Japan

04.02.2013 - 10.12 pm Nissan will assemble its new saloon car model in Barcelona After having reached an agreement on the measures to increase competitiveness with the trade unions last week, the Japanese multinational car...	29.01.2013 - 09.36 pm Nissan confirms that Barcelona is in the race to build its new sedan car again After having ruled out Barcelona because unions refused to sign Nissan’s final offer of modifying working conditions and reducing salaries in order...	18.01.2013 - 09.25 pm Nissan’s new car model, an investment of €130 million creating 4,000 jobs, will not be built in Barcelona Trade unions refused to sign the Japanese company’s final offer to increase the competitiveness of Barcelona’s plant by reducing salaries and...	30.11.2012 - 11.21 pm Japanese Omron establishes new centre of industrial automation in Barcelona The Asian multinational company sets up its fourth centre of industrial automation in the Catalan capital, where it has invested up to one million...
02.11.2012 - 10.08 pm Barcelona’s Manga Fair kicks off and focuses on Dragon Ball The 18th Manga Fair of Barcelona is running from the 1st to the 4th of November, in the Montjuic venue of Fira de Barcelona. The fair has moved...	22.03.2012 - 09.34 pm South Korean pianist Soo Jung Ann wins the International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona The 58th edition of the prestigious international piano competition awarded the jury’s first prize to Soo Jung Ann, who is 25 years old. The Japanese...	19.03.2012 - 09.42 pm Fujitsu invests €12 million in its European sales centre, based in Barcelona The Japanese multinational company has chosen Catalonia’s capital for a new international sales centre serving the entire European Union. The centre...	18.12.2011 - 05.24 pm Barça proclaimed world champions after an historic victory over Santos (0-4) Santos FC vs FC Barcelona: Barça becomes legendary after winning the FIFA Club World Cup. The Catalans were three up at half time after goals from...
14.12.2011 - 07.12 pm Barça Manager: "We have to deserve to play in the Final" of the Club World Cup FC Barcelona's Manager, Josep Guardiola, stressed the pride that the team have in maintaining such a good level over three years and said that...	13.12.2011 - 07.42 pm 12 possible Barça debuts at the Clubs World Cup 12 of the 23 players that FC Barcelona have taken to Japan have never appeared in the competition before. However, Valdés, Puyol, Iniesta and Xavi...	18.11.2011 - 07.01 pm Barça’s Manager asks the journalists “Don’t you want Messi to play?” Given the flood of questions asking about a possible rest for the Argentinian star, Pep Guardiol, FC Barcelona’s Manager, insisted that he is in...	15.11.2011 - 06.43 pm The ‘La Caixa’ Foundation and MACBA art collections to be on show throughout Asia for two years China, Japan, Philippines and Malaysia are some of the countries that will host the exhibition ‘The Turn of the Century in Spanish Contemporary Art...
11.06.2011 - 12.17 pm Murakami: “The problem with Japan's nuclear plant is the absence of idealism. The next ten years should be the years of idealism once again.” The Japanese writer was awarded the 23rd Premi Internacional Catalunya in Barcelona. Haruki Murakami announced during the ceremony he will give the...	25.03.2011 - 12.28 pm The SonarSound Tokyo show must go on The organisers stated that Barcelona’s Japanese twin festival of electronic and advanced music will take place despite the tsunami and the nuclear...	19.03.2011 - 11.08 am Haruki Murakami wins this year’s ‘Premi Internacional Catalunya’ The Japanese writer wins the 23rd edition of Catalonia’s top award. Other winners have included Jimmy Carter, Aung San Suu Kyi, Claude Lévi-Strauss...	04.03.2011 - 07.45 pm Yamaha closes its factory in Catalonia and fires 388 workers At the end of January, the Japanese motorbike company announced its decision and this week it issued its mass layoff plan. Yamaha will concentrate...