The Kintetsu deal is the third corporate carve-out for Blackstone, which last year invested a record $7.3 billion in Japan, including the purchase of Takeda’s over-the-counter drugs business. As ... ( read original story ...)
Threat of Demotion Spurs Japan Firms to Shake Up Stock Register
Japanese policymakers may have found the one thing that can force executives to simplify their arcane capital structures -- threatening their status in the elite grouping of Japan’s top firms. ( read original story ...)
Japan Last Mile Delivery Market Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts Report 2021-2026 – ResearchAndMarkets.com
micro and macro indicators in the Japan market. Also, factors that are driving and restraining the last mile delivery market are highlighted in the study. This is an in-depth business intelligence ... ( read original story ...)
She Has Opened Six Restaurants In Just Eight Months. A Japanese Entrepreneur Aims To Revamp The Food Industry
Japan is far behind other countries when it comes to women’s rights but there are increasingly more powerful women who lead the society. Visionary Megumi Saka opened six restaurants in the middle of ... ( read original story ...)
Why the US’s final World War II victories over the Japanese made it think twice about actually invading Japan
The fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa gave US planners a glimpse of what almost certainly awaited them in mainland Japan. ( read original story ...)
This Japanese spot on Tucson’s west side nourishes the body and soul
A Japanese eatery housed in a shipping container west of Downtown Tucson serves up ramen, sushi and more with great care, Sally Kane writes. ( read original story ...)
Swanky Japanese Restaurant Entangled in Legal Drama Opens at the Wharf
A luxe new Japanese restaurant at the Wharf is the scene for one in a series of lawsuits alleging financial mismanagement and secret scheming between its ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic torch relay begins 121-day journey across Japan
Olympic torch relay began in Fukushima on Thursday, and is scheduled to make its way across Japan over a 121-day journey and culminate with the start of the Games in July. ( read original story ...)
NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Reflects on 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka visited Defense Fuel Service Point (DFSP) Hachinohe to observe fuel terminal operations 10 years after it was ... ( read original story ...)
Minna Bank to Commence Operations in May 2021 as Japan’s First Digital Bank
As Japan’s first Digital Bank, Minna Bank’s services are designed to cater to the needs and sensibilities of digital natives - a segment traditionally underserved by the financial services industry. ( read original story ...)
Sara invites BIMP-EAGA-Japan to explore Mindanao, Davao
Mayor Sara Z. Duterte has invited Japanese investors to have a closer look at this city and the entire Mindanao as possible investment destinations.In a video message during the Brunei Darussalam ... ( read original story ...)
Cboe Buys Chi-X Asia Pacific to Expand Into Japan, Australia
Cboe Global Markets Inc. agreed to buy Chi-X Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. from private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC, expanding the exchange’s reach into Japan and Australia.Cboe will use the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Remade Its Supply Chains After Catastrophe. Here’s What It Learned
The 2011 triple whammy of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown produced resilience and a frugal but effective effort at investing for the future ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea ‘fires another missile’ after Biden ‘laughed off’ previous test as ‘business as usual’
Japan's Coast Guard said on Wednesday that a ballistic missile was launched by North Korea, days after they launched cruise missiles in their first test of the Biden era. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo area extends shorter business hours over virus rebound worries
Tokyo and nearby prefectures decided Wednesday to extend their requests for businesses to shorten operating hours until next month as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toyota, Isuzu, Hino join in truck technology tie up
TOKYO -- Japanese automakers Toyota, Isuzu and Hino said Wednesday they are setting up a partnership in commercial vehicles to work together in electric, hydrogen, connected and autonomous driving ... ( read original story ...)