Category: BUSINESS

With a little over two months until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, the possibility of a cancellation looms large over the Games. ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 0.60 percent at 27,875.50 on Thursday, while the broader Topix shed 0.38 percent at 1,888.11. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese manufacturers' business confidence hit a more than two-year high in May, as firms benefited from stronger overseas demand, a sign that the export-driven economic recovery remained intact, a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed lower on Wednesday as weak housing starts saw Wall Street lose ground overnight, while ongoing concerns about the economic impact of Japan's COVID-19 countermeasures added to a ... ( read original story ...)

A survey reveals that almost half of Japanese business people in Myanmar want their government to impose sanctions on the military regime. ( read original story ...)

Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) said on Wednesday it will accelerate efforts to build a global supply chain of cleaner marine energy using fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia as the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is planning to boost spending to safeguard its stockpiles of cutting-edge chips and batteries for electric vehicles as demand for semiconductors continues to outpace supply, leading to ... ( read original story ...)

IOC President Thomas Bach offered Wednesday to have added medical personnel available to help out when the games open in just over nine weeks ... ( read original story ...)

Droga5 has announced a major expansion into Japan, with the opening of a Tokyo office. Further footholds in Brazil and China are set to follow in the next 12 months, the Accenture Interactive -owned ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo based alternative meat venture Next Meats Co. revealed they will be collaborating with IKEA Japan for IKEA Japan's Sustainable Food Fair starting May 20th, 2021 in select stores. During the fair ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will stop releasing monthly data on spot LNG prices as it has achieved the aim of understanding the distribution dynamics for the fuel, demand for which spiked after the Fukushima disaster, the ... ( read original story ...)

Owners of izakayas in the Shimbashi district of Japan’s capital are facing an existential threat ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 1.32 percent at 28,031.22 on Wednesday, while the broader Topix shed 1.02 percent at 1,888.26. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japanese financial firms had more than 2,600 trillion yen (US$24 trillion) worth of contracts based on the soon-to-be-obsolete Libor ... ( read original story ...)

Asset Value Investors (“AVI”) announced today that it has submitted shareholder proposals to Tokyo Radiator Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO 7235) to address a con ... ( read original story ...)