Category: BUSINESS

Google LLC is in talks to acquire Tokyo-based payment app provider Pring for $180 million to $270 million, Nikkei Asia reported today. The news comes as the search giant prepares to expand its ... ( read original story ...)

From its 1,600-square-foot perch over the streets, the monster ball of virtual fur has its own livestream, and a fast-growing following on Twitter. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo — Many people may have gotten through the pandemic, and perhaps some long workdays, by sneaking off to watch cat videos on the internet. But in the Japanese capital, there's one new cool cat in ... ( read original story ...)

Even as several events in the run-up to the Olympics were cancelled and the number of domestic spectators capped, Ryuichi Ishikawa had clung to hope that he would be in the stands to cheer on Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Danish engineering company Ramboll has said it has secured five contracts in the past ten months for offshore wind farms located in ... ( read original story ...)

Games organisers agree to hold events without fans; Xavier Bettel to resume work this week after Covid treatment ... ( read original story ...)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has arrived in Tokyo as Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihde Suga announced a state of emergency that could result in a ban on fans at the games. The ... ( read original story ...)

With the clock ticking down to the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, Japan is preparing to host a Games like no other in history as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. Although the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government is going to place Tokyo under the fourth state of emergency on 12 July, which will last until 22 August and cover the duration of the Olympic Games, ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government decided Thursday to put capital Tokyo under the fourth state of emergency over COVID-19, covering the duration of the Olympics, in an effort to curb a recent surge in ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic sponsor Panasonic will back any decision by Olympic 2020 organizers on whether to allow spectators at the Tokyo games as a rise in COVID-19 infections in Japan's capital triggers tighter ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday that the number of coronavirus infections was rising in the Tokyo area due partly to growing numbers of the Delta variant. ( read original story ...)

This new book explains how Japan's economic resurgence in recent decades coincided with greater transparency, collaboration, and inclusivity. ( read original story ...)

Japan's service sector sentiment index rose for the first time in three months in June, a government survey showed Thursday, even as the government prepared to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Virus policy czar Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters that an advisory panel had approved an emergency in the capital from July 12 to Aug. 22 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympic organisers will decide ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to ... ( read original story ...)