Category: BUSINESS

Hana Tokyo, a Fairfield hibachi and sushi restaurant, has closed after three years in business. In the Brick Walk Plaza at 1275 Post Road, Hana Tokyo was owned by Alan Wu, a China-born restaurateur. Wu operated the original Hana Tokyo in Alexandria ... ( read original story ...)

as well as the Osaka business community, about a possible international backlash that could negatively impact the city and prefecture’s chances for hosting the World Expo, which will be decided next November. There is also concern that the row could ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will simplify its visa rules from January 1, 2018, for Indians and issue multiple- entry-visa for short-term stay, a move which is expected to benefit tourists and business persons as well as repeat visitors, the Japanese embassy said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

The IHS Markit Business Outlook survey shows growing confidence among Japanese private sector businesses. Optimism regarding future output has strengthened to a multi-year high, while firms are increasingly confident of greater business revenues. ( read original story ...)

the UK currently has around half of all Japanese investment into the EU. But he warned that there could be “early departures and damaging outcomes” if the current chaos around Brexit continued. Mr Tsuruoka’s warning came as European business leaders ... ( read original story ...)

Workers finish construction of a pier at Patimban seaport in Subang, West Java. (tempo.co/Nanang Sutisna) (tempo.co/Nanang Sutisna) The Japanese government has signed a loan agreement for Rp 14.2 trillion (US$1.04 billion) to fund the Indonesia-Japan ... ( read original story ...)

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter jet takes off at Misawa airbase in Aomori Prefecture, November 5, 2012. REUTERS/Joint Staff, Japan/Handout TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will delay a decision to develop a new advanced fighter jet, four sources said ... ( read original story ...)

A pedestrian walks past an electronics stock indicator at the window of a security company in Tokyo displaying the current rate of Tokyo Stock Exchange on November 9, 2017. (Photo:AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura) Tokyo: Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Woodford, who now advises on corporate governance, business in Japan, and campaigns to protect whistle-blowers, said: “Japanese executives are prepared to compromise their own integrity – and often commit illegal acts – in a perverted view [that ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's financial regulator will step up scrutiny of the country's struggling regional banks, it said on Friday, as it aims to force lenders straining for profitability to shore up potentially risky business models. The Financial Services ... ( read original story ...)

To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Amazon has released its Echo smart speakers in Japan, continuing its expansion of the family of devices beyond the US and Europe, reports TechCrunch. The company will also make the Alexa voice assistant ... ( read original story ...)

He told a group of American and Japanese business leaders: the United States was open for business, but he wanted to reshape the nations' trade relationship, though he did not say how he would cut the trade deficit with Japan, which totalled nearly $70 ... ( read original story ...)