Category: BUSINESS

Japan’s shrinking and ageing population and the migration of younger people to the capital have disproportionately hit the regions beyond Tokyo, Osaka and a handful of other major cities. ( read original story ...)

In anticipation of the opening of its first-ever hotel in Japan, Centara Hotels & Resorts is offering an exclusive introductory rate for its debut property – Centara Grand Hotel Osaka. ( read original story ...)

Japan is planning to sweeten the financial incentive for parents who opt to move out of Tokyo as the government attempts to reverse decades of demographic decline, economic migration and the lure of ... ( read original story ...)

Investors can get a 5%-6% annual yield when investing in the Land of the Rising Sun. Back in February, when borders were still closed, Peter Young and his team invested in real estate assets in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Mr. Uchida had been hospitalized since the summer due to health problems. He was hospitalized in a special room at the Jikei University Hospital. The hospitalization cost several hundred thousand yen ... ( read original story ...)

A number of air travelers — including elected officials, businessmen and netizens have denounced the technical glitch that hounded the country's air ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Stock Exchange marked its last trading day of 2022 with a ceremony but the celebrations were subdued as the Nikkei Average posted its first year-on-year decline in four years, reported NHK ... ( read original story ...)

In business, culture and politics, the friendship between Japan and the United States has become unshakeable in recent decades--so much so that both countries may be in danger of taking it for granted ... ( read original story ...)

With China continuing to crack down on internet-based businesses, one Japan-based entrepreneur sees a golden opportunity to recruit Chinese tech engineers frustrated by dimming prospects at home. Luo ... ( read original story ...)

The number of players in Japan is said to be 4 million. Japan is using foreign players to help them win the championship! They are also making it a good business to move to Japan, and are practicing ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka’s anti-addiction headquarters is led by the prefectural governor, Hirofumi Yoshimura, assisted by other officials with relevant knowledge. The body has been set up based on Osaka’s own ordinance ... ( read original story ...)

The government is set to offer families relocating from the Tokyo metropolitan area up to 1 million yen per child, up from 300,000 yen, as part of efforts to reduce population concentration in the ... ( read original story ...)

A start-up founded by a researcher at Tokyo University of Science that developed a wearable exoskeleton to support heavy lifting is hoping to make further inroads overseas in nations that have aging ... ( read original story ...)

There are only two Japanese confectionaries left in Northern California and one of them is in downtown Sacramento. ( read original story ...)