Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has vowed to substantially increase his nation's defence spending, said on Tuesday there are no numerical targets for the outlay. ( read original story ...)
Japan to fine tech giants not registered in the country
Japanese Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa said Tuesday that foreign technology giants that have not registered their foreign global headquarters in the country as required by Japanese law will be ... ( read original story ...)
Fujitsu and Salesforce Japan start collaboration on healthcare solutions for the Japan market
Fujitsu and Salesforce Japan Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Salesforce Japan) today announced the start of a collaboration to create new digital solutions for the healthcare sector in the Japan market. The ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgios first to sign to Osaka’s Evolve sports agency
Nick Kyrgios on Monday became the first athlete to join Evolve, the new sports agency co-founded by four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s new sports agency signs Nick Kyrgios as first client
Osaka and her agent, Stuart Duguid, started their agency Evolve in May, and have already signed their first client. ( read original story ...)
Tennis: Naomi Osaka’s Evolve sports agency signs Kyrgios
Naomi Osaka's Evolve sports agency inked a deal Monday with Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios, making him the first athlete on it ... ( read original story ...)
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios becomes first athlete to join Naomi Osaka’s Evolve sports agency
Evolve is an agency which is mostly focused on investing, brand partnerships, philanthropy and creating businesses owned by athletes. ( read original story ...)
Nick Kyrgios deal done as Aussie firebrand becomes first to sign up to Naomi Osaka’s agency
Nick Kyrgios is joining forces with Naomi Osaka, becoming the first ATP tennis player to sign up to the superstar's agency. ( read original story ...)
Kyrgios joins Osaka’s Evolve agency
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has become the first athlete to join Evolve, the new agency owned by Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka and her agent Stuart Duguid. Osaka and Duguid announced ... ( read original story ...)
Nick Kyrgios signs with Naomi Osaka’s agency
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has become the first athlete to join Evolve, the sports agency co-founded by four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo closes books on costly, pandemic-delayed Olympics
Organizers of last year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics were expected to place the final cost of the Games at 1.42 trillion yen, about twice what was forecast when the IOC awarded them in 2013. Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Research team says underground fluids may have caused recent quakes in central Japan
Strong earthquakes that jolted the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on June 19 and 20 amid a recent swarm of temblors may have been trigg ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s latest unicorn is a Thailand mobile payments firm
“While we are always considering ways to grow our business, our options could later include a global ... to new markets including Vietnam and the Philippines. Apart from Japan and Thailand, Opn ... ( read original story ...)
Central Japan rocked by series of quakes, region braces for more
The Ishikawa Prefecture region in central Japan has been rocked by a series of earthquakes over the past two days, with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warning that further temblors could be ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shocked by rising prices after decades of economic stagnation
Sign up for the daily Marketplace newsletter to make sense of the most important business and economic news. As a child growing up in Japan, I observed that prices rarely rose. My favorite lunch was ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s record $81-billion bond buy brings calm to market
Ten-year yields edged higher to 0.23% Monday in the aftermath of the BOJ's 10.9 trillion yen ($81 billion) of government bond purchases last week, the most on record ... ( read original story ...)