Japan’s powerful Keidanren business lobby is stepping up its challenge to Theresa May’s handling of Brexit, with a communique demanding that the UK prime minister give “deeper consideration” to the effects on the British economy, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo futures trade near four-month low despite weak yen
TOKYO, March 28 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures for new September delivery traded near a four-month low on Tuesday, despite getting support from a weaker yen against the dollar, which makes yen-denominated commodities cheaper for holders of ... ( read original story ...)
TDK's Subsidiary TDK-Micronas to Acquire ASIC Specialist ICsense to Further Grow Its Sensor Business
With this acquisition TDK has made another decisive step forward to further grow its sensor business. ASICs perform processes essential to sensor products by reading the values detected by sensors and conducting signal processing. TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE ... ( read original story ...)
JR firms hone earthquake-response systems for shinkansen lines
But fate intervened. Still, it was the first bullet train to derail since Japan started high-speed railway services in 1964. Confronted with major disasters such as the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Japan ... ( read original story ...)
A stay at the InterContinental Tokyo Bay
Located just outside central Tokyo near Odaiba island, the InterContinental Tokyo Bay offers both luxury and value to business and leisure travelers. I'm a big fan of InterContinental Hotels. I find a great consistency of quality with the brand ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's mouthwatering school lunch program is a model for the rest of the world
Japanese school lunches aren't synonymous with "mystery meat," but rather, shokuiku. It means "food and nutrition education," and it's a vital part of the Japanese child's early education. Beginning in elementary school, kids come to understand that what ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese companies plan lower pay hike this year: Reuters poll
As Japan's annual "shunto" wage hikes kicked in this month, the Reuters Corporate Survey found that only 19 percent of businesses said they would raise monthly wages by 2 percent or more, versus the 2.14 percent average hike at big firms seen last year. ( read original story ...)
Toshiba's Westinghouse may file bankruptcy Tuesday, seeks Kepco aid: Nikkei
A Chapter 11 filing could help Toshiba limit damage from losses at Westinghouse, the report by the Japanese business daily said, without citing sources for its information. Sources told Reuters on Friday that Toshiba had told its main banks it planned to ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese firms still slow in reducing overtime: survey
although 31 said the government’s labor reform could negatively affect their business. Companies in Japan are under pressure to improve working conditions for their employees also out of need to attract talent amid the shrinking population. A government ... ( read original story ...)
Japan open to more Filipino workers
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhide Ishikawa made the pledge in a speech before the business community during the Makati Business Club’s General Membership Meeting last Friday. Signed on September 9, 2006, the Pjepa is considered a milestone ... ( read original story ...)
EU, Japan to improve data flow collaboration
At an event, hosted by the Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) and the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation at CeBIT in the German city of Hannover, keynote speakers Kiyoshi Mori of Japan’s ministry for economy, trade and industry (METI), and ... ( read original story ...)
Overtime deal marks total capitulation by labor
Was he really going to switch from deregulation to regulation? What was he up to? Abe maintains close ties with Sadayuki Sakakibara, the head of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and Japan’s top business leader. Our prime minister boasts of being ... ( read original story ...)
Muslim tourism set to boost growth of halal market in Japan
Many Japanese do not speak a second language, and even those who do are often uncomfortable with having to conduct business in another language. There must also be an understanding of the business culture in Japan. Unlike in the West there are established ... ( read original story ...)
India replaces Japan for 3rd spot in domestic air travel
The world's fastest growing air travel market for several months in a row has added another feather on its cap by being the third-largest domestic aviation market globally with more people flying within the country last year than Japan, which has been ... ( read original story ...)
First Japanese food court opens to Myanmar diners
Sojitz City Food Co., which is 85 percent owned by the Japanese firm and 15 percent by Arctic Sun Co., a City Mart subsidiary, is operating the facility. The food court opened on Wednesday inside a new commercial complex located in the central business ... ( read original story ...)
Government will scrutinize foreign bids for Toshiba memory chip business, says Seko
The government wants Toshiba to consider these issues carefully when it decides whether the memory chip business should be sold to a non-Japanese buyer, Seko said. Toshiba, a financially strapped electronics and machinery giant, is looking at the sale to ... ( read original story ...)