Tag: business

A few Bank of Japan board members said the central bank would consider resuming interest rate increases if trade friction de-escalates, minutes of its June policy meeting showed on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Strategic stops in Osaka & Tokyo featured SEGA, Nintendo, and Sony meetings, as well as a 450+ forum with gaming & content leaders. ( read original story ...)

AEON Co ( ($JP:8267) ) has provided an update. AEON Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries have announced a basic agreement to commence discussions on a ... ( read original story ...)

The Immigration Services Agency will hike requirements for the business manager visa, which aims to lure entrepreneurs but is accused of setting the bar too low. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese Labour Ministry panel has proposed a 6% increase in the national average minimum wage for this fiscal year, the biggest such jump since at least 2002, the Nikkei business newspaper reported ... ( read original story ...)

People are warm and kind toward foreigners, and most people love children, said Shun Sagara about living in Bengaluru. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO] Mid-sized brokerages in Japan are following the biggest domestic firms in raising their starting salaries for new graduates, as they struggle with staffing in a tight job market. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)

Media City Qatar has successfully held a strategic roadshow spanning from Osaka to Tokyo in Japan, engaging top leaders across media, gaming, and creative sectors to scale ... ( read original story ...)

Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, said a Toyota 4Runner made in Japan could cost $10,000 less than a Ford Bronco made in Michigan. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Kansai region, which includes unique cities of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, is a massive market with a population of 24.65 million people and a GDP of approximately ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese startup SkyDrive performed its first demonstration flight of a flying car for visitors at the World Exposition in the city of Osaka on Thursday. The Toyota, Aichi Prefecture-based company had ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's manufacturing activity shrank in July after briefly stabilising in the previous month as weak demand pulled production back into contraction, a private sector survey showed on Friday.The S&P ... ( read original story ...)

The Senior "Horizon Line" Division of Israel's Innovation, Science, and Technology Ministry hosted a specialized conference at the world's fair to present its "Horizon Scan" mechanism ... ( read original story ...)

Japan cracks down on ‘host bar’ culture after accusations of predatory behaviour - Critics describe host clubs as preying on lonely women to trap them in debt and coerce them into sex work ... ( read original story ...)

Hiroyuki Goto ventured into what appeared to be a high-risk business nearly two decades ago when, at the age of 28, he started providing rent guarantees for foreign nationals living in Japan. ( read original story ...)

JERA, Japan's biggest power utility, on Thursday posted a 1% decrease in net profit for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025 to 92.5 billion yen ($621.4 million) amid weaker overseas power ... ( read original story ...)