According to Japanese legends, seeing a "doomsday fish" is a sign of impending earthquakes and tsunamis. The doomsday fish is really just an oarfish. It is the longest bony fish in the world, growing ... ( read original story ...)
Briefs: Temasek mulling exit from Schneider Electric India venture; KKR, Hulic bid $2.7 bil for GIC’s Tokyo skyscraper
KJR Management, a Japanese real estate unit of KKR, and Hulic Co put in the offer for Shiodome City Center, a 43-storey office tower in one of Tokyo’s central business districts. The bid was priced ... ( read original story ...)
What a takeover offer for 7-Eleven says about business in Japan
But if Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT), a Canadian retailer that operates the Circle K chain of shops, has its way, 7-Eleven will no longer be Japanese. On August 19th Seven & i, 7-Eleven’s parent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Business Activity Growth Hits 15-Month High But Future Confidence Slips Lower
Japan's private sector expansion accelerated in August to the fastest since May 2023, driven by improvements in the service sector alongside renewed modest growth of manufacturing output. ( read original story ...)
Japan opens for (foreign) business
PwC faces a six-month business ban in China, and Mexico’s Supreme Court judges go on strike. Plus, a potential takeover of 7-Eleven may set the tone for a new era of Japanese acquisitions. ( read original story ...)
Posts falsely depict old Japan quake photos as aftermath of August 2024 jolt
Social media users have shared a photo collage of damaged buildings and roads from previous earthquakes in Japan, falsely claiming the images show the impact of a 7.1-magnitude tremor that struck off ... ( read original story ...)
What Hawaiʻi needs to know about Japan’s megaquake warnings
Japan issued a significant warning about the possibility of a mega quake. This alert, although later rescinded, highlighted a real and pressing concern about the potential for a massive earthquake. ( read original story ...)
KKR, Hulic Bid $2 Billion for GIC’s Central Tokyo Skyscraper
A group led by KKR & Co. and one of Japan’s largest real estate companies made a bid to acquire a Tokyo skyscraper owned by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte, according to people familiar with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Astellas says employee indicted by China’s prosecutors
The Japanese Foreign Ministry said a Japanese man in his 50s ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees record visitors for second straight month on weak yen
Japan set a second-straight monthly record for visitors in July, official data showed on Friday, as the weak yen and summer holidays propelled a tourism boom.The number of foreign visitors for ... ( read original story ...)
Video shows New Year’s Day quake in Japan, not tremor in August 2024
An old video of people crouching under the tables in a bowling alley has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely linked it to the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook southern Japan in August ... ( read original story ...)
Japan records trade deficit as surging global prices pushes imports higher
TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government data released Wednesday. Japan’s imports grew nearly 17% from ... ( read original story ...)
7-Eleven deal talk reflects allure of Japan’s convenience stores
Seven & i grew from small beginnings, tracing its origins to the small family-owned Yokado Clothing Store that first opened in Tokyo in 1920. The retailer, then known as Ito-Yokado, expanded rapidly ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan’s 7-Eleven is on a rival retailer’s shopping list
When the owner of 7-Eleven announced this week that it had received a buyout offer from a Canadian rival it triggered shockwaves in Japan. A Japanese company of this size has never been bought by a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Billionaire Ito Family’s 7-Eleven Chain Gets Buyout Offer From Canadian Owner Of Circle K
S even & i Holdings, the Japanese company behind the global 7-Eleven convenience store chain, has received a non-binding takeover bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard, the Canadian operator of the rival ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s 2nd-busiest airport was put on lockdown after a pair of scissors went missing from a store, where they were later found again
Two days after the scissors went missing, airport authorities said they'd been found pretty much where they should have been. ( read original story ...)