Around 50 percent of women think work gets in the way of married life, according to a survey of women registered with a Tokyo-based temporary staffing agency, highlighting the difficulties women face in trying to balance work and family in Japan. The w…
Main events scheduled for Saturday, July 23
Main events scheduled in Japan for Saturday, July 23: — Tokyo metropolitan government to hold ceremony to mark 1-year anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Japan logs trade deficit of 1.4 trillion yen in June
Japan posted a trade deficit of 1.4 trillion yen ($10.1 billion) in June, government data showed Thursday. Exports increased 19.4 percent from a year earlier while imports climbed 46.1 percent, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report. The cou…
U.S.-Japan economic “two-plus-two” ministerial talks set for July 29
The United States and Japan will hold their first economic “two-plus-two” dialogue involving their foreign and industry ministers on July 29 in Washington, a U.S. Commerce Department official said Wednesday. The launch of the framework was agreed upon …
Soccer: Messi scores as Paris Saint-Germain beat Frontale
Argentina international Lionel Messi scored the first-half opener as Paris Saint-Germain won the first game of their Japan tour, beating two-time defending J-League champions Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 on Wednesday. Arnaud Kalimuendo scored PSG’s second, ne…
Baseball: Rookie Mukunoki falls 1 strike short of no-hitter
Ren Mukunoki, the Orix Buffaloes’ top draft pick last fall, allowed his only hit with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning on Wednesday in a 2-0 Pacific League win over the Nippon Ham Fighters. Nippon Ham’s Ryusei Sato lined a high 2-2 slider t…
BOJ board meets amid rising prices, likely to stand pat on rates
The Bank of Japan will examine the rising price trend blamed on Russia’s war in Ukraine and is widely expected to keep its ultralow policy rate intact during its regular two-day policy meeting from Wednesday, in a decision that is likely to keep the ye…
Tokyo Olympic organizing exec allegedly received money from sponsor
A member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee’s executive board allegedly received a large amount of money from a sponsor of the international sports event after signing a consulting contract with it, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. Th…
Gov’t picks new BOJ board members in sign of less dovish central bank
The government said Tuesday it will appoint Hajime Takata, an economist who has warned of the side effects of bold monetary easing, and Naoki Tamura, a veteran banker, as board members at the Bank of Japan. Some market participants see the choice of Ta…
Pentagon awards contracts for satellites to track hypersonic missiles
The U.S. Defense Department on Monday announced two contracts worth $1.3 billion for the fielding of satellites to better detect hypersonic missile threats posed by Russia and China, with deployment to begin in April 2025. The satellites are designed t…