After the Covid-19 pandemic brought Tokyo’s 60 million-square-foot office market to ... what he called a “sabbatical” from the business world in Honolulu. “After my Japan experience, I suddenly got a ... ( read original story ...)
Tech firm’s IPO turns former NTU professor into billionaire
Dr Shi Xu once said that financial stability and job security were the two dreams he and his wife had when they moved to Singapore from China in the early 1990s.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga to issue instruction Nov. 10 for extra budget compilation
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to instruct Cabinet ministers on Nov. 10 to compile a third extra budget for fiscal 2020 to support the economy hit by the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Rugby: Australia’s 2027 World Cup bid picks up steam with more govt funding
FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup 2019 - Pool D - Australia v Fiji - Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan - September 21, 2019 The Webb Ellis Cup trophy is seen before the match REUTERS/Peter Cziborra ... ( read original story ...)
Spectator cap raised in Yokohama stadium for anti-virus trial
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A three-day trial began Friday at a baseball stadium in Yokohama to study ways to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus at major events, with the cap on the number of ... ( read original story ...)
Domestic ticket holders can apply for refunds in November: Tokyo organisers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan-based ticketholders for the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be able to apply for refunds from Nov. 10, Games organisers said on Friday. Since deciding to postpone the Games ... ( read original story ...)
Vistra acquires Tokyo-based accounting firm
Vistra, a provider of advisory and administrative support to fund, corporate, capital market and private wealth clients, has acquired Routes Business Supports K.K., a specialist accounting firm based ... ( read original story ...)