Photo: BUSINESS WIRE Located in Tokyo's vibrant and creative neighborhood of Nakameguro, the Roastery's enchanting design was inspired by the famous cherry blossom trees lining the Meguro River. The b... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Companies Find Competitive Advantage In Israeli Innovation
It’s important however to keep an eye on recent economic data: overseas orders for machinery fell the most in more than a decade in December, and business sentiment soured to a two-year low. Spending ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake risk: MAGNITUDE 8 earthquake predicted to strike RING OF FIRE near Japan
A Japanese Government panel said on Tuesday, February 26, the risk of a major earthquake in the near future is high. A magnitude 7 or 8 quake is expected to strike the Japan Trench just off the northe... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has a New Guest Worker Program—Just Don’t Call It an Immigration Policy
Naosuke Sugihara runs a business that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Since 2016 he’s been recruiting Filipinos, Vietnamese, and Chinese for low-skilled jobs at Japanese hotels, nurs... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, a serene assault on the senses – Scotland on Sunday travel
Tokyo is a place where you can find millennia-old traditional ... their owners masters of their traditional trades from knife making to paper production. Men and women in business attire can be seen v... ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘highly likely’ to be hit by huge earthquake that will spark tsunamis within the next 30 years, report warns
It is highly likely that Japan will be hit by a huge earthquake causing widespread damage and tsunamis within the next three decades, researchers have warned. A panel of government analysts said the c... ( read original story ...)
Event reviews Vietnam-Japan economic cooperation
The Vietnam-Japan economic dialogue is part of a working visit to Vietnam by a Japanese business delegation led by Yoichi Kobayashi, Chairman of the Japan-Mekong Business Cooperation Committee, from F... ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘highly likely’ to be hit by large earthquake within the next 30 years, report warns
It is highly likely that Japan will be hit by a huge earthquake causing widespread damage and tsunamis within the next three decades, researchers have warned. A panel of government analysts said the c... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher on trade talks progress, cheaper yen
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday tracking rallies on overseas markets on optimism over US-China trade talks, after US President Donald Trump said the discussions were in an “advanced stage ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese table tennis goes on war footing for Tokyo 2020
Chinese table tennis has gone on a war footing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, vowing to dock coaches their ... (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syn... ( read original story ...)
With Ghosn still under lock and key in Tokyo, foreign execs are getting spooked about taking jobs in Japan
“Japan needs foreign executives,” said Seth Sulkin, chief executive officer of Pacifica Capital, a real estate developer in Tokyo. “There really are only two major growth industries in Japan, and that ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Fixing with Shinji Nohara
... would get busier than my main business but that’s what happened. Thornburgh: And now you’re the go-to guy for very elite-level food-fixing. There’s only one of you and there are thousands of resta... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Stocks close higher on US-China trade deal hopes
"Sentiment is not bad but we need fresh positive factors before seeing shares rise further," Shinichi Yamamoto, broker at Okasan Securities in Tokyo, told AFP. The dollar fetched 110.64 yen in Asian a... ( read original story ...)
How the 2011 Earthquake Has Transformed Outreach to Japan
This article originally appeared in Lausanne Global Analysis by the Lausanne Movement and is republished here with permission from the Lausanne Movement. The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 1 prom... ( read original story ...)
There’s a Fad for Corporate VCs in Japan. That’s a Good Thing
A century ago in the U.S., for example, the DuPont chemical company put money into a fledgling business that eventually became General Motors. The corporate startup boom in Japan is part of a larger, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo airport improving its baggage facility with latest technology
In an effort to improve baggage facility at Tokyo International Airport ... (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) ( read original story ...)