The declining population gets all the headlines, but the country is quietly preparing for a future with much greater immigration ...
News Japan Industry: Foreign Pressure Is Leading to More Women on Japan’s Boards
Pressure from foreign investors has spurred a serious move among Japanese companies to look for more female board members this year, according to a startup chief that helps firms do just that.
News Japan Industry: Norway vs. Japan time, odds, lines: Soccer expert reveals Women's World Cup picks, Round of 16 predictions
SportsLine soccer expert Martin Green locked in his FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 picks and prediction for Japan vs. Norway on Saturday in the knockout stage ...
News Japan Industry: U.N. group says people abused by late Japanese boy band producer deserve apologies and compensation
The men who came forward to allege they were sexually abused as teenagers by Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa now have a powerful listener: the United Nations. Damilola Olawuyi, chair of the U.N. Working Group on Business and Human Rights, told reporters Friday the number of victims may total several hundred, and he accused Japan's mainstream media of standing silent about the alleged abuse for decades. Olawuyi raised serious questions about the sincerity of the response from the talent agency Kitagawa founded, Johnny & Associates.
News Japan Industry: UN investigates child sexual abuse allegations against Japanese boy band producer
The U.N. Working Group on Business and Human Right is investigating the sexual abuse claims against Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa.
News Japan Industry: Information and Communications Technology Industry Support Continues with BICSI Japan Renewal
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Support for the expansion of the technology and telecommunications services industry in Japan continues with the renewal of the affiliate agreement with BICSI ...
News Japan Industry: How do Israel-Japan ties impact the Jewish state in the Middle East? - opinion
Japan’s augmentation of Israel’s new ties with the Gulf could provide tangible support for Middle East peace – far more so than China’s grandiose (and unrealistic) proposal to mediate.
News Japan Industry: NY Japanese film festival returns in-person
STORY: Japan Cuts shows most works released over the past 12 months. The nearly 30 films are a survey of blockbusters, arthouse films, independent cinema, experiential and classics.“We've kicked it off with some kind of really big titles, ‘The First Slam Dunk’, which was the kind of largest box office hit in Japan in the past year. We have period pieces which are kind of integral to Japanese cinema - been around and one of the kind of key genres in the industry since like the forties,” Fee said.Most of the films on the lineup haven’t been shown or will probably never be shown in the U.S. with the exception of some of the classics.One of the goals of the festival is to give an expansive view of Japanese films and filmmakers. The festival paid tribute to late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto by screening the 1985 documentary “Tokyo Melody.”It's their first in-person festival since the COVID pandemic and is running from July 26 until August 6th.
News Japan Industry: Marcos stresses PH ties with Japan notably in agriculture, defense, infra
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has underscored the importance of sustaining strong bilateral relations with Japan specifically in the areas of ...
News Japan Industry: Japan Industry Partners Launch Trials To Strengthen Cybersecurity Against Threats In The Telecoms Industry
japan industry partners launch trials to strengthen cybersecurity against threats in the telecoms industry tok ...
News Japan Industry: No ‘Oppenheimer’ release date in Japan before atomic bomb anniversary
Tokyo, Jul 31 (EFE).- "Oppenheimer," a film which tells the story of the man known as the "father of the atomic bomb," still has no release date in Japan, due to criticism from spectators days before ...
News Japan Industry: Japan Puts A Stop To Hybrid, EV, And Big Engined Cars Being Sent To Russia
It's another blow for Russia's automotive landscape as cars over 1900cc, hybrids, and EVs are banned from being exported from Japan ...
News Japan Industry: India and Japan look to collaborate in building semiconductors and resilient supply chains
India and Japan are exploring collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, including semiconductors and resilient supply chains, as part of a target of $35.9 billion Japanese investment in the country by 2027.
News Japan Industry: Japanese Pop Star Shinjiro Atae Comes Out as Gay: 'I Finally Have the Courage'
Japanese pop star Shinjiro Atae came out as gay while speaking to a crowd of about 2,000 fans at an event at the Line Cube Shibuya in Tokyo on Wednesday night.
