SoftBank mobile unit in record IPO, flops on debut

Japanese technology giant SoftBank raised a record amount for its mobile unit in the world’s second-biggest ever IPO but the shares plunged in a disappointing debut trading session on Wednesday. A spo... ( read original story ...)

Timeline for December 2018

It refers to disasters including heavy rain in western Japan, earthquakes in Osaka and Hokkaidō ... exceeding the previous IPO record of ¥2.3 trillion set by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in 1987. Ho... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese company Japan depends on for eel

TOKYO -- Japanese diners' love affair with eel depends on China, which supplies 60% of the country's unagi. Yang Sei Seafoods, headquartered in the Guangdong city of Foshan, about 125 km northwest ... ( read original story ...)