Category: BUSINESS

Hotel Okura is additionally establishing an education and training program in Japan for its overseas local staff in cooperation with Tokyo Management College and Tokyo Masuda Culinary School, a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan suffered its biggest economic contraction on record in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic crushed business and consumer spending, keeping policymakers under pressure for bolder ... ( read original story ...)

Government data show that Japan’s economy contracted at a annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst downturn on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade ... ( read original story ...)

MORE Japanese firms are expanding business in Southeast Asia and scaling down operations in China due to its escalating tensions with the United States, reported Vietnam News Agency. Japan External ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s economy suffered a record contraction last quarter as a state of emergency and lockdowns in the country’s major export markets hammered consumer spending, production and exports. A recent ... ( read original story ...)

June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, data showed Monday, as the coronavirus deepens the country's economic woes. ( read original story ...)

June, according to government data released Monday. That was the sharpest contraction on record, according to Reuters. ( read original story ...)

Government data show that Japan’s economy contracted at a annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst downturn on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade Iowa Gov. Kim ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s government will take “flexible, timely” action to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Monday. “We hope to do our utmost to push ... ( read original story ...)

Line Travel Japan is helping the country try to boost tourism without spreading the pandemic by targeting discounts to residents of specific areas. ( read original story ...)

PM Shinzo Abe vowed ‘never to repeat the tragedy’ on 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender but sent an offering to controversial Yasukuni Shrine. ( read original story ...)

Men and women of all ages braved scorching heat amid the COVID-19 pandemic to pay their respects at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday, the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender ending ... ( read original story ...)

Abe has not gone to Yasukuni in person since a December 2013 visit that outraged China and South Korea The shrine honours 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied tribunal, ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo-listed Pixel Companyz Inc announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with French casino operator Groupe Partouche SA for the latter company to be part of a consortium – led by Pixel ... ( read original story ...)

The world's highest-paid female athlete Naomi Osaka and her sponsor BodyArmor are renovating the public tennis court facilities in Queens where Osaka learned to play tennis after moving from Japan. ( read original story ...)

Venture into the great outdoors without leaving Tokyo, from a bamboo forest and nature parks to lush river valleys and more ... ( read original story ...)