Category: BUSINESS

As the coronavirus pandemic has prompted multiple companies to become more cost-efficient with their office spaces, Starbucks has opened a new store in central Tokyo with a dedicated co-working ... ( read original story ...)

An administration under the Democratic candidate would stress cooperation and coordination on defense, trade and other regional issues, experts say. ( read original story ...)

Public bathrooms aren't always the cleanest places to do your business. But Japan, a country known for its innovative toilets, wants to change the perception that public toilets are "dark, dirty, ... ( read original story ...)

A company that has been building a number of skyscrapers around Tokyo's Shibuya Station over the past several years has completed a h ... ( read original story ...)

Well, it has now unveiled a new tourist attraction in Tokyo, see-through public toilets that are part ... giving them a full view out while they go about their business. Award-winning architect ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Itochu Corp. has secured its position as the nation’s top trading giant -- at least by some measures -- as its emphasis on non-resource businesses helps it weather the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The first group of 17 new high-design public restrooms in Tokyo’s Shibuya district double as tourist attractions. ( read original story ...)

Saito from the Japan Center for Economic Research explains why he's not as optimistic as some other analysts on Japan's economic recovery. ( read original story ...)

Don Meij, MD and CEO of Domino's Pizza, discusses the performance of the business in overseas markets, highlighting the future of the business in Japan, Germany and France, and the success of some of ... ( read original story ...)

With more Michelin stars than any other city in the world, Tokyo is something of a dining mecca. But in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has turned Tokyo's restaurant and hospitality industry on its ... ( read original story ...)

Sony's Tokyo-listed shares were down 2.3% in afternoon trade in a flat broader market, due primarily to concerns that ramped-up U.S. restrictions on customer Huawei Technologies Co Ltd could drag on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports extended their double-digit slump into a fifth ... Meanwhile, core machinery orders, a leading indicator of business spending, unexpectedly fell to a seven-year low in June, dashing ... ( read original story ...)

In other words, you can see into the toilets before you go in, but others can’t see you while you conduct your business. The transparent bathrooms are part of the Tokyo Toilet Project ... ( read original story ...)

Four Western business lobbies joined in protesting Japan's re-entry ban to stop the spread of the coronavirus, saying the policy is out of step with measures in other major economies and will harm ... ( read original story ...)

... for the present “since no other countries have similar structural issues to Japan in every business domain.” But eventually, he adds, the company “is going to expand to countries in ... ( read original story ...)