Category: BUSINESS

Tokyo has the world's best food, argues Ben Groundwater, whose new book, Neon Lights in Tokyo, explains why this city of almost 40 million people eats better than anywhere else. ( read original story ...)

Panasonic Corporation announces its Heating & Ventilation A/C Company intends to acquire the commercial air-conditioning business from Systemair AB ... ( read original story ...)

Web3 and TV Business Alliance to Bring GameFi Mainstream in Japan GameFi company Digital Entertainment Alliance (DEA) has entered a business alliance with TV Tokyo Corporation to create Web3 content ... ( read original story ...)

Japan marked a trade deficit for the 15th month in a row in October, as both imports and exports reached record highs amid the soaring costs of energy and food and a drooping yen. The deficit, at 2.16 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's imports surged by more than half in October from a year earlier, dwarfing exports and delivering another trade deficit, which has weighed heavily on the yen and added upward pressure to costs ... ( read original story ...)

The number of foreign visitors, for both tourism and business, rose to 498,600 in October, more than double September’s 206,500 and surging a massive 2,155% from the year before, the Japan National ... ( read original story ...)

Police filed charges in May against Mandarake 's president and four other individuals for selling six books containing "obscene photographs," but ultimately decided not to indict them. In October 2021 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy has contracted at an annual rate of 1.2% in the July-September quarter, as consumption declined amid rising prices. ( read original story ...)

The company sold off its camera and voice recorder units to Japan Industrial Partners in 2021. In August, it made its biggest divestment yet, selling its microscope unit - the business on which it was ... ( read original story ...)

Capital Economics’ Tay sees a tough 2023 for Japan. “As for 2023, Japan will be dragged into a mild recession in H1 by a global downturn that will weigh on exports and business investment.” For more ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy unexpectedly shrank for the first time in a year in the third quarter, as global recession risks, a weak yen and sharply higher import costs took a toll on household consumption and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy unexpectedly shrank in the third quarter, the first contraction in a year as cooling global growth and higher import costs took a toll on household consumption and business activity. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s economy unexpectedly shrank in the three months through September as the yen’s historic slide battered growth momentum, leaving the country’s recovery from the pandemic in a vulnerable spot ... ( read original story ...)