Category: BUSINESS

Australian Open favourite Naomi Osaka heads to Melbourne seeking a fourth Grand Slam title to further fuel her ascent towards the top of the women’s game on court and amplify her voice off it. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks advanced for the third consecutive session on ... following the electronics maker’s better-than-expected revised operating profit forecast for the current business year to March. Also on ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of Burmese demonstrators gathered outside Japan's foreign affairs ministry on Wednesday demanding Tokyo join its allies in taking a harder stance against the military coup in Myanmar. ( read original story ...)

East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, started trialing Monday a “Shinkansen office,” which allows passengers to telework while on board Tohoku Shinkansen trains. Passengers in the designated car can ... ( read original story ...)

The soon-to-be-former Children’s Museum of Eau Claire will be the new home of a beloved local hibachi restaurant as early as next year if plans proceed as anticipated. Tokyo Japanese Restaurant will ... ( read original story ...)

An iconic cafe and show venue that symbolizes Japan's "kawaii" pop culture, and is beloved by tourists and celebrities, has shut its doors in Tokyo, the capital, after business dried up following the ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics will take place this summer no matter the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday. “We should pass on the discussion of whether we ... ( read original story ...)

Panasonic Corp said on Tuesday it expects its battery business supplying Tesla Inc to be profitable this fiscal year, and raised its full-year operating profit forecast by more than half. ( read original story ...)

Let the business resources in our guide inspire you and help you achieve your goals in 2021. The $16 billion public offering of the data analytics giant highlights a little understood reality about ... ( read original story ...)

Billionaire business magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates has claimed the successful staging of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this year is dependent ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka stepped up her preparations for the Australian Open by powering past Alize Cornet 6-2 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Gippsland Trophy war ... ( read original story ...)

The restaurant industry saw the largest number of failures by sector, at 182, hit hard by shortened operating hours and customers refraining from going out. ( read original story ...)

Department stores continued to suffer from a lack of customers, including those from overseas, while low-priced stores fared better ... ( read original story ...)

Fears of a setback for democracy have been growing in the international community following a military coup in Myanmar on Feb. 1 that saw civ ... ( read original story ...)

Residents of hard-hit areas call the decision 'unavoidable' as government seeks to further rein in COVID-19 infections. ( read original story ...)