Category: BUSINESS

Japan is an excellent place to test the proposition that countries do better with low levels of immigration. In a land of 127 million people, there are just over two million foreign residents, and only a third of them are here for the long term. The ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is dealing with what economists call a "demographic time bomb." Through a vicious cycle of low fertility and low consumer spending, the country's economy has gradually shrunk over the last 25 years. People are living longer, and they're heaping ... ( read original story ...)

Japan — A dim storage room surrounded by bamboo groves and ... who manages Nikka's international business. Nikka Whisky From the Barrel, packaged in a sleek bottle, is doing especially well in Europe, she says. Sukhinder Singh, owner of London-based ... ( read original story ...)

"Toshiba's chip business is highly competitive globally and important in terms of keeping jobs in Japan," Suga told a news briefing. "Flash memory is also expected to increase in importance from the standpoint of information security." Toshiba's crisis has ... ( read original story ...)

... the state-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan and state-owned Development Bank of Japan is mulling investing in Toshiba Corp.’s memory chip business, sources close to the matter said Friday. Toshiba Memory Corp., which will be established ... ( read original story ...)

The package of proposals, including tourism and fisheries, as well as a common electronic currency, will be presented during the Russia-Japan consultations on March 18 in Tokyo. According to NHK, the new regional currency could be used instead of the ... ( read original story ...)

The idea of forming a Japanese-U.S. consortium has been floated to beat possible Chinese, Taiwanese and South Korean bidders in an auction of Toshiba Corp.’s flash memory business, Jiji Press learned on Thursday. The move comes as the Japanese government ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is considering providing state-backed aid to Toshiba’s memory business, amounting to near partial nationalisation, to prevent it falling into Chinese or South Korean hands, according to a report. The article in Nikkei Asian Review ... ( read original story ...)

He even refused to rule out having Japan and South Korea develop their own nuclear weapons ... Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, told Business Insider the idea that North Korea's nuclear posturing could be answered with ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese accounting standards require fixed-amount amortization ... But this means the companies are shouldering the risk of sizable write-downs down the line, if acquired business' earnings slide significantly. "Companies rushing to mergers and ... ( read original story ...)

Recently, a delegation of 30 businesses from the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) attended the 2015 Vietnam-Japan trade and investment promotion forum which was held in HCM City to explore the investment and business environment. ( read original story ...)

The Osaka-based venture behind a smartphone app that allows people to register warranty certificates and order repairs for appliances online has branched out to car and housing information while flagging the future use of artificial intelligence. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NTT DATA, a global IT service provider, announced today that it selected Barcelona-based Social Coin as the winner of the Open Innovation Business Contest 5.0 during the contest’s Grand Finale at NTT DATA headquarters in Toyosu ... ( read original story ...)

YAMAZAKI, JAPAN—A dim storage room surrounded by bamboo groves and ... who manages Nikka’s international business. Nikka Whisky From the Barrel, packaged in a sleek bottle, is doing especially well in Europe, she says. Sukhinder Singh, owner of London ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Inc. abounds with stories of manufacturers like automaker ... who manages Nikka's international business. Nikka Whisky From the Barrel, packaged in a sleek bottle, is doing especially well in Europe, she says. Sukhinder Singh, owner of London-based ... ( read original story ...)

A helicopter lands on the Izumo, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force's (JMSDF) helicopter carrier, at JMSDF Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to dispatch its ... ( read original story ...)