Sapporo’s 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid failed to garner public support due to factors ranging from the negative impact of the 2020 Tokyo Games to a poor public relations campaign from ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka World Expo 2025: How to win influence with key economic drivers in Japan
Ballooning costs, construction delays, a carpenter shortage—the litany of reported woes besetting the World Expo 2025 in Osaka seems endless. One year out, Japanese media coverage of the Osaka Expo ... ( read original story ...)
OpenAI bids for Japan business as it opens Tokyo office
Microsoft backed artificial intelligence startup OpenAI made a pitch for business in Japan on Monday as it opened its first Asia office in Tokyo. The startup, which has caused excitement among ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Top Power Producer Jera Considers IPO to Fund Green Push
Japan’s biggest utility, Jera Co., is considering an initial public offering to help fund a massive rollout of renewables. ( read original story ...)
Philippine president: trilateral agreement with U.S., Japan not directed at anyone
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday the trilateral agreement signed between his country and the United States and Japan was not directed at anyone, but merely a strengthening of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s JERA creates global renewables-focused unit in Britain
Japan's largest power company JERA Co. has created a global renewable energy business to be headquartered in London, as it seeks to increase low-carbon investments to meet decarbonisation targets, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Posts 7.7% Growth in Machinery Orders
In a striking development that looks set to invigorate Japans economic prospects, a key gauge of capital spending in the country has seen its most significant jump in over a year. According to Cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
On Himalayan Hillsides Grows Japan’s Cold, Hard Cash
A shrub in impoverished Nepal now supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Asia’s most sophisticated financial system. ( read original story ...)
Suspect ‘thought of drinking tea’ using $65,000 gold bowl stolen from Tokyo store
A man arrested for allegedly stealing a pure gold tea bowl priced at around 10 million yen ($65,000) has told police he ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Ruling Party Urges ‘Immediate’ Crypto Tax Reform
Japan’s ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, wants the government to carry out “immediate” crypto tax reforms.
Japan’s Nikkei drops 1% as Iran attack, Wall Street sell-off fuel risk aversion
TOKYO: Japan’s blue-chip Nikkei index dropped nearly 1% on Monday as investors sold equities following an escalation of violence in the Middle East and a sell-off on Wall Street at the end of last ...
Japan’s finance minister says he’s watching FX moves closely
The hedge fund manager's decision to increase his stake in one "Magnificent Seven" stock is already paying off handsomely.
Suspect in Tokyo ‘thought of drinking tea’ using stolen $65,000 gold bowl
A man arrested for allegedly stealing a pure gold tea bowl priced at around 10 million yen ($65,000) has told police he ... ( read original story ...)
Climate investors target Japan’s top banks, this time on board oversight, sources say
A coalition of climate groups filed shareholder proposals with Japan's top three banks, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, calling for stricter board oversight of climate-related risk, people ... ( read original story ...)
Compass Offices Announces the Pre-opening Sale of Its Brand New INOGATE OSAKA Business Centre
OSAKA, Japan, April 15, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Compass Offices is pleased to announce the pre-opening sale of its INOGATE OSAKA business centre, which marks the latest chapter in Compass Offices’ ... ( read original story ...)
Home of famed Meiji Era industrialist moved to Tokyo
A former residence of industrialist Shibusawa Eiichi, known as the father of Japanese capitalism, is now standing in Tokyo again after previously being moved to Aomori Prefecture in northern Honshu. ( read original story ...)