Dexter Comendador, the president of AirAsia Philippines, said his group is confident its new Manila-Osaka route will spur tourist arrivals to Manila from Osaka, helping the government achieve its ... ( read original story ...)
ESR Acquires Tokyo Bay Site for $1B Shed Project in Run-Up to IPO
Asia logistics real estate platform ESR announced on March 29 that it has acquired a parcel of land on Japan’s Tokyo Bay for development of a $1 billion warehouse facility. The Warburg Pincus-backed ... ( read original story ...)
Defining the Heisei Era: Japan deals with death, disasters and a feeling of insecurity
Hauntings have been reported at homes and workplaces, in ruined towns and on beaches devastated by giant tsunami that crashed into hundreds of kilometers of Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Largest Railway Company Considers New Crypto Payment System for Transport Cards
In other Japanese news, e-commerce giant Rakuten will soon launch its own cryptocurrency exchange, dubbed Rakuten Wallet, after announcing that it received the FSA’s approval on March 25. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s banks can’t blame BOJ for their problems, new head of lobby says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese lenders should not blame the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy for their inability to boost trading revenue or for poor returns borne of lax risk management, the ... ( read original story ...)