SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son said on Monday the conglomerate is considering bringing services from South Korean e-commerce firm Coupang to Japan. SoftBank-backed Coupang raised about $4.6 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo gov’t advises court to fine 4 restaurants that defied short COVID-19 hours
TOKYO -- Four dining establishments in the Japanese capital may be fined for defying orders to shorten business hours based on Article 45 of the special measures law on the new types of influenza, etc ... ( read original story ...)
Japan asks Taiwan manufacturers to cooperate in chip production
Japan has asked some Taiwanese manufacturers to cooperate in ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
Overseas Tokyo ticket holders may get only partial refunds | Raleigh News & Observer
Tokyo organizers have said they would refund the face value ... received two loans each of $784,900 in a coronavirus-related loan program run by the Small Business Administration. One came in April ... ( read original story ...)
Only partial refunds likely for overseas Tokyo ticket holders
Many fans living outside Japan who bought tickets for the Tokyo Olympics from brokers — known as Authorized Ticket Resellers — will not get full refunds. And they ... ( read original story ...)
MHI to take over Mitsui E&S’s shipbuilding business
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has concluded an agreement with Mitsui E&S Holdings to take over the latter’s ‘naval and governmental ships business’, ... ( read original story ...)
2021 Top Jobs in Japan Week 13
Company: 1021 Creative ・Salary: ¥3.7M ~ ¥3.7M / Year ・Location: Japan, nationwide ・English: Business level ・Japanese: Native level ・Application: Overseas applications OK Are you a diverse pop-culture ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka launches campaign to become new financial center in Asia
The prefecture joins Tokyo and Fukuoka as an area to which the central government aims to bring capital, financial institutions and professionals from around the world. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura flags $2 billion loss at U.S. unit, cancels bond issue
Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank Nomura on Monday flagged a possible $2 billion loss at a U.S. subsidiary, sending its stock tumbling. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Meiji to Avoid Clash With China’s Yogurt Giants
Meiji is bullish on the prospects for China’s yogurt market, but has no intention of competing head-on with its giants. Instead, the Japanese firm is opting to make a push into the market for lactic ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka launches campaign to make it new financial center in Asia
Officials and business leaders in Osaka Prefecture set up a 30-member group Monday to promote the western Japan city as a new international financial center in Asia. The move comes in line with the ... ( read original story ...)
Overseas Tokyo Olympic ticket holders may get only partial refunds
The question of refunds came into weeks ago when local organizers and the Japanese government decided to bar most fans from abroad because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Two Chinese ships enter Japan’s territorial waters off Senkaku Islands
Japan Coast Guard officials said that the vessels intruded ... (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is ... ( read original story ...)
MUFG, Sumitomo face climate votes at AGMs as activism grows in Japan
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan' biggest bank, and Sumitomo Corp, one of the country's largest trading houses, are being targeted with climate resolutions from activist shareholders at their ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka condemns hate crimes against Asian Americans in scathing tweet
Many Twitter users compared Osaka's statements about Asian culture being profited on in the midst of hate crimes to the experiences of Black Americans. "Think about how many peopl ... ( read original story ...)
Here are 5 things you can do at the newly opened Super Nintendo World theme park, from Mario Kart racing to riding Yoshi.
A Japanese theme park based around video games opened this week after months of delays. Here are Super Nintendo World's key highlights. ( read original story ...)