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Prospects for the Japanese economy have brightened at the start of 2017. Business conditions in Japan continued to improve following a pick-up late last year, adding justification to upgraded growth forecasts from the central bank. Nikkei PMI v GDP While ... ( read original story ...)

Prospects for the Japanese economy have brightened at the start of 2017. Business conditions in Japan continued to improve following a pick-up late last year, adding justification to upgraded growth forecasts from the central bank. While survey data showed ... ( read original story ...)

"The Mommy penalty is big," Rosenbluth tells Business Insider. In response, women have begun choosing their careers over children. Men, in turn, have receded from the dating scene, too. Japan's work-heavy culture developed in the aftermath of World War II ... ( read original story ...)

Separately, Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest with $1.2 trillion in assets, is preparing to invest $150 billion in the United States. It will buy debt issued by American companies, the Nikkei business newspaper reported. ( read original story ...)

Facing a tough business environment at home, where the Bank of Japan adopted a negative-interest-rate policy last February, Japan’s banks are hoping to boost earnings from their operations in the United States and other overseas markets. ( read original story ...)

NEW DELHI – The Japan External Trade Organization plans to promote partnerships between Japanese and Indian companies looking to expand their presence in Africa by leveraging their mutual expertise, JETRO officials said. The move is aimed at reducing ... ( read original story ...)

The business also runs a neighbouring rights division. MBW caught up with Downtown founder and CEO Justin Kalifowitz to ask why his independent publishing company had made the uncommon leap to launch its own HQ in Japan… Japan’s recorded music market ... ( read original story ...)

Matsuri Takahashi’s death sparked a chain reaction in the business world that came to be known as “Dentsu Shock.” The company is one of the most well-known in Japan, and its fall from grace garnered much publicity. The Ministry of Health, Labor and ... ( read original story ...)

Masahiko Sakamoto outlined that Tokyo is as good as a tourist city as it is for business. It is a great shopping haven in India market with theme parks, traditional culture, heritage and Japanese cuisine. There are new hotel projects being developed in ... ( read original story ...)

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In Japanese business celebrations, there’s one thing you’ll almost always see: orchids. Pots of the exotic flowers, which often sell for about ¥20,000 ($176), will be there in a newly appointed president’s office, at the entrance of a company that ... ( read original story ...)

Tim Gitzel said Tokyo Electric Power Co. sent a notice on Jan. 24 saying it wanted to terminate the long-term contract signed in 2009 and would not accept delivery of a shipment due Wednesday. He said Tepco confirmed the notice on Tuesday despite Cameco ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would meet the head of Toyota Motor Corp on Friday, as Tokyo compiles a plan to ward off U.S. criticism of Japanese trade policy before a summit with President Donald Trump next week. Trump, who has pledged to put ... ( read original story ...)

Canadian uranium producer Cameco Corp said on Wednesday that Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) , the operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, had scrapped its uranium supply contract with the company. Cameco, one of the world’s largest uranium ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese policy makers hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump ... the BOJ adopted a massive asset-buying program in 2013 praised for boosting exporters’ profits and brightening business sentiment through a weak yen. The yen has fallen 20 per cent ... ( read original story ...)