TOKYO -- Tokyo's Marunouchi district, home to about 4,300 companies and the workplace of 280,000 people, is, in many ways, the hub of the Japanese economy. This May, Japanese property developer Mitsubishi Estate surprised the industry with its decision to ... ( read original story ...)
Missing in London: inside TfL’s lost property office
The biggest lost property office in Europe, it is beaten globally only by Tokyo’s depot. Sixty-five staff sort through hundreds of thousands of lost and forgotten items each at the depot, which is run by Paul Cowan. According to the latest transparency ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsui Fudosan to develop $3.6 billion office tower in New York
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese property developer Mitsui Fudosan Co (8801.T) said on Friday it would take a 90 percent stake in an office tower in New York that would cost more than 400 billion yen ($3.6 billion), its largest investment in a single building ... ( read original story ...)
New Best Western for Osaka
It is Best Western’s second property in the city, following the Best Western Hotel Fino Osaka Shinsaibashi. The hotel also takes the company’s total Japanese portfolio to 13 hotels. Japan’s tourism industry is undergoing an unprecedented boom. ( read original story ...)
Hotel JAL City Sapporo Nakajima Park Announced for 2019
Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., announced today that it will open Hotel JAL City Sapporo Nakajima Park in 2019 on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The company has signed a contract with Sapporo ... ( read original story ...)
Grocery business ripe for disruption by Amazon, analysts say
Jacqueline Hansen is a Senior Business Reporter for CBC News ... AmazonFresh grocery delivery in 20 cities across the U.S., as well as in London, Berlin and Tokyo. The company wouldn't confirm to CBC News whether it has plans to expand AmazonFresh to ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Japan govt eyes Japan Post share sale as soon as this month-source
Shares of Japan Post jumped more than 40 percent in the weeks after the firm’s market debut, but they have recently traded below the IPO price of 1,400 yen. The stock rose 0.4 percent on Friday to 1,371 yen. ($1=110.08 yen) (Reporting by Taiga Uranaka ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s 2nd-Biggest Bank Wants to Invest $900 Million in Stocks
Japan Post Bank Co. plans to spend an initial 100 billion yen ($904 million) directly buying stocks, when it finds the right opportunities. The nation’s second-largest bank by deposits, which currently invests in equities only through passive investments ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s military chiefs ask for £1.2bn to spend on missile defence after North Korea’s latest launch
Two US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers fly with a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter jet over the East China Sea REUTERS Japan's defence chiefs are seeking a record $48bn budget next year that includes $1.6bn (£1.2bn) for missile defence and an extra ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese towns hold drills for natural disasters, and missiles too
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan held annual exercises on Friday to prepare for disasters but this year it was not just the danger of earthquakes and tsunamis that was on the minds of many people - the threat of North Korean missiles also loomed large. Japan is one ... ( read original story ...)
Japan holds drills for natural disasters, and missiles too
TOKYO -- Japan held annual exercises on Friday to prepare for disasters but this year it was not just the danger of earthquakes and tsunamis that was on the minds of many people - the threat of North Korean missiles also loomed large. Japan is one of the ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Techpoint Inc sees IPO of 1.5 mln Japanese depositary shares priced between $5.00 and $7.00 per share
* Techpoint Inc - sees IPO of 1.5 million Japanese depositary shares priced between $5.00 and $7.00 per share- SEC filing Source text: (bit.ly/2gtRMC9) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei edges up before US job data; posts 1st weekly gain in 7 weeks
TOKYO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Friday, echoing Wall Street’s gains, but trading was subdued as investors awaited U.S. job data for possible clues on the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates and its impact ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei edges up before US job data; set for modest weekly gain
TOKYO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Friday, echoing Wall Street gains, but trading was subdued as investors awaited U.S. job data for possible clues on the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates. The Nikkei gained ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Aso cancels U.S. trip due to North Korea situation
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that he was cancelling a planned trip to the United States for preparatory economic talks because of the situation in North Korea. Aso told a news conference after a cabinet meeting that ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel JAL City Sapporo Nakajima Park to Open in 2019
The company has signed a contract with Sapporo NK Management LLC to operate and manage the new hotel. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170831006504/en/ Rendition of Hotel JAL ... ( read original story ...)