Category: BUSINESS

Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday following Wall Street's overnight lead, while a drop in crude oil futures helped ease inflation concerns amid buybacks from the previous day's slump. The 225-issue ... ( read original story ...)

An urban resort in the heart of the city, Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo offers a special firefly viewing event every May. The event, which also includes firefly-themed menus, is particularly popular among ... ( read original story ...)

Cumulative seed funding closes at $10 million for development of CFRP suborbital spaceplane and bolstering of new composite materials department. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Autograph Collection has taken various deliberations to enchant your five senses by resonating with Tokyo’s dynamic spirit and vibes. The hotel offers a new lunch and dinner program based on ... ( read original story ...)

Mr. Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, said that the investment promotion roadshow he recently led to Japan has reinforced a joint commitment to deepen bilateral cooperation ... ( read original story ...)

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. will raise prices for its Super Dry beer and other beverages for the first time in years, joining Lawson Inc., McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan and other companies facing rising ... ( read original story ...)

Naohiko Baba of the investment bank discusses the problem of the country's aging population. ( read original story ...)

SoftBank Group Corp. added a Japanese startup specializing in endoscopy to its list of portfolio companies, making the third Vision Fund investment in its home country.Most Read from BloombergElon Mus ... ( read original story ...)

once welcomed a softer yen for bolstering their competitiveness abroad and inflating the value of their repatriated pr ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 2.6% in March, hitting the lowest rate since April 2020, although the number of furloughed workers remained high due to effects of the pandemic, official data ... ( read original story ...)

Writers facing deadlines go to Tokyo's "Manuscript Writing Cafe" with an understanding - they can't leave until their work is done. ( read original story ...)

More than three-quarters of Japanese firms say the yen has declined to the point of being detrimental to their business, a Reuters poll found, with almost half of companies expecting a hit to earnings ... ( read original story ...)

Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it has appointed Kashu Suzuki as regional business development ... ( read original story ...)

Steven Pursley has been making ramen locally through a pop-up concept before finding what he calls the "perfect" space for his first brick-and-mortar location. The key? Finding a space that was small ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting the death of Kane Tanaka. ( read original story ...)

The world's oldest person has died in Japan. Kane Tanaka was 119. She was born Jan. 2, 1903, in the Fukuoka region, the same year that Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and ... ( read original story ...)