ECONOMY

All Nippon Airways' flying turtle makes regular flight debut

10/24/2023 · in DISCOVER JAPAN, ECONOMY, SOCIETY

All Nippon Airways' third "Flying Honu" makes its regular flight debut.

Kishida emphasizes economic measures in parliamentary policy speech

10/23/2023 · in ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio emphasizes his intention to work on economic measures in his policy speech to parl...

Extraordinary Diet session gets underway

10/20/2023 · in ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

An extraordinary session of Japan's parliament gets underway, with deliberations expected to center on measures to deal ...

Honda to start operating driverless taxis in Tokyo in 2026

10/20/2023 · in ECONOMY, SOCIETY, WORLD

Honda Motor aims to start operating driverless taxis in Tokyo in 2026 in collaboration with General Motors.

Mitsubishi Motors to withdraw from car production in China

10/19/2023 · in ECONOMY, SOCIETY, WORLD

Mitsubishi Motors is planning to withdraw from car production in China amid a shift to electric vehicles in the Chinese ...

Ruling parties submit proposals for economic measures to PM Kishida

10/18/2023 · in ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

The ruling Liberal Democratic and Komeito parties submit their proposals for economic measures to Prime Minister Kishida...

Digital minister Kono: Government funds to be inspected for wasteful spending

10/18/2023 · in ECONOMY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

Minister for Digital Transformation Kono Taro says the government's various funds will be rigorously inspected in the fa...

All bullet trains in Japan to go smoke free next spring

10/18/2023 · in DISCOVER JAPAN, ECONOMY, SOCIETY

All bullet trains in Japan will ban smoking starting next spring.

Japan's telecom giant reports massive customer data leak

10/18/2023 · in ECONOMY, SOCIETY

A subsidiary of NTT West says that a former employee has leaked nine million sets of customer information.

First tunnel for the maglev bullet train completed