Category: BUSINESS

Japan's services sector activity contracted in April as coronavirus emergency measures hit businesses, though the pace of decline eased to its slowest since around the time the health crisis started ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has become an investor in restaurant chain Sweetgreen and will have a custom dish named after her as part of the partnership. The Culver City, California-based company known ... ( read original story ...)

Even before the pandemic had kneecapped much of their business, Japanese taxi companies have long embraced novel theme cabs as a way to drum up extra business. From sleeping beauty taxis to instant ... ( read original story ...)

The Canadian swimmer is among athletes trying to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics amid the COVID-19 pandemic while also dealing with credit card fraud. A number of Canadian athletes have discovered fake ... ( read original story ...)

Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, says IOC ... ( read original story ...)

We chat with the minds behind this specialty store about its unusually uniform niche and learn to appreciate the plain. ( read original story ...)

Like a lot of Shinto shrines in Japan, Tokyo’s Kanda Shrine (also known as Kanda Myojin) has a street leading to its entrance lined with shops and restaurants waiting to serve pious pilgrims and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Business Week - toward Innovative and Sustainable Growth -” from May 24 to 28 in collaboration with relevant organizations of ASEAN and Japan. During the event, a series of webinars will be held ... ( read original story ...)

Sweetgreen’s newest investor is tennis champion Naomi Osaka, the fast casual announced Thursday. At 23, Osaka is Sweetgreen’s youngest investor and its first national athlete ambassador. The ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka. The partnership also marks the first food collaboration for Osaka, a three-time Grand Slam singles champion, philanthropist, and advocate. ( read original story ...)

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has announced the launch of her new skincare brand KINLÒ, which is targeted towards people of colour. ( read original story ...)

An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 to be canceled has gained tens of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan only days ago ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese yen changed hands at 109.33 per dollar, weakening from an earlier level around 109.14. Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese government will set up a no-fly zone over Olympic venues from July 21 to September 5 as part of anti-terrorism measures during the summer games in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Thursday's session in Asia-Pacific followed a mixed finish overnight on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at a new closing all-time high. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd on Thursday forecast Switch console sales to reach 25.5 million units in the financial year that started April 1, signalling expectations of the hit device peaking. Nintendo ... ( read original story ...)