Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group restored services to corporate customers by around noon on Monday, a spokesperson said, a few hours after clients were unable to access some online services.
The issue, which started at around 9:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) and impacted some corporate services of Mizuho Bank — the group’s main lending unit, comes as the bank has been plagued by widespread system troubles and failures in recent years.
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Oct 17 (ANNnewsCH) – みずほ銀行は法人向けのインターネットバンキングの一部で一時、システム障害が発生したと発表しました。障害は17日正午過ぎに復旧しています。 …continue reading
Airline offers rent and unlimited flights for remote workers
Bloomberg – Oct 20
A Japanese domestic airline is seeking to fill empty seats by offering subscriptions to Tokyo-based workers that will let them move to a city nearly 900 kilometers (550 miles) away, and commute back-and-forth to the capital by air as many times as they want.
Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko turns 88
NHK – Oct 20
Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko turned 88 on Thursday.
The Empress Emerita moved in April from a temporary dwelling to her current residence in the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, where she lived when she was Crown Princess.
Why is Tamawashi so good against Terunofuji?
Sumostew – Oct 19
In this essay, I discuss the unique strengths of Tamawashi, sumo’s oldest active wrestler in Makuuchi (sumo’s top division), and why these strengths are effective against the dominant Yokozuna Terunofuji after he has given away 4 gold stars to the veteran wrestler.
Chinese Dragon suspected in Tokyo skyscraper scuffle
NHK – Oct 18
A violent scuffle broke out at a Tokyo restaurant on Sunday. Police suspect the brawl was initiated by a gang known as Chinese Dragon. Gang members include people of Japanese ancestry related to those who were left behind in China after World War Two.
Kikubatake: Onoe Baikō VII’s Final Ushiwakamaru
Kabuki In-Depth – Oct 18
This performance of the Kikubatake scene took place in December 1993, at the National Theatre in Tokyo, and it would be one of the last onstage appearances of the great onnagata and nimaime Onoe Baikō VII (1915 – 1995), 78 years old at the time of this recording.
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