Not Attend Summit in Korea Due to Wartime Forced Labour Dispute: Media Ties between the two Asian neighbours soured after South Korea's Supreme Court ordered a Japanese steelmaker to pay compensation ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks set to rise as investors look to China’s trade data for September ahead
Stocks in Japan were set for a higher open as investors await the release of Chinese trade data for September. Futures pointed to a higher open for Japanese stocks. ( read original story ...)
Japan manufacturers struggle to shake gloom in October: Reuters Tankan
The pessimism hanging over Japan's manufacturers lifted slightly in October, suggesting businesses were emerging from the coronavirus pandemic's heavy blow to activity and earnings but at a glacial ... ( read original story ...)
Softbank stake is a true test of Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
On the face of it, targeting Japan as a source of entrepreneurial growth companies might seem a little incongruous (Miles Costello writes). The country remains locked in a long-term battle to ... ( read original story ...)
NEC Selects NXP RF Airfast Multi-chip Modules for Massive MIMO 5G Antenna Radio Unit for Rakuten Mobile in Japan
NXP RF Airfast multi-chip modules support NEC and Rakuten Mobile in the rollout of 5G NXP Image NXP’s RF Airfast multi-chip modules offer a common footprint across frequency and power for different ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s COVID vaccine sprint becomes marathon ahead of Olympics
Japan's first clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine is underway inside Osaka University Hospital. Some of the small-scale results, along with those from another university, are expected within the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s New Leadership Has A Lot To Do
Aside from helping the economy claw its way back from the effects of the pandemic, Japan must at last begin to deal with its aging demographics. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Department Of Justice Reveals Growing Bitcoin And Crypto National Security Threat Could Herald ‘Oncoming Storm’
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has warned the emergence of bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies is a growing threat to U.S. national security, with the attorney general William Barr’s ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase Commerce now allows merchants to convert crypto to fiat from within the platform
Coinbase Commerce, the exchange's payment service for merchants, now lets users convert crypto to fiat currencies and stablecoin.The post Coinbase Commerce now allows merchants to convert crypto to ... ( read original story ...)
“A Business Is A Living And Breathing Organism” – Interview With Hotelier Ian Schrager
"Not a new normal, but the normal we are already accustomed to," Ian Schrager shares his business lessons and why hotels are still opening ... ( read original story ...)
PCC approves Toyota Santa Rosa sale to GTCAD, Toyota Sapporo
“Following the transaction, [Toyota Santa Rosa] shall be 60% owned by GTCAD and 40% owned by [Toyota Corolla Sapporo],” GT Capital said in the disclosure. Toyota Motor Philippines, from which GTCAD ... ( read original story ...)
PCC OKs GT Capital, Toyota Santa Rosa partnership
GT Capital Holdings Inc. (GT Capital), the listed conglomerate founded by the late tycoon George Ty, has received the green light from the Philippine Competition Commission for its joint venture ... ( read original story ...)
Washington scientists study ‘silent quakes’ to possibly track bigger earthquakes
This is true around the Pacific Rim, where the quakes had been discovered a few years earlier in Japan. The violence of these events, which can range into the magnitude 9 range, including the great ... ( read original story ...)
Lender Ngern Tid Lor weighs B30bn IPO
Ngern Tid Lor Co, a microfinance company controlled by Bank of Ayudhya Plc, has picked banks to explore a potential initial public offering that could raise as much as 30 billion baht, people with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to host four-nation gymnastics contest ahead of Olympics
Tokyo will host a one-off international gymnastics tournament next month, organisers said Monday, in what could serve as a practice run ahead of the postponed Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga’s rating falls to 55% in second poll since took office: NHK
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's approval rating fell seven points to 55% in a poll by public broadcaster NHK released on Monday, the second survey since he took office last month. ( read original story ...)