Category: BUSINESS

TOKYO (Reuters) - Big manufacturers have more confidence in Japan’s business conditions than they have had for a decade as a weak yen and robust global demand add momentum to the economic recovery, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan released Monday showed business sentiment rising to its strongest level in a decade, exceeding analysts' expectations for the world's third largest economy. Continue Reading Below The BOJ's "tankan" index ... ( read original story ...)

Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has jumped to its highest level in a decade, a key central survey showed on Monday, as the world's number three economy picks up pace. The report comes after a batch of broadly positive economic data on Friday ... ( read original story ...)

* Big manufacturers' sentiment index plus 22 vs f'cast +18 * Service-sector sentiment index plus 23 vs f'cast +23 * Big firms expect business conditions to worsen * Big firms' capex seen +7.7 pct in FY2017 vs f'cast +8.3 By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO--Business confidence among Japan's large manufacturers improved to a 10-year high in the July-September quarter as the economy enjoys its best run in more than a decade helped by a recovery in consumer spending, a central bank survey showed Monday. ( read original story ...)

“Our company’s spirit is to create things the world has never seen,” the younger Shima said in an interview at Shima Seiki’s headquarters in Wakayama, a small regional city near Osaka in western ... the company’s main business. ( read original story ...)

“Thai AirAsia X stepped up its marketing and promotion in the Japanese market this year, both in Tokyo and Osaka, and established itself as an economical way to travel to Thailand whether for tourism or business. Initially, most passengers on our ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his party's lawmakers raise their fists as they pledge to win in the upcoming lower house election in Tokyo Thomson Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - The disapproval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ... ( read original story ...)

Japan already has an appetite for other forms of quasi-legal ... and Ho said Macau would continue to be the linchpin of his business. “Macau will always be the best integrated resort gaming market in the world because it’s on the doorstep of China ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has shown commitment to collaborate with Ghana to promote the food value chain in the country with emphasis on increasing the production and processing high quality rice. At a seminar for stakeholders on Thursday, Mr Imoro Amoro, the President of the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- After honing its technological prowess in China, the electric scooter arm of German autoparts giant Bosch is aiming for Japan. The company’s eScooter unit is expanding into the Japanese market for electric motorbikes, which is still in its infancy. ( read original story ...)

Georja Skinner, chief officer of the Creative Industries Division in the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, says artists have told her that Japan let’s them pursue a career they love, and without it, they wouldn’t be able ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka-based Capcom seems to have pulled off this trick ... It is the fruit of engineers' efforts to make virtual reality less virtual and more real. Chairman Tsujimoto's business strategy has focused on building a solid financial foundation for creating ... ( read original story ...)

It was my first job out of college, and I was working at a company in Osaka. Office Lady is a traditional Japanese ... would make use of my native English skills for its overseas business, while I would experience the culture and hone the Japanese I ... ( read original story ...)

A bakery in Tokyo has survived for 74 years while selling only two items: white bread loaves and dinner rolls. Japan’s consumption of bread increased after the end of the World War II, resulting in more bakeries and increased retail competition. ( read original story ...)