Category: BUSINESS

Tokyo stocks closed ended lower on Tuesday as exporters were hit by a rush into the safe-haven yen with tensions between the United States and North Korea flaring up again. The bellwether Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.33 percent, or 67.39 points, to 20,330.19 ... ( read original story ...)

For Tokyo, it could mean big business for Japanese conglomerates that are involved in the nuclear energy sector. Third, Japan is looking for new partners, although its alliance with the US remains strong. However, the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)

Method of the Business Integration We are planning to implement the Business Integration through a holding company structure whereby Minato, Kansai Urban and Kinki Osaka will become wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Holding Company through the following ... ( read original story ...)

Mizuho Bank is leading the consortium that wants to launch J-Coin. REUTERS/Shohei Miyano LONDON — A consortium of Japanese banks are set to launch a new national digital currency in a bid to wean citizens off cash, the Financial Times reports. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6770)(President: Toshihiro Kuriyama; Head Office: Tokyo) will exhibit at CEATEC JAPAN 2017, to be held at Makuhari Messe, Chiba Prefecture, from Tuesday, October 3. The company will introduce its ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Business leaders of South Korea and Japan gathered in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss ways to step up collaboration in the technology and energy sectors, as well as in facilitating multilateral free trade with other Asian nations. ( read original story ...)

The purchase marked Japan Post’s first overseas expansion and came ahead of the 2015 IPO, but a fall in commodity prices and a slowdown in Toll’s domestic and Chinese business took a bite out of its bottom line. ( read original story ...)

This approach by Thailand has been welcomed by Japan, whose presence in the ASEAN hub has been overshadowed by the emergence of other investors such as China. In a gathering of the largest-ever business delegation invited to Government House in Bangkok ... ( read original story ...)

About 30 Japanese manufacturers plan a trip to Orlando in October to check out the new commercial space race and other business opportunities in Florida. The meeting will start Oct. 25 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport for morning of networking and ... ( read original story ...)

Difficult time' - According to a weekend poll in business daily Nikkei, 44 percent of Japanese plan to vote for Abe's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), while only eight percent favoured the main opposition Democratic Party. Nevertheless ... ( read original story ...)

The project – supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) through its Kaizen initiative – will cover industries located in five regions in a period of two years, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment ... ( read original story ...)

The transactions pursuant to the business integration are made for the securities of Japanese companies. The offer is subject to disclosure requirements of Japan that are different from those of the United States. Financial statements included in the ... ( read original story ...)

Jake speaks about what gaps he saw in the industry that inspired him to found his business, eTourism Summit ... on a new “outdoor” oriented shopping mall five stories below the Osaka train station. I watched as he interviewed people whose singular ... ( read original story ...)

Its second, Aixon, is a data intelligence platform that allows business users at a variety of enterprises ... Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Osaka, Sydney, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Hong Kong, Mumbai, New Delhi, Jakarta, Seoul, and Bangkok. For more information ... ( read original story ...)