TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's second-largest bank ... profit as improved economic conditions helped boost its main lending business. Profit was 252.4 billion yen ($1.90 billion) in the April-June ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s industrial output up for 1st time in 3 months
New economic data from Japan suggests the country's manufacturing sector is turning a corner. The industrial output index rose in June for the first time in three months. ( read original story ...)
Jokowi Brings Back $11.9b in Investments from Japan, S. Korea
Japan and South Korea have been Indonesia's major sources of foreign direct investments in the past few years. ( read original story ...)
Eleven years roll by Tokyo Street
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur’s Tokyo Street celebrates its 11th anniversary in conjunction with the 40 years of Malaysia’s Look East Policy (LEP). “I’m deeply grateful that Pavilion KL has been commemorating ... ( read original story ...)
Japan on track for modest recovery for now after factory output jump
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - Japan's economy likely made a moderate recovery in the second quarter as manufacturing output rebounded strongly after China eased Covid-19 lockdown curbs in Shanghai, reducing ... ( read original story ...)
US, Japan set to agree on joint research for semiconductors
TOKYO: Japan and the United States are expected to agree on joint research for next-generation semiconductors to establish a secure source of the vital components during economic talks between the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Industrial Output Jumps 8.9% On Month In June
Industrial production in Japan was up a seasonally adjusted 8.9 percent on month in June, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Prosecutors must get to the bottom of Tokyo Games corruption scandal
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation unit has launched an investigation into Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive bo ... ( read original story ...)
Retailer suspected of bribery paid about $3.7 million for Tokyo Olympics contract: source
In relation to a suspected bribery case involving a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member and a business suit reta ... ( read original story ...)
RepliCel’s Manufacturing Inspected by Japan’s PMDA
RepliCel Life Sciences Inc. (OTCPINK:REPCF)(TSXV:RP)(FRA:P6P2) ("RepliCel" or the "Company"), a company developing novel, next-generation injection technologies as well as regenerative medicine ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to send 1,000 entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley over 5 years
Japan's economy minister says the country will send 1,000 Japanese entrepreneurs and business development executives to Silicon Valley over the next five years. ( read original story ...)
Japan offers assistance to PH after powerful earthquake
Japan has offered to extend assistance to the Philippines following the powerful earthquake that hit parts of the country, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics exec questioned, denies bribery allegations
An executive of the now-defunct Tokyo Olympics organizing committee appears to have denied allegations of accepting bribes from a spo ... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds of aftershocks shake earthquake-hit northern Philippines
Anxious residents slept outside after hundreds of aftershocks rattled the earthquake-hit northern Philippines, locals said Thursday, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr flew to the region to inspect ... ( read original story ...)
Educating clients about data makes agencies more accountable. For London’s Osaka Labs – that’s precisely the point.
Someone who is no stranger to the well-documented, meteoric rise of the digital world is the Founder of Shoreditch based Activation Studio, Osaka Labs, Sam Gormley. Gormley is a (very) vocal ... ( read original story ...)
Northeast Japan beach destroyed by 2011 tsunami opens for 1st time in 12 years
A beach in this northeastern Japan town that was destroyed by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami opened to beachgoers ... ( read original story ...)