Category: BUSINESS

For the past 15 years, Small oversaw MLB’s Asia-Pacific business based in Tokyo until his appointment in February to run the entire global business operation. But despite growth in parts of Europe and ... ( read original story ...)

You could be forgiven for not knowing because Japan always goes about its business with modesty. Japan is the third largest economy in the world, top four export market for Canadian goods, our sixth ... ( read original story ...)

Sources at Japan Display and other Apple suppliers interviewed for the story declined to be identified as they are not authorised to talk to the media. Suppliers rarely speak about business with ... ( read original story ...)

Fewer than one in five consumer and business transactions are by credit card. But Chinese tourists expect to make cashless payments. So Japan is increasingly adopting tech that appeals to them. ( read original story ...)

"With more Chinese people visiting Japan, this is creating more business opportunities," said Bai Wei, a columnist specialized in cuisine with JinriToutiao and Tencent, and also a member of the World ... ( read original story ...)

Failure to pass these bills, designed to advance Japan's business competitiveness, would represent a major setback for the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which hopes to tout its ... ( read original story ...)

Rather, this is the remarkable story of two Japanese exchanges that lost a combined US$1-billion of cryptocurrencies belonging to their customers, and how Japan’s government interceded, making the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The newly appointed chief executive of Walmart Inc's Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu on Monday denied the business was up for sale, following reports last year that the U.S. retail ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is in a similar situation to much of the rest of the world, where factories have slammed on the brakes and business confidence has plummeted in the wake of rising global economic uncertainty. ( read original story ...)

Japan is the top destination for Thai travellers ... Mrs Prassanee said BBL plans to extend the cross-border QR code payment service in Asean countries where it has business operations, but she would ... ( read original story ...)

Excel and other spreadsheet software may become unable to recognize the Japanese calendar. METI expects companies to conduct not only in-house tests but also trials with their business partners, as ... ( read original story ...)

Incidents cited have included visitors playing loud music at sacred Buddhist temples, splashing in holy fountains, climbing on roofs to take better pictures, bringing their own food to eat in ... ( read original story ...)

The notoriously polite Japanese may find it difficult to say 'no', but a surge in bad behaviour from foreigners has led to some of the country's tourist attractions telling them to stay away. ... ( read original story ...)

As confidence in free trade appears to be waning mainly due to U.S. foreign policy and Brexit, international business leaders said Friday that stronger cross-border cooperation is needed more than ... ( read original story ...)

Sakagami was born in Tokyo, but grew up in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture ... Like how he found a niche in basketball, Sakagami carved himself a business role in the U.S. importing and exporting ... ( read original story ...)