Category: BUSINESS

Naomi Osaka is the world's highest-paid female athlete, according to a list published by business magazine Forbes. ( read original story ...)

Fellow tennis players Serena Williams (45.9 million) and older sister Venus ($11.3 million) were next on the list. ( read original story ...)

Japan has some of the world's most recognizable cultural signifiers — sushi, cherry blossoms, little bitty cars — and yet scratch the surface and you’ll find a country you never even imagined. At the ... ( read original story ...)

Mastercard (MA) partners with Wakayama Prefecture to not only ease digital payments in the prefecture's tourism sector but also upgrade the payment operations of SMBs within it. ( read original story ...)

DeCurret Holdings reportedly will sell its crypto branch to the Hong Kong-based company Amber Group in February for millions of dollars. ( read original story ...)

Evo, the Seattle-based outdoor retailer, has acquired Rhythm Japan, a Hokkaido, Japan-based snow gear rental company, along with its winter apparel brand, Oyuki. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) bought a total of 107,555 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States and Canada in regular tenders that closed on Thursday. TOKYO ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government will estimate that its primary budget would be balanced in fiscal 2026, one year earlier than its previous projection made about six months ago, two sources with knowledge of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will stick to its fiscal 2025 target for balancing its budget when it reviews the timeframe for the goal in coming weeks, the ... ( read original story ...)

GMO Internet Group will partner with Klaytn Foundation to explore blockchain business synergies on Klaytn, a blockchain initiative by the Kakao Group. ( read original story ...)

Evo has brought Rhythm Japan into its portfolio, owning 100% of the Japanese business with existing Rhythm Japan shareholders becoming part owners of Evo. The deal will bring Evo, currently focused on ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese manufacturers turned less positive about their business conditions in January, a survey showed on Wednesday, even as central bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda stressed the economy was on track ... ( read original story ...)

The Los Angeles City Council today voted to recognize Kame Restaurant, which opened in 1884, as the first Japanese-owned business in Little Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Japanese manufacturers turned less positive about their business conditions in January, a survey showed on Wednesday, even as central bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda stressed the economy was on track ... ( read original story ...)