Category: BUSINESS

The head of Japan's largest business lobby on Wednesday expressed concern over weakening corporate sentiment at home amid fears that ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japanese electronics giant Panasonic, which supplies batteries to Tesla, said on Friday (May 9) it will target 10,000 job cuts worldwide as part of efforts to boost profitability. The cuts, ... ( read original story ...)

Panasonic says it will slash its global workforce by 10,000 people, half in Japan and half overseas, to become a more efficient, "lean" company," The Japanese manufacturer said Friday that the job ... ( read original story ...)

Household spending in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, dropped 0.1% from the previous year in price-adjusted real terms, down for the second straight year, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. ( read original story ...)

Nominal cash earnings rose 2.1% from a year earlier, decelerating from a revised 2.7% pace in February and below a median economist forecast of 2.5%. ( read original story ...)

Japan's antitrust watchdog on Thursday warned more than a dozen high-end Tokyo hotel operators over regularly sharing their room rates and occupancy data, deeming the practice as bordering on cartel ... ( read original story ...)

Now, as Buffett, 94, prepares to step down, he’s making it clear Berkshire has no intention of selling any of its Japan shares. And Buffett’s successor Greg Abel says Berkshir ... ( read original story ...)

JFE Holdings , parent of Japan's second-biggest steel maker, said on Thursday it will invest 400 billion yen ($2.8 billion) overseas over the next three years to drive growth, while suspending a blast ... ( read original story ...)

Global conference SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 kicked off in Tokyo on Thursday with around 600 startups and pavilions set up from 16 countries, becoming one of the largest events for startups in Asia. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s top automaker Toyota is reporting record sales for the fiscal year through March, but its profit for the latest quarter faltered partly because of a certification scandal. ( read original story ...)

In Aesop’s fable, the grasshopper spends its summer singing, dancing and consuming. The assiduous ant toils away storing food, despite the grasshopper’s entreaties to join the fun. Winter descends. ( read original story ...)

The German agency plans to hold seminars in four cities across Japan through November to provide such companies with free expertise. ( read original story ...)

The result is believed to reflect the impact of the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka, as well as demand from foreign visitors. ( read original story ...)

Fed chair Jerome Powell warned that if the significant tariff hikes already announced remain at current levels, they could lead to a slowdown in economic growth. ( read original story ...)