OSAKA/TOKYO: Osaka, long Japan's "second city," is winning the race against Tokyo to draw foreign tourists, but after a boom, its retailers and property developers are adapting to shifting tourism spe... ( read original story ...)
IMG Tennis Business Scores With Osaka, Djokovic And Nishikori
Naomi Osaka reacts after winning the 2019 Australian Open. (Photo by Fred Lee/Getty Images)Getty Images Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka are the reigning champions at back-to-back Grand Slam events afte... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Named Top ‘Bleisure’ Destination in Asia
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently surveyed 1,500 business travellers around the globe to uncover the best ‘bleisure’ destinations in Asia Pacific (APAC), and Tokyo emerged as the top choi... ( read original story ...)
Why Tokyo’s Haneda matters so much: Japanese business is booming here
DFW International Airport has been setting passenger records and American Airlines will soon add another 100 flights a day. So what’s the big deal about adding a new route into Tokyo’s Haneda Airport? ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Manufacturers Say Business Conditions the Worst in Years
Japan’s biggest manufacturers say current business conditions are at the worst in nearly three years, the latest indication the nation’s export-dependent economy is taking a battering in the current q... ( read original story ...)
Japan marks eighth anniversary of earthquake, Fukushima disaster | Video
Japan marked the eighth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. On Mar 11, 2011, a nine-magnitude quake struck off Japan's coast, setting off a tsunami that killed thousands and triggered the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan commemorates eighth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami
A man offers prayers for victims of the 11 March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake at the Okawa Elementary School destroyed by the tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 11 March ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Workers Can Expect Smaller Raises This Year
Japan Inc. is pushing back after years of pressure to give ... are expected to show even smaller gains after the chief of Keidanren, the nation’s largest business lobby, suggested the government mind ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes: What to do before, during and immediately after
Earthquakes are an ever-present danger in Japan so it is important to be thoroughly prepared in the eventuality that one strikes. Although many areas in Japan publish comprehensive guides in English a... ( read original story ...)
As Japan’s leader, Junichiro Koizumi backed nuclear power. Now he’s a major foe.
His reversal on nuclear power reflects a wider reconsideration across Japan after the Fukushima disaster, which was triggered by an earthquake and tsunami. A February 2018 poll by Japan’s Asahi Shimbu... ( read original story ...)
How Osaka is setting itself up as a hub of innovation
There is a local saying in Kansai: the ideal life is to “study in Kyoto, work in Osaka, and live in Kobe.” Although this phrase may not have a long history, the business aspects of Osaka do. Going as ... ( read original story ...)
Barbie turns 60 with career dolls, role models like tennis pro Naomi Osaka
These include world number one tennis player Naomi Osaka, American actress Yara Shahidi, and the first ever Maori Barbie, modelled after New Zealand sports journalist Melodie Robinson. "Barbie has com... ( read original story ...)
Eight years after Great East Japan Earthquake, many disaster victims are struggling to repay relief loans
Many residents in the hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima are struggling to repay emergency relief loans that they received in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a J... ( read original story ...)
Now dominant Osaka out to ‘get another one’ at Indian Wells
Osaka will get a chance to avenge that defeat when she faces ... (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) ( read original story ...)
H.B. Fuller Establishes Engineering Adhesives Business in Japan
H.B. Fuller Japan G.K. to be led by Zhiwei Cai, Sr. Vice President, H.B. Fuller Company ST. PAUL, Minnesota, March 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- H.B. Fuller Company (FUL) (CEO: Jim Owens) today ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s first women-only business mission to Asia targets opportunities in Japan
With their sights set on new opportunities to sell products and services into Japan’s rapidly expanding eldercare sector, Canada’s first-ever women-only business mission to Asia will also ... ( read original story ...)