TOKYO -- SoftBank Group will offer a customer forecasting service for retailers costing as little as $40 a month, looking to make big data analysis more accessible to small Japanese businesses ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo losing landmark bookstore, giant bookmark created to mark its place【Photos】
That’s still a long time to go without such a beloved business in its rightful place. Sanseido in Jinbocho, Tokyo In commemoration of the closing, a fair dedicated to the bookstore’s large presence in ... ( read original story ...)
FEATURE: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu collabs with Little Tokyo shops
"Seeing all the people while walking around Little Tokyo and meeting the business owners today, I really felt how much the community wants to revitalize itself." Pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘womenomics’ pioneer says mindsets must change
Matsui, 57, is one of the few women at the top of Japan's male-dominated business world, as co-director of a firm founded last year that invests in ethically minded young companies. The ... ( read original story ...)
Florida farmers battle blight to keep their fruit on Japan’s tables
The farm's first exports of grapefruit to Japan began in the mid-1970s as the trade became ... Farmers suffering from a lack of successors have gone out of business, while fertile land where birds and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end down after choppy trade
Investors focused on an imminent US Federal Reserve policy meeting as Tokyo equities concluded a bumpy trading day lower on Monday, ahead of three straight public holidays. The Nikkei 225 index fell 0 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Could Use More Inflation
The decline picked up further pace last week as the Bank of Japan reiterated its commitment to cap 10-year Japanese government bond yields at 0.25%, saying it would buy the bonds every business day if ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Consumer Confidence Improves For First Time In 6 Months
(RTTNews) - Japan's consumer confidence improved for the first time in six months in April, data from the Cabinet Office showed on Monday. The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index rose to ... ( read original story ...)
US Marines observe drill to prep for earthquake and tsunami evacuations in Japan
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — U.S. Marines from Okinawa were observers recently at an evacuation drill held annually to mark a tsunami that killed thousands in the most remote part of Japan. During the drill ... ( read original story ...)
M5.0 quake strikes off coast of Japan’s Kyushu island
A magnitude-5.0 earthquake on Monday struck Japan's Hyuga Nada off the island of Kyushu, with a depth of 20 kilometers at 4:08 p.m. local time, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). ( read original story ...)
5.2-magnitude quake hits 32 km ENE of Nichinan, Japan: USGS
HONG KONG, May 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 32 km ENE of Nichinan, Japan at 07:08:15 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 37.01 ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsui books Y20.9 billion loss from Russian LNG business
TOKYO : Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co Ltd said on Monday it has booked a 20.9 billion yen ($160 million) loss in the January-March quarter from its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business in Russia ... ( read original story ...)
4 Japanese cake shops in Singapore to rival Tokyo’s
The Japanese make some of the tastiest, most delicate bakes in the world, but you don’t need to fly to Tokyo to savour them ... pastry chef Kenneth Seah and his wife Delphine Liau. The business closed ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka on finding the power of her voice
Growing up, there was always this thing of, like, 'Your melanin will protect you.'" Early this year, while her business was taking off, Osaka struggled in matches. But at a tournament in Miami in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Work with Vietnam to Diversify Supply Chains
in Vietnam so that Japanese companies doing business in the country can operate without a hitch. Referring to progress in digitalization of trade procedures in Vietnam through private-sector bilateral ... ( read original story ...)
Japan “drops” buying Ceylon Tea
Japan is a key buyer of teas during the peak Dimbula season ... circumstances one of which is that one of their important suppliers is not confident of doing business with Sri Lanka under the ... ( read original story ...)