In doing so, the risk barometer pays a little heed to the recently improved market sentiment after Japan’s Tankan data for the fourth quarter (Q4) marked upbeat figures. Tankan Large Manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan plans hiring spree of tech experts for digital agency
Japan plans to recruit more than 500 computer experts for a new national digital agency as it races to match the success of Taiwan and South Korea in electronic. Takuya ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Business Confidence Improves Again After Virus Plunge
Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has recovered further after plunging on pandemic woes to its worst level since the global financial crisis, a key survey showed Monday. The Bank of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Business Mood Improves as Pandemic Pain Eases: BOJ Tankan
Japanese business sentiment improved in the three months to December, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Monday, a sign the economy was gradually emerging from the initial hit of the ... ( read original story ...)
Gov’t considers excluding Tokyo, Nagoya from Got To Travel campaign
The government is considering temporarily excluding Tokyo and Nagoya from its travel subsidy program to spur domestic tourism amid recent spikes in novel coronavirus cases in the cities, a governor ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo set to be removed from Japan’s travel subsidy as cases rise
TOKYO • Tokyo is in talks with the Japanese government for the city to be temporarily removed from a nationwide travel subsidy programme, Asahi Shimbun reported.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Will Bitcoin Continue to Rise? Crypto Experts Finixio Make Their Predictions
On Monday, November 30th the financial world held their collective breath as Bitcoin reached its highest value yet, topping its December 2017 all time high. The skeptics had been proven wrong. ... ( read original story ...)
Money Heist season 5 theories: Who is Tokyo narrating her story to?
MONEY HEIST season 5 will be the final outing for the crime drama. But will it be revealed who Tokyo is narrating to? ( read original story ...)
Designer Virgil Abloh under fire for ‘tone deaf’ Emmett Till mask in Naomi Osaka Vogue photoshoot
A recent Vogue photoshoot featuring tennis star Naomi Osaka has come under fire for featuring a face mask with Emmett Till’s name on it. ( read original story ...)
Japan has trailblazed on economic stimulus, to not much avail
Will Japan under Suga try the reflationary option Abe didn’t? In 2006, 52-year-old Shinzō Abe of the almost-always-in-power Liberal Democratic Party became Japan’s youngest-ever prime minister. In ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and South Africa agree to beef up post-pandemic business ties
Some 160 companies including Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. have bases in resource-rich South Africa, which accounts for more than 20% of Africa's gross domestic product. ( read original story ...)
Stripe is planning to expand its business in Southeast Asia, China, India, and Japan
Pacific by 40% so far this year, and it's continuing on its hiring spree as it looks to bring in engineers. ( read original story ...)
Japan Gov’t eyeing excluding Tokyo, Nagoya from ‘Go To Travel’ campaign
The government is considering excluding Tokyo and Nagoya from its travel subsidy program to spur domestic tourism amid recent spikes ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Exclude Tokyo, Nagoya from Travel Program
The Japanese government is considering excluding trips to Tokyo and Nagoya from its Go To Travel tourism subsidy program temporarily due to a surge in coronavirus cases, informed sources said Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Japan, S. Africa agree to beef up post-pandemic business ties
Japan and South Africa agreed at their foreign ministers' meeting in Pretoria on Saturday to strengthen post-pandemic business ties, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is waking up to the true value of having a top financial centre – when will China?
The launch of FinCity.Tokyo is a sign that Japan realises a financial centre is a means to better deploy national wealth, such as its household savings, the largest in the world. China can take a leaf ... ( read original story ...)