Category: BUSINESS

The head of Japan’s top pop agency Johnny & Associates stepped down Thursday after admitting that her uncle, the company’s late founder, had sexually abused minors for years, following months of ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte is considering the sale of a top-grade Tokyo skyscraper and has approached potential buyers about the property, according to people with knowledge of the matter ... ( read original story ...)

Governor Gretchen Whitmer started a seven-day investment mission in Japan Wednesday.According to Whitmer, the trip is focused on securing investments in key in ... ( read original story ...)

The new model is a bigger, hybrid vehicle that “from the start had its eyes on the world,” Executive Vice President Hiroki Nakajima said at a company event in Tokyo, as reported in The Wall Street ... ( read original story ...)

It's the governor's third trade mission trip made this year, with two separate trips to Europe already taking place in 2023. ( read original story ...)

Japan was the third-largest destination for Peruvian exports in 2022, totaling US$3.157 billion, which represented an increase of 7.7% from 2021 (US$2.932 billion), the ( read original story ...)

The Japanese carmaker said the stoppage on 29 August at all 14 ... This minimises costs and improves efficiency, and is studied by other manufacturers and at business schools around the world. However ... ( read original story ...)

The sale plans come as a glut of new office supply is expected in Tokyo over the next two years, potentially tempering investor appetite. ( read original story ...)

it’s an uphill battle marketing and distributing specialist films in Japan – many of Tokyo’s arthouse cinemas have recently closed – but it also remains one of the few markets in the world that still ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Kokusai Electric will list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as soon as October, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday.The KKR-owned chipmaking device manufacturer's initial public offering (IPO) will be the biggest offering for the market in at least five years, ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Bangladesh will allocate more space to Japan in export processing zones (EPZs) for setting up industries if they want. The premier said this as a Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

A group of men accusing Johnny Kitagawa, the late founder of a Japanese boy band talent agency, of sexual abuse is now seeking financial compensation. ( read original story ...)

Japan hits out at China’s ‘unacceptable’ seafood ban as it rolls out emergency fund - Mainland China is biggest overseas market for Japanese seafood, accounting for 22.5 per cent of total business ... ( read original story ...)