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Tokyo residents seek to block building of massive data centre
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 4 days agoTokyo said on Wednesday they were aiming to block construction of a massive logistics and data centre planned by Singaporean developer GLP, in a worrying sign for businesses ...
Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoUnder the law, transgender people who want to have their gender assigned at birth changed on...
Chinese man arrested after Japanese shrine vandalised
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoThe incident at the Yasukuni shrine - which honours the country's war dead, including some convicted...
Japan is scrambling to explain why its naval destroyer pushed into Chinese waters where Beijing was...
INSIDER via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 days agoLocal media reported that while Japanese authorities believe the ship made a mistake, its captain is...
Japan's Nikkei 225 share index surges to another record high, approaching 42,000
Associated Press via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 5 days agoJapan’s Nikkei 225 share index closed Wednesday at another record high, gaining 0.6% to end trading...
Nigerian teacher in Japan tearfully recalls being called 'monkey' by student
NextShark via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days ago[Source] A Nigerian woman teaching in Japan tearfully recounted how one of her students called her a...
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Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoShe won her third term as governor Sunday, and one of her closest rivals was a woman. Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan, which has ...
Bank of Japan signals progress in wage, price hikes
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 7 days agoTOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan said wage hikes were broadening across the economy due to tight labour market conditions, signalling its confidence...
Yen pops higher, sparking suspicions of Japan intervention
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 2 days agoJapan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda declined to say whether forex market intervention or a...
Singapore's Keppel DC REIT enters Japan with $145 mln data centre purchase
Reuters SG via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 4 days agoSingapore-listed data centre real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT and sponsor Keppel are set to buy a data centre in Tokyo for 23.4 billion yen ($145 million), in the ...