Thomson Reuters – March 23, 2016 – Confidence at Japanese manufacturers eased in March and is seen unlikely to change much over the next three months, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, in a sign that yen gains and slowing growth in China and emerging markets are hurting exporters. 

The Japan Times – March 22, 2016 – Yomiuri Giants reliever Tetsuya Yamaguchi, for some reason, thought he could get away with a first-pitch, 128-kph slider over the outside of the plate against Jonny Gomes.

TechnoBuffalo – March 18, 2016 – I love the Takarazuka Revue. The famous all-female theater group is about thirty minutes from my apartment, and it always goes out of its way to appeal to geeks of all spectrums. Since living in Japan, it has tackled popular gaming franchises like Ace Attorney and, currently, it is running a series of plays based on my all-time favorite manga, Rurouni Kenshin.

Malay Mail Online – March 17, 2016 – TOKYO — Far from the flashbulbs of Tokyo fashion week, Yoshio Yokobori is juggling multiple roles — talent scout, cultural interpreter, dealmaker — in a quest to help foreign buyers navigate a labyrinthine design landscape and access Japan’s most exciting underground labels.

The Wall Street Journal – March 16, 2016 – TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Wednesday it is theoretically possible to cut a short-term interest rate to around minus 0.5%, a comment that could add to uneasiness among the public over the policy experiment aimed at beating deflation. 

Indian Times – March 15, 2016 – TOKYO: The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Tuesday, preferring to spend more time gauging the impact on the economy of its decision in January to deploy negative interest rates. 

Techworm.net – March 14, 2016 – Robots sent to clean up Fukushima after nuclear disaster, have died from radiation.

SocialBarrel.com – March 11, 2016 – YouTube Gaming app is rapidly expanding. And it just took another step forward. Google announced that the live-broadcast of Android gaming titles would soon be available directly to the site.

KBIA – March 9, 2016 – There’s jello for lunch at the Keijuen nursing home in Tokyo. The care home, as it’s known in Japan, looks a lot like one of its American counterparts. There are tissue paper flowers on the walls and residents in wheelchairs are gathered around tables in the cafeteria watching TV. But there’s also a waiting list to get in.  If you’re on it, you could be waiting for years. The list is eight pages long.

Reuters – March 3, 2016 – Japan’s government is unlikely to be able to launch a stimulus package to support its struggling economy without raising concerns about the size of its spending, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said on Wednesday.