TOKYO Toshiba Corp is looking to spin off its semiconductor business assets and sell a roughly 20 percent stake in the unit to Western Digital Corp for up to $2.7 billion, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. Some U.S. investment funds are also ... ( read original story ...)
I forgot one thing on my trip to Japan — and now I have to apologize to every person I meet
Ten days ago, I traveled to Tokyo to help Business Insider launch its latest international edition. On Monday, Mediagene, our Japanese partner company, arranged a packed day of press conferences and parties to celebrate the website's official launch. ( read original story ...)
Japan disaster spawns an industry
KOCHI PREFECTURE, JAPAN // In 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake caused a huge tsunami that slammed into Japan’s Honshu Island, devastating the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and killing tens of thousands of people. The costs related to the atomic ... ( read original story ...)
Business ideas for 2017: Japanese food
36 years since The Vapors caught the first symptoms in their song ‘Turning Japanese’, the British public is finally doing just this– well, when it comes to eating out anyway! While the likes of Itsu and Wasabi Sushi & Bento have been serving Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
We launched Business Insider Japan last night — here's how we celebrated
Ten days ago, I traveled to Tokyo to help Business Insider launch its latest international edition in Japan. After many days of hard work and preparation by our Japanese team, Business Insider Japan went live officially on Monday at noon local time. ( read original story ...)
Japan remembers Kobe quake victims
Japan has commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the devastating earthquake that left 6,434 people dead in the city of Kobe and several locations in the centre of the country in 1995. Relatives of the deceased and survivors of the earthquake, considered one ... ( read original story ...)
Welcome, Business Insider Japan!
Business Insider launched a Japanese edition Monday. Readers in Japan will automatically be redirected to the Japanese site. BI Japan publishes in Japanese and is headquartered in Tokyo. It is published by Mediagene, a digital media company that has ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia, Japan affirm deeper ties during Abe's Asian tour
Abe said an Indonesian-Japanese joint venture company would develop Patimba. He also pledged "business opportunities" worth 74 billion yen ($646 million) for coastal development and irrigation in Indonesia. Abe's trip is largely aimed at taking a ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 10 km SSW of Hasaki, Japan
A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Hasaki in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 140.7808° East, 35.6456° North, depth 32.27 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/17 / 2017-01-13 03 ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 8 km E of Kobayashi, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Kobayashi in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 03:20:13 / December 17, 2016 @ 3:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of ... ( read original story ...)
From scents to sex: The business of Japan’s high school girls for hire
TOKYO – In JK Special Café ... time jobs offer – businesses like JK Special are able to lure teens under the age of 18 to fuel a booming business. The JK entertainment industry (JK being short for Joshi Kousei, or female high school students) sells ... ( read original story ...)
DTI makes pitch to top Japan businessmen
MANILA, Philippines - Capitalizing on the presence of top business executives from Japan, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez wasted no opportunity inviting more Japanese businessmen to invest in the Philippines and take advantage of the country’s robust economy. ( read original story ...)
Japanese people are living so long that the country's definition of 'elderly' could change
Misao Okawa, Japan's oldest woman, lived past her 117th birthday. Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Japan is redefining aging — literally. Members of the Japanese Gerontological Society, a group of medical doctors and university professors, have proposed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Abe pitches for business in Philippines
MANILA -- At a business summit at the Malacanang presidential palace on Thursday, several businessmen accompanying Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his visit to the Philippines discussed their expansion plans in the country and expressed optimism for ... ( read original story ...)
PH offers 5 sectors to Japan investors
Investors would be particularly invited to do business in electronic manufacturing services, automotive and auto parts, aerospace parts, chemicals, shipbuilding, tool and die, furniture and garments, power, and transport and logistics. Lopez said Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs 29th consecutive current account surplus in November
Japan posted a current account surplus for the 29th straight month in November as the value of imports fell more than exports due to the rise of the yen’s value from a year earlier, the government said Thursday. The surplus in the current account, one of ... ( read original story ...)