TOKYO -- As Japan prepares to open its doors wider for foreign workers next April, the government is working to identify potential challenges they may face and draw up detailed solutions by the ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis star Osaka named Nissan ambassador, gives hope to biracial Japanese
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan’s Nissan Motor Co has signed U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka as its next brand ambassador, the automaker said on Thursday, tapping the tennis star’s youth ... ( read original story ...)
X Japan hope new album will lead to elusive success in West
but now people there seem to enjoy pop and rock from Japanese, Korean and Chinese artists. Yoshiki, who uses one name, was speaking Thursday at a news conference in Tokyo to promote what will be the b... ( read original story ...)
Asian developers find booming Vietnam property market irresistible
Last year, Japanese investors Nishi Nippon Railroad and Hankyu Realty hooked up with a local property firm to develop a residential project with total investment of $350 million in Ho Chi Minh City. H... ( read original story ...)
Japan bank lobby gives lukewarm welcome to BOJ’s July move
TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of Japan’s banking industry lobby on Thursday gave a lukewarm welcome to the central bank’s decision in July to allow bond yields to move more flexibly, calling for further ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bank lobby welcomes BOJ’s July move, frets over still-low yields
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan’s decision in July to make its policy framework more sustainable is a welcome move but bond yields have not risen much since then, the head of the country’s ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s US Open win re-opens identity discussion in Japan
Naomi Osaka's victory in the U.S. Open has added her to a growing list of athletes, Nobel Prize winners, and beauty pageant contestants who have raised the issue of what it means to be Japanese. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo chief opens replacement for city’s iconic fish market
TOKYO — As a brass band blared "Anchors Aweigh," Tokyo's governor led Thursday's opening ceremony for the Japanese capital's new fish market and tried to assuage concerns about contamination at the si... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign minister says country to open to foreigners
HANOI, Vietnam — Japan is gearing up to accept more foreign workers as its own population is on the brink of a steep decline, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday. Kono told a World Economic Forum m... ( read original story ...)
Game, set, match: Nissan signs rising tennis star Osaka as brand ambassador
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday it had signed U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka as its next brand ambassador, tapping the tennis star’s youth ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo chief opens new fish market, delayed for 2 years
The Toyosu market won’t open for business until Oct. 11. But hundreds of government and fisheries industry officials in dark suits came to the ceremony Thursday at the sprawling facility. Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent-backed Meituan raises $4.2 billion in IPO priced near top of range: sources
Meituan's IPO is one of the biggest in a packed Hong Kong listing calendar ... after Sopoaga warning Thomas returns to Malaysia seeking third CIMB Classic title Osaka not saddened by Serena row in U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka serves Japan brands a golden Olympic opportunity
"It was very good ...for us," an official of Citizen Watch told the Nikkei Asian Review. The Japanese company named Osaka its first global ambassador last month, and will in the coming days ... ( read original story ...)
Manufacturing leads Japan’s increasing reliance on foreign staff
Nikkei analyzed the government's labor force ... The ratio of foreign workers to total workforce for all six manufacturing sectors in Japan was higher than the all-industry average. ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s U.S. Open win re-opens cultural discussion in Japan
YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Naomi Osaka's victory in the U.S. Open has added her to a growing list of athletes, Nobel Prize winners, and beauty pageant contestants who have raised the issue of what it means to ... ( read original story ...)
Popular Toronto restaurant earns coveted food stall at ramen museum in Japan
Ryus Noodle Bar, a Japanese ramen eatery that specializes in noodle soups, has been chosen to set up a food stall in the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama. The museum, which calls itself a food-t... ( read original story ...)