Category: BUSINESS

A SoftBank-owned company is thriving by offering face-recognition technology fuelled by a blacklisted Chinese firm to the likes of Mastercard and Visa, an opportunity for the Japanese conglomerate, ... ( read original story ...)

Survey reveals heightened concerns over exposure to geopolitical hazards ... ( read original story ...)

F acing the menace of Christianity in the early 17th century, the Tokugawa shoguns closed Japan’s borders. Foreigners were allowed to visit just a handful of ports. Japanese who tried to travel abroad ... ( read original story ...)

Ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections, nearly a dozen opposition parties are trying to topple the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled, almost without interruption, since the end of World War ... ( read original story ...)

Shadow Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says it’s “very, very” concerning that Japan could be rethinking its economic relationship after the Queensland government hiked coal mining royalties. ( read original story ...)

As the Japanese government targets more than a third of its power supply to come from clean sources by 2030, renewables-related technologies have sprung up. Kansai Electric Power manager ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended lower Wednesday on rising concerns for the U.S. economy, while sentiment was dampened by a recent surge in COVID-1 ... ( read original story ...)

At Tokyo's Gallery Okubo, an antiques dealer offers the traditional Japanese tea ceremony experience with a twist -- a choice of bowls ranging from new to more than 300 years old, with some of the ... ( read original story ...)

Bloated corporate structures and increased emphasis on shareholder returns have made the so-called ‘Barbarians’ less fearsome. ( read original story ...)

Japan has been left with unspent budget totalling 22.4 trillion yen ($161.41 billion) from the last fiscal year, a draft seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday, which analysts say may raise questions about ... ( read original story ...)

President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday met with senior Japanese business leaders as part of efforts to repair ties with the island country. Representatives of the powerful Japan Business Federation or ... ( read original story ...)

the head of Japan’s biggest business lobby Keidanren, said in April. Costly fuel and the weak yen pushed trade imports to a record in May, up nearly 50% from a year before, keeping the country’s trade ... ( read original story ...)

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told a Japanese business leader Monday that South Korea and Japan must work together to address pending issues that have strained their bilateral ties. "The two ... ( read original story ...)