A Tokyo-based developer of a laundry-folding robot filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday due to financial difficulties. Seven Dreamers Laboratories Inc. released a statement saying that it had insufficient ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: In Japan, the old are harassing the young
An elderly in Japan appears in a viral video preventing the door of a packed Nagoya commuter train from closing. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab) TOKYO: A minute or two of newly shot mobile phone video ... ( read original story ...)
Japan apologizes to those forcibly sterilized, vows redress
TOKYO -- Japan's government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of victims forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law and promised to pay compensation. Chief Cabinet ... ( read original story ...)
Didi-SoftBank taxi-hailing JV expands to 13 cities across Japan
The app launched in September in Osaka, a popular destination for Chinese tourists, where it tied up with taxi firms to enter an increasingly crowded market for such apps that includes rivals backed ... ( read original story ...)
Inconvenient truths of Japan’s ‘combini’ culture
Japan's convenience culture covers not only ... Gwen Robinson is editor-at-large of the Nikkei Asian Review. ( read original story ...)
What Luckin Coffee’s IPO Might Mean for Starbucks
In Japan, for example, per-capita coffee consumption more than ... Luckin has not yet revealed the pricing for its IPO, but the company was valued at $2.2 billion in its latest funding round last ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMBC scraps personal sales quotas
The unit of Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will no longer look at sales of such asset management products as investment trusts, insurance and foreign-currency deposits in evaluating branches. ( read original story ...)
KANSAI AIRPORT TO OSAKA CITY CENTER: Namba, Umeda & Tennoji
Japan is one of the world’s most visited countries, whether for leisure or business. When one thinks about Japan, Osaka will most of the time, if not always, pop into people’s thoughts. Osaka is one ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has a New Emperor. Now It Needs a Software Update.
Other countries in the region, including China itself, have moved on and adopted the Gregorian calendar for official business. Japan hasn’t had to face a calendar change for a generation — and that ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo museum celebrates ‘birthplace of anime’
Tokyo's Nerima Ward is called the birthplace of the nation's anime industry. Located in the ward, home to more than 100 animation-related companies, is the Toei Animation Museum, where visitors can ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka ‘dodged bullet’ in Stuttgart as rival Halep pulls out
STUTTGART: World number one Naomi Osaka said Tuesday she had “dodged a bullet” after Simona Halep, her main pursuer in the WTA rankings, pulled out of this week’s tournament in Stuttgart. Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Game of thrones: Board battle at toilet maker Lixil a test for Japan Inc
But companies are often able to ignore minority investors given the longstanding practice of cross-shareholding, where firms hold stakes in each other to cement business ties. "If the governance of ... ( read original story ...)
Keywords Studio expands in Japan as it buys Tokyo-based Wizcorp
The company expects the Wizcorp business to achieve margins at similar levels to Keywords’ existing Engineering Service line when it is integrated with the company’s existing operations. keywords ... ( read original story ...)
Indian-origin ‘Yogi’ wins ward assembly elections in Japan
"I want to be an assemblyman who can connect everyone regardless of nationality, age, or even disabilities, through my 20 years of living in Japan," Yogi said. (This story has not been edited by ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan, Japan agree to further strengthen bilateral relations
Speaking at a working luncheon hosted in his honour by Chairman Japan-Pakistan Business Cooperation Committee Teruo Asada, Qureshi said he has invited Japanese companies to invest in the information ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis number one Naomi Osaka joins Serena Williams at Nike
Tennis world number one Naomi Osaka has agreed a deal with sportswear giant Nike. Osaka has been on an incredible run of form in the past year, which has seen her win her first and second Grand Slam ... ( read original story ...)