Headquartered in Palo Alto and Tokyo, global investor World Innovation Lab (WiL) today announced the inaugural Startup City Acceleration Program Demo Day. The event will be hosted by WiL in ... ( read original story ...)
No gimmicks needed: The Biden doctrine and US-Japan relations
What holds U.S.-Japan relations together is China, and the threat it poses to Japanese and American interests. ( read original story ...)
Supersonic airliner could fly LA to Tokyo in under three hours
The newly unveiled Aerion AS3 is a supersonic commercial airliner that promises to travel at Mach 4+ speeds, allowing it to jet between LA and Tokyo in under three hours. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Game Show will be an online-only event again in 2021
Tokyo Game Show 2021, which was previously announced to be held in-person at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, will instead be held as a online-only ... ( read original story ...)
With eyes on China, Japan and Indonesia bolster security ties
Japan has extensive business interests in Myanmar and provides it with official development assistance. Tokyo has condemned the killings but has so far refrained from meting out sanctions against the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s famous cherry blossoms see early bloom amid warming
Japan’s favorite flower, called “sakura," used to reach their peak bloom in April, just as the country celebrates the start of its new school and business year. Yet that date has been creeping earlier ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Indonesia Pledge Tighter Military Cooperation
Japan has extensive business interests in Myanmar and provides it with official development assistance. Tokyo has condemned the killings but has so far refrained from meting out sanctions on the ... ( read original story ...)
Ways2H Shareholder Japan Blue Energy Launches Tokyo Renewable Hydrogen Production Facility
Renewable hydrogen systems manufacturer Ways2H Inc. and its shareholder and technical partner Japan Blue Energy Co. announced today the completion of a Tokyo facility that will convert sewage sludge ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s Son considers bringing Coupang services to Japan
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 ...)