A health ministry expert panel on Dec. 22 said authorities in the greater Tokyo area must do more to reduce business operating hours and prevent travel to halt the widening spread of novel coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Japan’s MUFG bank business to make managing director Hanzawa CEO -Nikkei
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's banking unit will promote a managing director, Junichi Hanzawa, to the position of CEO in an effort to shake up its corporate culture, the Nikkei business newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 563 new COVID-19 cases, a record high for a Tuesday
Tokyo has confirmed 563 new COVID-19 cases ... Suga said the government may instead ask restaurants and bars to further shorten business hours in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. Slashes Winter Bonuses by 9% as Pandemic Takes Toll
Japanese companies cut year-end bonuses for their employees by 9%, the most since the global financial crisis, according to business lobby Keidanren. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open down on worry about slower global economic recovery
Tokyo stocks opened lower Tuesday on growing concerns that business restrictions and flight bans imposed in Europe and beyond after the rapid spread of a new strain of the novel coronavirus in Britain ... ( read original story ...)
Helping Employees Connect To Their Ikigai Is A Business Mandate In The 2020s
Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO and co-founder of Emplify, and a nationally recognized expert on employee engagement. Learn from his journey to identifying and aligning with his sense of ikigai, and how ... ( read original story ...)
Survival worries prompt Osaka eateries to defy early closing request amid virus 3rd wave
The Osaka Prefectural Government has extended its request to bars and restaurants to shorten their business hours as coronavirus cases contin ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes near Ōfunato, Japan
The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck near Ōfunato, Japan on Sunday. The quake hit at 9:35 AM local time at a depth of 44 kilometers. There was no ... ( read original story ...)
6.2-magnitude earthquake shakes Japan
A significant magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit near Hachinohe, Japan, according to the USGS. The quake was detected around 9:00 am pacific time Sunday with an epicenter 96 km from ... ( read original story ...)
6.3 Earthquake Strikes Near Tokyo
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 was reported near Tokyo, Japan on Sunday night, according to India's National Center for Seismology. The epicentre of the earthquake was 631 km north-northeast (NNE) of ... ( read original story ...)
M6.3 quake hits northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 rattled northeastern Japan on early Monday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the weather agency said. The quake at 2:23 a.m. with its focus at a ... ( read original story ...)
6.2-magnitude quake hits 95 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan: USGS
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 95 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan at 17:23:19 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 ... ( read original story ...)
1st LD Writethru: 6.3-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Aomori Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck off Aomori Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The quake occurred around 2:23 a.m. local time, ... ( read original story ...)
Visit Little Tokyo to support small businesses
The Little Tokyo Business Association, in partnership with Skid Row-Kyo, will collect new and gently used blankets for the local unhoused community. Go Little Tokyo has created curated neighborhood ... ( read original story ...)
Eureka moments that gave birth to world-famous businesses
The brand's companies now comprise everything from healthcare to space tourism but Branson says his eureka moment was the release of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells album, as its unexpected success ... ( read original story ...)
Belarus’ economic potential presented in Tokyo
MINSK, 18 December (BelTA) – A presentation “Belarus-Japan: A policy towards deeper economic and humanitarian interaction between the countries” took place in Tokyo on 18 December ... ( read original story ...)