Japan will not rule out any options in responding to currency market moves that become excessive, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, firing off a fresh warning and adding that ...
Stone Brewing gears up to launch locally brewed Sapporo
The brewery is in the process of expanding to meet the demands of brewing both its own line of beers and Sapporo's. ( read original story ...)
Critics of Tokyo redevelopment plan accuse city government of ignoring residents’ wishes
Critics of the planned redevelopment of a beloved centuries-old Tokyo park and historic sports stadiums have accused the government in court of ignoring the wishes of residents and catering to commerc ... ( read original story ...)
South Koreans Rush To Buy Salt Before Japan Dumps Nuclear Waste In Sea
South Korean shoppers are snapping up sea salt and other items as worry grows about their safety with Japan due to dump more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from a wrecked ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby submits 568 signatures backing building diverse society to PM
The chairman of a major Japanese business lobby announced on June 28 that he had recently submitted nearly 600 signatures to Prime Minister F･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
US guitar maker Fender opens flagship store in Tokyo banking on regional growth
Fender, the guitar of choice for some of the world’s biggest stars from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, is opening what it calls its “first flagship store” in its 77-year history. ( read original story ...)
Greenberg Traurig Hires Tokyo Real Estate Duo From Orrick
Greenberg Traurig has hired away Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe’s Japan real estate practice head in Tokyo. Yuko Ino joins Greenberg as a shareholder, bringing along with her a real estate and ... ( read original story ...)
Itochu, Tokyo Gas eye bids for Japan’s offshore wind farm auction-Nikkei
Itochu Corp, Tokyo Gas Co Ltd and other companies are considering bidding in the second round of the government's auction of offshore wind power projects, the Nikkei business daily reported on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s $7 billion buyout dials up global chip wars
A government-led buyout signals more uncertainty ahead for a chip industry grappling with oversupply and geopolitics. The state-backed Japan Investment Corp will take over JSR , which makes ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Hopes 30,000 Teenagers Want to Learn to Make Electric Batteries
Japan is facing a huge shortfall in workers trained to manufacture electric batteries by 2030. In response to growing demand for electric battery production, Japan is attempting to train tens of thousands of teenagers to design and engineer them. ( read original story ...)
What Ben McKenzie Learned When He Started Investigating Crypto
When the pandemic struck in 2020, the actor Ben McKenzie (who you might know from The OC) had a lot of time on his hands. And like a lot of people, he suddenly got interested in crypto. But unlike a ...
Explainer: What would Japanese intervention to boost the weak yen look like?
Japanese authorities are facing renewed pressure to combat a continued yen fall driven by market expectations that the Bank of Japan will keep interest rates ultra-low, even as other central banks ...
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on easy monetary policy: Underlying inflation is lower than 2%
CNBC's Sara Eisen speaks with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and other global central bank leaders Wednesday morning at a monetary policy forum in Sintra, Portugal. Joining Ueda at the event, ...
Bank of Japan Needs More Confidence Inflation Will Stay High to Change Policy, Ueda Says
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said he sees signs that the country’s inflation rate is heading toward target but isn’t yet confident enough to change monetary policy.
Bank of Japan chief defends monetary easing as yen keeps weakening
The chief of the Bank of Japan on Wednesday defended its policy of continuing with monetary easing as the yen briefly fell to a seven-and-a-half month low against the U.S. dollar in New York the same ...
Finance ministers of Japan and South Korea agree to resume currency swap agreement as ties warm
Japan and South Korea have agreed to revive a currency swap agreement for times of crisis. The move is the latest sign of warming ties as the countries work to smooth over historical antagonisms.