Before Liberty, Kulego launched the International Business Development Department at UBM, Informa’s predecessor, in 2016 and spearheaded the launch of MAGIC Japan, now known as Project Tokyo, in 2017. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo confirms first case of Omicron in traveller from United States
The infected individual's friend, whom she saw immediately after arrival, has since tested positive after going to a soccer game. ( read original story ...)
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.1 just reported 79 km east of Ishinomaki, Japan
A moderately shallow magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported in the morning near Ishinomaki, Ishinomaki Shi, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) ... ( read original story ...)
MediaMonks Tokyo Appoints Hironaga Yai as Senior Strategy Director
Media.Monks has announced that planner Hironaga Yai will join its team in Tokyo as Senior Strategy Director. He brings over two decades of experience, most recently with Wunderman Thompson where he ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate 4.0 quake hits near Iwaki, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred only 11 minutes ago 56 km southeast of Iwaki, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported. The quake ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka Gas plans to enter India’s city market
Japan's Osaka Gas Co said on Wednesday it plans to enter India's city gas market as a part of efforts to expand its overseas businesses to drive profit growth."We want to be the first Japanese company ... ( read original story ...)
Bridgestone divesting anti-vibration rubber business
Bridgestone is—you guessed it—divesting another non-tire business as part of its ongoing portfolio restructuring, this time selling to a Chinese automotive components manufacturer. ( read original story ...)
Dealing with Misperceptions: Episode #268 The Sales Japan Series
The Sales Japan Series Business is brutal and sometimes clients have received incorrect information about our companies from competitors or the media. When I was selling on behalf of Australian ... ( read original story ...)
Recommended Donburi Dishes! Tokyo’s Tasty, Tremendous Tendon Mega-Bowls
Tokyo is packed with all kinds of gourmet shops, many of those packed with surprisingly large servings of donburi, or rice bowl dishes. Here we will introduce some donburi recommendations from Ms. Ito ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas to enter fixed-line telecommunications sector
The company aims to enhance customer convenience by adding the telecom business to the services it already offers customers. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares fall ahead of Fed decision
Tokyo stocks fell today, extending falls on Wall Street ahead of a US Federal Reserve decision and with markets weighing worries over the latest coronavirus variant. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)
Gateways to tranquility in Tokyo
A “new normal” Tokyo is emerging. In a time of recovery ... Not far south from Hagiso, just a four-minute cycle away, is ueno sakuragi atari, another hybrid business cluster housing a bakery, a ... ( read original story ...)
Crazy cheap hotel in Tokyo comes with a crazy catch
For budget travelers in Japan who’re looking for a cheap place to spend the night, capsule hotels are the first thing that comes to mind, since they often charge less than 5,000 yen a night. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese business retains confidence ahead of Omicron’s arrival
Japanese companies have confidence in the country’s economy, according to the latest quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan, which analysts warned was conducted before most business leaders had ... ( read original story ...)
Business sentiment cautious in Japan as virus looms
TOKYO: Japan’s major manufacturers remain cautious about the economy’s trajectory, with business sentiment flat for the quarter as concerns about the pandemic linger, a key survey showed today. Among ... ( read original story ...)
Business sentiment cautious in Japan as virus fears linger
TOKYO: Japan's major manufacturers remain cautious about the economy's trajectory, with business sentiment flat for the quarter as concerns about the pandemic linger, a key survey showed Monday (Dec ... ( read original story ...)