Category: BUSINESS

Tokyo undergoes redevelopment rush Major redevelopment projects are underway all around Tokyo. We take a look at how one of them, Takanawa Gateway City, aims to spur innovations in business and ... ( read original story ...)

Shunsaku Sagami, 32, founded M&A Research Institute in 2018 to help the ageing owners of small and medium-sized businesses whose companies are forced to close when there’s no one available to take ... ( read original story ...)

Visitors to Japan rose to a post-pandemic high of almost 2 million in April, official data showed on Wednesday, benefiting from a relaxation of travel restrictions in China. ( read original story ...)

Japan's energy companies were quick to embrace the G7's support for natural gas investment in their statement last month but analysts caution that relying on the fossil fuel may open the companies up ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy emerged from recession and grew faster than expected in the first quarter as a post-COVID consumption rebound offset global headwinds, shoring up hopes for a sustained recovery. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s economy expanded at a faster pace than expected as a further easing of pandemic regulations boosted consumption, a positive outcome that will likely keep speculation simmering of a possible ... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese yuan slipped to its weakest level this year, nudging 6.98 per dollar and Chinese stocks resumed their recent losing streak, reducing the Shanghai composite's year-to-date gains to 6.5% and ... ( read original story ...)

Rahm Emanuel welcomed some familiar faces to Tokyo today, opening a new office of Chicago-based software company Keeper Security. Emanuel is the U.S. ambassador to Japan. On hand for Keeper's Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese yuan slipped to its weakest level this year, nudging 6.98 per dollar and Chinese stocks resumed their recent losing streak, reducing the Shanghai composite's year-to-date gains to 6.5% and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's main ruling party approved a watered-down version of a bill on "promoting understanding" of the LGBTQ community, in apparent haste to show progress on the issue days before the country hosts ... ( read original story ...)

In a small shop nestled in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo neighborhood, a small but popular Japanese confectionary shop called Fugetsu ... during World War II at Hart Mountain, Wyoming, and the business ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo shares opened higher on Tuesday on growing hopes that Washington would avert a default, which helped push Wall Street shares upwards. ( read original story ...)

Arfiya Eri, who last month became the first Japanese person of Uyghur heritage to be elected to the country's National Diet, hopes to show the world that while Uyghurs face genocide in China, ... ( read original story ...)

Business leaders from Japan and South Korea have expressed hope for an expansion of economic cooperation between the two countries. Since the March summit there has been growing momentum to improve ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese millennial who uses AI to help solve a problem in the rapidly aging society has hit it big. Since its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in June 2022, shares of M&A Research Institute — a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Topix index closed at a 33-year high on Tuesday after companies gave strong forecasts during the earnings season, with chip-related stocks tracking overnight gains on the Nasdaq. ( read original story ...)