Pasona's move reflects how the COVID-19 epidemic has triggered drastic reforms within the business community. About 4,600 people work at Pasona's home office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The group ... ( read original story ...)
The Irish Times view on Japanese politics: the end of the Abe era
Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Monday. Abe announced on Saturday that he will resign, ending his record-breaking tenure in a bombshell development that kicks off a ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic flame displayed at Japan Olympic Museum
The Olympic flame will be on public display at the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, as of 1 September. The lantern was delivered during a special ceremony prepared by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee ... ( read original story ...)
Buffett’s Japan investment is a bet on inflation and volatility
The Sage of Omaha has disclosed a $6.3bn investment in the quintet, and signalled he will upsize it. In the context of Berkshire’s $150bn pile of cash and an overall equity portfolio north of $200bn, ... ( read original story ...)
Israeli chip maker Hailo to set up Tokyo unit as demand for AI tech grows
Hailo, a maker of chips that allows edge devices like smart cameras or smart cars to have artificial intelligence capabilities, said it is setting up a wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan. Edge ... ( read original story ...)
Whoever replaces Shinzo Abe, Japan’s slow rot & subservience to US will likely continue
Do not judge Shinzo Abe’s Japan by those shiny new structures of the Tokyo Osaka maglev project that will be soon connecting the industrial heartland of Nagoya with the capital city. ( read original story ...)
Japan country profile
Provides an overview of Japan, including key events and facts about this earthquake-prone country on the western rim of the Pacific. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Deals Help APAC Apartment Investments Triple in 2020 1H
Major acquisitions by Blackstone, Allianz Insurance, and AXA helped Japan tally $4.9 billion in rental apartment deals in 2020. ( read original story ...)
Djokovic, Osaka in action as very different U.S. Open begins
Former champions Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka headline Day One at the U.S. Open on Monday, as an unusual calm settled over Flushing Meadows for the first Grand Slam event since the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Warren Buffett invests $6bn in Japan’s five biggest trading houses
The 90-year-old US business tycoon hopes for ‘opportunities of mutual benefit’ ... ( read original story ...)
Matsushima ‘disappointed’ by Japan’s Eight Nations withdrawal
Japan full-back Kotaro Matsushima said on Monday the Brave Blossoms pulling out of a reported Eight Nations competition is a "disappointment" with the Top League put on hold and domestic-based players ... ( read original story ...)