Five years on from its $12bn debut, the investment case for a politically hamstrung business with an ageing customer base looks threadbare ... ( read original story ...)
Why Buffet’s bet on Japan could turn on higher inflation, weakening dollar
Berkshire Hathaway Inc's $6.2 billion foray into Japan's five largest trading houses may signal billionaire Warren Buffett's expectation that inflation and a falling U.S. dollar may make international ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas wins Plug and Play Energy’s Corporate Innovation Award
Osaka Gas received the Energy Corporate Innovation Award from Plug and Play at its Summer Summit 2020. Osaka Gas is one of the longest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan staffing group pulls HQ functions out of Tokyo to small island
Pasona's move reflects how the COVID-19 epidemic has triggered drastic reforms within the business community. About 4,600 people work at Pasona's home office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The group ... ( read original story ...)
The Irish Times view on Japanese politics: the end of the Abe era
Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Monday. Abe announced on Saturday that he will resign, ending his record-breaking tenure in a bombshell development that kicks off a ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic flame displayed at Japan Olympic Museum
The Olympic flame will be on public display at the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, as of 1 September. The lantern was delivered during a special ceremony prepared by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee ... ( read original story ...)
Buffett’s Japan investment is a bet on inflation and volatility
The Sage of Omaha has disclosed a $6.3bn investment in the quintet, and signalled he will upsize it. In the context of Berkshire’s $150bn pile of cash and an overall equity portfolio north of $200bn, ... ( read original story ...)
Israeli chip maker Hailo to set up Tokyo unit as demand for AI tech grows
Hailo, a maker of chips that allows edge devices like smart cameras or smart cars to have artificial intelligence capabilities, said it is setting up a wholly owned subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan. Edge ... ( read original story ...)
Whoever replaces Shinzo Abe, Japan’s slow rot & subservience to US will likely continue
Do not judge Shinzo Abe’s Japan by those shiny new structures of the Tokyo Osaka maglev project that will be soon connecting the industrial heartland of Nagoya with the capital city. ( read original story ...)
Japan country profile
Provides an overview of Japan, including key events and facts about this earthquake-prone country on the western rim of the Pacific. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Deals Help APAC Apartment Investments Triple in 2020 1H
Major acquisitions by Blackstone, Allianz Insurance, and AXA helped Japan tally $4.9 billion in rental apartment deals in 2020. ( read original story ...)
Djokovic, Osaka in action as very different U.S. Open begins
Former champions Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka headline Day One at the U.S. Open on Monday, as an unusual calm settled over Flushing Meadows for the first Grand Slam event since the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Warren Buffett invests $6bn in Japan’s five biggest trading houses
The 90-year-old US business tycoon hopes for ‘opportunities of mutual benefit’ ... ( read original story ...)
Matsushima ‘disappointed’ by Japan’s Eight Nations withdrawal
Japan full-back Kotaro Matsushima said on Monday the Brave Blossoms pulling out of a reported Eight Nations competition is a "disappointment" with the Top League put on hold and domestic-based players ... ( read original story ...)
Worldwide Sodium Chlorite Industry to 2025 – Featuring Ercros, Osaka Soda & Shree Chlorates Among Others
The "Sodium Chlorite Market Insights 2020, Analysis and Forecast Global and Chinese Market to 2025, by Manufacturers, Regions, Technology, Application" report has been added to ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia, Japan promote own currencies for trade and investment
Indonesia's central bank and Japan's finance ministry have named a number of banks as cross currency dealers to encourage the use of the rupiah and yen for bilateral trade and investment, Bank ... ( read original story ...)