Category: BUSINESS

Critics say the government is prioritizing business and economic interests at the expense of the welfare of workers. "The Japanese people count on the government but they are being betrayed," says Koji Morioka, an academic who has studied the karoshi ... ( read original story ...)

Major firms were allowed to start holding information sessions with university recruits at the beginning of March. The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) the nation’s biggest business lobby, called on member firms to start information sessions with ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman and Chairman of the Committee on Business Cooperation with Ukraine of the Japan Business Federation Keidanren Teruo Asada at a meeting in Kyiv have discussed the prospects of attracting Japanese business ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Post, a unit of Japan Post Holdings, raised mail rates Thursday in the first full-fledged hikes since January 1994, excluding markups on consumption tax increases. The rate for standard postcards has been increased by ¥10 to ¥62. Rates for other ... ( read original story ...)

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The benchmark Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.07 percent, or 209.46 points, to 19,860.03, while the Topix index of all first-section shares gained 1.13 percent, or 17.77 points, to 1,586.14. Tokyo stocks snapped a four-day losing streak Thursday after a survey ... ( read original story ...)

Though Kansai Airports enjoyed a smooth ride in its initial year, the 37.3 billion yen annual payment through 2060 for the rights to operate the two Osaka-area airports is no small burden. "To stabilize its business, [Kansai Airports] should increase the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's largest business lobby, the Japan Business Federation, commonly known as Keidanren, held a ceremony on May 31 marking the 70th anniversary of its foundation in the aftermath of World War II, looking back on its history of assisting the war-torn ... ( read original story ...)

“They went through every molecule of our operation,” said Tommy Kullberg, president of Ikea’s Japanese business at the time. A deflationary environment has punished most of the country’s traditional retailers, driving department-store sales down ... ( read original story ...)

A member of Japan automotive manufacturing staff working on the production line at the Sunderland Plant in Sunderland, North East England (Photo: AFP). Metrotvnews.com, Tokyo: Japan's factory output in April rose at its fastest pace in six years ... ( read original story ...)

On Tuesday, data from Japan’s eight major automakers showed their combined ... buoyed by a pickup in private consumption. Eleven out of 15 business sectors saw industrial production rise. Information and technology as well as paper and pulp sectors ... ( read original story ...)

With more people shifting to smokeless products such as IQOS due to health concerns, Japan Tobacco's domestic cigarette sales volume is likely to fall 9.6 percent this year. "It's shocking. I am doing this business for more than 35 years but I have never ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has a sex problem. The country's birthrate is shrinking year after year, to the point where deaths are outpacing births. Simply put, Japan's population is decreasing. But let's be clear: Population change is a complicated subject affected by many ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has seen trillions in lost GDP over the past years, in combination with a population decline of 1 million people. Harvard sociologist Mary Brinton puts it bluntly: "This is death to the family," she tells Business Insider. Japan's case isn't just ... ( read original story ...)

JAPANESE investments in Malaysia this year may rise by at least 30% after the latest survey shows that the business sentiment of the Japanese has continued to trend upwards on the back of gradual improvement in the local economy. These investments are ... ( read original story ...)