TOKYO -- Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance will start selling car insurance by the hour for ride-hailing operators in Japan, Nikkei has learned -- a first for a Japanese insurance company.

The transport ministry will allow the use of ride-hailing services as a means of transport in times of disasters to supplement taxis that are likely to be in short supply. Under the envisaged ...

For the first full test run of Japan’s $1 billion New Tokaido Line, the super-express Hikari averaged 80 m.p.h. and often went as high as 125 m.p.h. Crowds waved and cheered, highway traffic ...

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Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese transport ministry will allow the use of ride-hailing services as a means of transport in times of disasters to supplement taxis that are likely to be in ...

Japan joined the World Bank in August 1952, the year after the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Starting in 1953, a number of projects were implemented in Japan with World Bank loans for the ...

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Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Tropical storm Shanshan continued to impact Japan, causing torrential rain, landslides and widespread flooding over the weekend. The storm ...

“The latest I would leave [the office] would be 11 p.m.,” said the 24-year-old, who used to work for some of Japan’s largest telecoms and e-payment companies. So intense were the demands ...

Japan’s government is planning to introduce a screening system which will require visitors from visa-exempt regions and countries – including those from Singapore – to declare certain ...