Japanese tech firms expanding into Singapore and South-east Asia
SINGAPORE – Workers in the construction industry used to mark physical diagrams with coloured pencils while planning their work, but they now have the option of tracking their…
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PM Lee congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on re-election
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday (Nov 22) congratulated his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on his re-election. PM Lee also congratulated Mr Kishida on the…
Singapore’s SC Capital sets sights on hard-hit Japanese hotels with $743 million fund
TOKYO – Singapore’s SC Capital Partners aims to raise around 60 billion yen (S$743 million) for a new fund targeting hard-hit Japanese hotels, its chairman told Reuters, betting tourism…
Japanese institute paid $1.3 million by Tokyo Games bid committee shuts operations
TOKYO – A Japanese non-profit sports institute paid US$1.3 million (S$1.73 million) by the Tokyo Olympic bid committee during a campaign to secure the 2020 Games shut down all its…
Japanese pro wrestler Hana Kimura passes away at 22
Japanese professional wrestler Hana Kimura died at the age of 22. While the cause of death is yet to be ascertained, Kimura had posted a number of troubling social media posts in recent…
Russia expels Japanese journalist in military espionage row
MOSCOW/TOKYO – Russia said on Monday (Jan 27) it expelled a Japanese journalist last month for trying to obtain secret information related to Russian military capabilities in the Russian…
NASA Proposed Sending Japanese Astronauts to the Moon
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine secretly proposed using US rockets to send Japanese astronauts to the Moon, Japanese newspaper The Mainichi reports, citing “multiple sources” familiar…