Bridgestone is—you guessed it—divesting another non-tire business as part of its ongoing portfolio restructuring, this time selling to a Chinese automotive components manufacturer. ( read original story ...)
Dealing with Misperceptions: Episode #268 The Sales Japan Series
The Sales Japan Series Business is brutal and sometimes clients have received incorrect information about our companies from competitors or the media. When I was selling on behalf of Australian ... ( read original story ...)
Recommended Donburi Dishes! Tokyo’s Tasty, Tremendous Tendon Mega-Bowls
Tokyo is packed with all kinds of gourmet shops, many of those packed with surprisingly large servings of donburi, or rice bowl dishes. Here we will introduce some donburi recommendations from Ms. Ito ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas to enter fixed-line telecommunications sector
The company aims to enhance customer convenience by adding the telecom business to the services it already offers customers. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares fall ahead of Fed decision
Tokyo stocks fell today, extending falls on Wall Street ahead of a US Federal Reserve decision and with markets weighing worries over the latest coronavirus variant. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)
Gateways to tranquility in Tokyo
A “new normal” Tokyo is emerging. In a time of recovery ... Not far south from Hagiso, just a four-minute cycle away, is ueno sakuragi atari, another hybrid business cluster housing a bakery, a ... ( read original story ...)
Crazy cheap hotel in Tokyo comes with a crazy catch
For budget travelers in Japan who’re looking for a cheap place to spend the night, capsule hotels are the first thing that comes to mind, since they often charge less than 5,000 yen a night. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese business retains confidence ahead of Omicron’s arrival
Japanese companies have confidence in the country’s economy, according to the latest quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan, which analysts warned was conducted before most business leaders had ... ( read original story ...)
Business sentiment cautious in Japan as virus looms
TOKYO: Japan’s major manufacturers remain cautious about the economy’s trajectory, with business sentiment flat for the quarter as concerns about the pandemic linger, a key survey showed today. Among ... ( read original story ...)
Business sentiment cautious in Japan as virus fears linger
TOKYO: Japan's major manufacturers remain cautious about the economy's trajectory, with business sentiment flat for the quarter as concerns about the pandemic linger, a key survey showed Monday (Dec ... ( read original story ...)
Japan service-sector firms’ mood perks up, but omicron clouds outlook
The Bank of Japan's tankan survey suggested the economy was gradually emerging from the hit of the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Tankan: Manufacturers’ business mood unchanged
The Bank of Japan's latest Tankan survey shows business sentiment at large manufacturers was unchanged from the previous quarter. ( read original story ...)
Business bonds
JETRO Dubai plays an integral role in building bilateral ties, opening investment corridors between both countries and promoting opportunities between Japan and the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s latest move to rejig capitalism focuses on wages
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida followed last month’s record economic stimulus package with a move to boost worker pay as part of his campaign to revamp Japanese capitalism so prosperity is shared more ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes east of Tokyo
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of five struck eastern Japan on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said. The epicentre of the earthquake was the southern part of Ibaraki prefecture, east of the ... ( read original story ...)
A strong earthquake reported in Japan
A strong earthquake jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas in eastern Japan on Sunday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said. The magnitude 5 quake, which occurred at 12:31 p.m., ... ( read original story ...)