Saudi Arabia loses spot as Japan’s top supplier in Aug as refiners favor lighter crudes

Saudi Arabia lost its position as the largest crude oil supplier to Japan in August as relatively expensive heavy-end crude grades prompted refiners to seek Read more »

Vatican Publishes Initial Schedule for Papal Trip to Thailand, Japan

Artwork at the Nagai Takashi Memorial Museum commemorates Midori Nagai, a Catholic who died in the 1945 atomic bombing in ... Read more »

American Airlines Launches New Service to Japan’s Haneda Airport

American Airlines and Japan Airlines will offer a total of five daily flights to Haneda from four U.S. cities: Los Angeles, ... Read more »

Adut Akech Stars on Vogue Japan’s Controversial November 2019 Cover

Adut Akech is back on the cover of Vogue Japan going before the lens of photographer Albert Watson for the November 2019 issue. Read more »

Japan’s Meiji offloads meat business Kenko Ham

Japanese food company Meiji Holdings has sold a meat subsidiary to local meat processor Yonekyu Corp. In a statement posted ... Read more »

Japan JV Sells Frade Stake to PetroRio

Japan's Inpex Corp, Sojitz Corp and Japan Oil, Gas and Minerals National Corp (JOGMEC) said on Thursday they exited the Frade ... Read more »

“Wind Challenger” Design Acquires Preliminary Approval – Realizing Japan’s 1st Large Cargo Ship with ‘Sail’, Aiming at Reduction of GHGs

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) yesterday announced that MOL and Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (President: Eichi Hiraga; Read more »

Fortress extends offer on Japan’s Unizo after being jilted as white knight

SoftBank-backed Fortress Investment Group said on Wednesday it had extended its tender offer for Unizo Holdings for a second time, after the Japanese hotel chain abruptly withdrew its support for a $1.3... Read more »

Japan make three changes from Ireland win for showdown with Samoa

Michael Leitch returns for Saturday’s game but the captain’s armband is retained by Pieter Labuschagne. Read more »

Japan pension fund GPIF says to tweak bond classifications, allowing more foreign debt

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) said on Tuesday it will adjust how it classifies some foreign debt, a move that would give the world's top pension fund leeway to buy more... Read more »