Category: BUSINESS

Mr. Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, said that the investment promotion roadshow he recently led to Japan has reinforced a joint commitment to deepen bilateral cooperation ... ( read original story ...)

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. will raise prices for its Super Dry beer and other beverages for the first time in years, joining Lawson Inc., McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan and other companies facing rising ... ( read original story ...)

Naohiko Baba of the investment bank discusses the problem of the country's aging population. ( read original story ...)

SoftBank Group Corp. added a Japanese startup specializing in endoscopy to its list of portfolio companies, making the third Vision Fund investment in its home country.Most Read from BloombergElon Mus ... ( read original story ...)

once welcomed a softer yen for bolstering their competitiveness abroad and inflating the value of their repatriated pr ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 2.6% in March, hitting the lowest rate since April 2020, although the number of furloughed workers remained high due to effects of the pandemic, official data ... ( read original story ...)

Writers facing deadlines go to Tokyo's "Manuscript Writing Cafe" with an understanding - they can't leave until their work is done. ( read original story ...)

More than three-quarters of Japanese firms say the yen has declined to the point of being detrimental to their business, a Reuters poll found, with almost half of companies expecting a hit to earnings ... ( read original story ...)

Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, announced that it has appointed Kashu Suzuki as regional business development ... ( read original story ...)

Steven Pursley has been making ramen locally through a pop-up concept before finding what he calls the "perfect" space for his first brick-and-mortar location. The key? Finding a space that was small ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese woman believed to have been the world's oldest person has died aged 119, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, reporting the death of Kane Tanaka. ( read original story ...)

The world's oldest person has died in Japan. Kane Tanaka was 119. She was born Jan. 2, 1903, in the Fukuoka region, the same year that Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and ... ( read original story ...)

The essay competition, organized by the Japan Center at Stony Brook University, honored seven students for work that demonstrated their awareness and understanding of the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Collaboration, is offering P&I and related services to Japanese shipping companies in Singapore. The move comes in response to the increasing number of Japanese shipping companies shifting key ship ... ( read original story ...)

Fears over China’s economy are rising as Beijing district launches mass-testing, factory confidence drops and more British households are hit by rising costs ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan welcomed the reelection of French President Emmanuel Macron as key to the unity of Group of Seven at a time when its members need to work together to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as ... ( read original story ...)