Two Chinese business groups have provided the Japanese government with their comments on its proposed revision of export control measures for semiconductor equipment, calling on Japan to consider its ... ( read original story ...)
Super Active 32-Year-Old Dealmaker Is Japan’s Newest Billionaire
Shunsaku Sagami, the founder and CEO of M&A Research Institute Holdings, a mergers and acquisitions brokerage, is Japan’s newest billionaire. ( read original story ...)
Hyperactive 32-Year-Old Dealmaker Is Japan’s Newest Billionaire
Shunsaku Sagami, the founder and CEO of M&A Research Institute Holdings, a mergers and acquisitions brokerage, is Japan’s newest billionaire. ( read original story ...)
Business and pleasure: Israel and Japan sign a new visa agreement
This agreement comes shortly after El Al began offering direct flights between Tel Aviv and Tokyo in March, an initiative spearheaded ... The 70th year of Israel-Japan ties Business ties between ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kyushu Electric to raise $1.5 bln to fund green transition
Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Co will issue 200 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in preferred shares to help fund its green transition at a time when high fuel prices are weighing on its profitability, the ... ( read original story ...)
Understanding ‘Ikigai’ and 3 Other Japanese Phrases to Live Your Life By
They embed themselves into the collective consciousness of the people, leading to a shared reality of what it means to live the good life. What about concepts or phrases from different cultures? We ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s JERA forecasts jump in FY23/24 profit as fuel prices weaken
Japan's biggest power generator, JERA, predicted on Friday a jump in net profit for the year just begun, driven by weaker fuel prices and a recent resumption in imports of liquefied natural gas from ... ( read original story ...)
Watch planes take off in Japan — from an onsen
Visitors staying at Tokyo Haneda International Airport's newly opened hotel can enjoy plane-spotting and views of Mount Fuji -- all from the relaxing comfort of a rooftop hot spring. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Honda, GS Yuasa to invest $3 bln for battery development, build plant -Nikkei
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co Ltd and battery maker GS Yuasa Corp will invest over 400 billion yen ($2.99 billion) and team up to produce batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and homes, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMFG Boosts U.S. Presence Via Bigger Stake in Jefferies
Comparative assessments and other editorial opinions are those of U.S. News and have not been previously reviewed, approved or endorsed by any other entities, such as banks, credi ... ( read original story ...)
30 pct of executives at Japan’s top listed companies should be women by 2030: Japan PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday set a target for women to make up at least 30 percent of executive positions at Japan's top listed companies by 2030. It is crucial to spur innovation ... ( read original story ...)
Japan eyes more women execs
TOKYO: Japan's prime minister ordered his government on Thursday to begin work on increasing the number of women executives in major companies to 30 percent or more by 2030. ( read original story ...)
Japan restaurant industry delegation visits Hong Kong
Representatives of Japan's dining industry have been pitching for business in Hong Kong, one of the biggest importers of Japanese food. ( read original story ...)
Great Kanto quake documentary unearths Japan’s 1st “disaster footage”
With this year marking the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, a documentary film is being produced focusing on three ca ... ( read original story ...)
It’s Richter Scale Day! (You know we have earthquakes here, right?)
April 26 is the birthday of Seismologist Charles Richter, co-creator with Beno Gutenberg of the Richter Scale, which measures the intensity of earthquakes. In the early 1930s, the field of seismology ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo company: ‘High probability’ spacecraft crashed on moon
A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon. Flight controllers lost contact Wednesday with the lander after it descended from lunar orbit, aiming ... ( read original story ...)