Japan's No. 3 automaker Nissan Motor Co on Tuesday trimmed its loss forecast for the current financial year by more than a third as the automaker benefited from a rebound in demand led by China and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nissan unexpectedly posts operating profit in third quarter
Japan's No. 3 automaker Nissan Motor Co posted a third quarter operating profit on Tuesday, beating analyst estimates for a loss, as it benefited from a rebound in demand for cars. ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares end higher after scaling 30-year highs
The Nikkei share average ended 0.4 per cent higher at 29,505.93, while the broader Topix index inched up 0.08 per cent to 1,925.54. ( read original story ...)
Key questions in the Moritomo Gakuen scandal still unanswered
The site in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, where Moritomo Gakuen had planned to open a private elementary school. (Toyokazu Kosugi) Four years after The Asahi Shimbun first uncovered a questionable sale ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Aso wants G-7 to focus on digital currency at finance talks Fri.
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday he wants finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrialized economies to have in-d ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Automaker Honda’s Profit Rises Despite Pandemic Damage
Honda's fiscal third-quarter profit has more than doubled to about $2.7 billion despite the coronavirus pandemic as auto sales grew in Japan and the U.S. Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. said ... ( read original story ...)
Elematec Corporation To Distribute NevadaNanotech Inc.’s Innovative Molecular Property Spectrometer™ Flammable Gas Sensors In Japan
NevadaNano Inc. the world’s leading innovator in gas detection sensor technology, today announced that Elematec Corporation will distribute their Molecular Property Spectrometer™ (MPS™) to its diverse ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – Musk’s next disruption: accounting for crypto
Elon Musk is never shy of creating a bit more disruption. The entrepreneur’s $808 billion electric-car company, Tesla, said on Monday that it has put $1.5 billion into bitcoin and may soon accept the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan wants G7 finance chiefs to ‘thrash out’ digital currency policy at talks as China trials continue
G7 nations have been cautious about China’s lead in issuing a digital currency, as it could threaten the long-standing international position of their conventional currencies. ( read original story ...)
Aus Open champ Naomi Osaka condemns ‘beyond pathetic’ and ‘disgusting’ racist comment
Former Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has condemned the racist treatment of the Asian community during the COVID pandemic. The world No.3 was speaking out after withdrawing from her Gippsland ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organising Committee to Hold Meeting Over Mori Comments as Volunteers Withdraw Help
Olympic Organising Committee to Hold Meeting Over Mori Comments as Volunteers Withdraw Help There are no plans to discuss Mori's resignation at the meeting but he could face a barrage of criticism ... ( read original story ...)
Despite sexism uproar, Tokyo Olympics chief finds high-level support
When the head of Tokyo's Olympic organising committee said women talked too much at board meetings, a storm of criticism erupted in Japan, with top athletes and cabinet ministers condemning his ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Plast Consolidated December 2020 Net Sales at Rs 19.59 crore, up 10.59% Y-o-Y
Reported Consolidated quarterly numbers for Tokyo Plast International are: Net Sales at Rs 19.59 crore in December 2020 up 10.59% from Rs. 17.72 crore in December 2019. Quarterly Net Profit at Rs. ( read original story ...)
Kore.ai Launches Virtual Assistant Platform in Japanese
Kore.ai, a leading conversational AI software company, has today announced the launch of its enterprise-grade virtual assistant platform in Japanese. Conversational AI is a technology that enables ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo Snow Festival has gone virtual and you can attend for free online
Japan’s largest winter fest has gone virtual and you can attend from anywhere in the world The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual highlight in Japan which usually attracts hundreds of thousands of ... ( read original story ...)
Why Asia’s booming logistics property market will only benefit select investors
The sector’s stellar performance compared with other commercial real estate assets is attracting a flood of capital seeking profit, pushing prices up and rental yield down. The real challenge is the ... ( read original story ...)