News Corp Australia partners with customer loyalty platform Flybuys to bolster its audience segments; US local media advertising is expected to fall by 3.6% as Coronavirus keeps live sports on hold; ... ( read original story ...)
Other Media | SalmonBusiness: Salmones Austral gets IPO approval, but can’t list until COVID 19 calms down
Chilean salmon farmer plans to list on the Santiago Stock Exchange. Aqua.cl reports that Salmones Austral has been given the nod from the Financial Market Commission (CMF) to register its company and ... ( read original story ...)
Naotsune Alliance to Open a New Office Location in Hong Kong
Naotsune Alliance, a financial advisor for the world of business that provides discretionary investment advisory services for individual clients, wealthy families, institutional investors and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan approves Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir as COVID-19 drug
Japan has approved Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19, the health ministry said on Thursday, making it the country's first officially authorised drug for the disease. ( read original story ...)
Osaka governor draws rebuke from Tokyo for hinting at lack of guidance
Gov. Yoshimura’s choice of words has been criticized by minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is also in charge of overseeing virus containment measures. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus-wary Japan tries to take business card ritual online
Japan's time-honoured ritual of exchanging business cards face-to-face is under pressure as the government promotes a "new lifestyle" to combat the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Three US Marines subdue disruptive passenger on Japan-to-Texas flight: report
Three fast-responding U.S. Marines are being credited with subduing a disruptive passenger Monday during a flight from Tokyo to Dallas. ( read original story ...)
Japan Biopharma Venture Has Surged Almost 400% on Vaccine Hopes
A Japanese biopharma venture has surged almost 400% in just over two months on hopes that its vaccine candidate for the coronavirus will be successful.AnGes Inc., a spin-off from Osaka University, ... ( read original story ...)
Transport stocks pull Tokyo shares lower as state of emergency extends
Japanese shares eased on their return from a long holiday on Thursday, with airlines declining the most, as sentiment was dampened by Tokyo's move to extend a state of emergency and dour U.S. economic ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Emergency Could Be Lifted Early in Some Areas: Economy Minister
Japan's state of emergency over the novel coronavirus could be lifted early in some areas of the country that have seen declines in new infections, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on ... ( read original story ...)
Defying local gov’t request, Osaka pachinko parlor reopens as 100s of customers line up
A pachinko parlor in western Japan reopened on May 7 in defiance of an Osaka Prefectural Government request to temporarily suspend operations ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Companies May Have Missed Initial Profit Forecasts by 18%
Japanese companies whose fiscal years ended in March may have seen profits fall short of their initial forecasts by 18% in an early sign of how the virus outbreak is hitting the country. ( read original story ...)
Japan set to approve remdesivir for coronavirus treatment
Japan plans to authorise Thursday the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, the government said, with an eye to approving another medication Avigan this month. This would make Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka inspires ‘maverick’ Utain
Veteran politician Utain Shartpinyo is using the issue of mounting rubbish and traffic congestion in the capital as a political platform to garner votes for the Bangkok election next year. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares edge lower after long holiday; airlines top losers
Japanese stock markets eased on their return from a long holiday on Thursday, with airlines leading the fall on Tokyo's main bourse, as investors fretted over dire U.S. economic data and souring ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 9 earthquake off coast of Japan is due this century, experts warn
The quake would be at least as bad as the one which hit Japan in 2011 and cause a tsunami so large that physical barriers would be useless - with the best defence being to run, experts warn. ( read original story ...)