Category: BUSINESS

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

The 31-year-old Japanese office worker ran to the roof’s edge and jumped. He landed on his legs, and initially regretted surviving. Now 42, Sawato says he is glad to be alive and wants to share his journey back to the world of the living with others who ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japan's Fujitsu Ltd and China's Lenovo Group Ltd will postpone plans to integrate their personal computer operations until next month or later, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Thursday on its website. The companies had been in advanced talks ... ( read original story ...)

But two losses in a row - today's 8-3 loss to Japan and a 12-2 clobbering by the Netherlands (March 13) - made advancing to the finals a dream for the next global tournament. Team Israel's improbable five-game run in the global tournament has many American ... ( read original story ...)

After vocal opposition from Japan Tobacco (JT) and small business owners, however, the ministry bowed to public pressure and relaxed some of the rules. The new proposal, to be submitted to Parliament in June, now excludes establishments less than 30 ... ( read original story ...)

The experience has convinced her that she wants to return to the Philippines as soon as she finishes her studies in Japan and to set up her own social enterprise: “The fact that I really do not like many aspects of business, such as accounting and ... ( read original story ...)

The CC Japan, a magazine the company publishes every two months ... He said the downside of running a business entirely staffed by people who are also patients was it could sometimes lead to a situation where nobody sympathizes with you even when you ... ( read original story ...)

Jetro Bangkok conducts a survey every six months on the business sentiment of Japanese investors in Thailand as well as potential investors. "Over 50% of survey respondents said they will expand their investment in Thailand," said Mr Mitsumata referring to ... ( read original story ...)