Tag: business

Delta Air Lines has abandoned its plan for twice-daily nonstop flights between Portland and Tokyo’s Haneda airport, flights announced before the COVID-19 pandemic but never launched. ( read original story ...)

The owner of a Japanese restaurant damaged in a massive fire has filed a temporary injunction to stop the city from demolishing the building. Osaka Japanese Restaurant at 426 W. Market St. was damaged ... ( read original story ...)

A growing movement opposing a highly controversial redevelopment of a historic Tokyo park has submitted a fresh petition in its campaign to get the national government to intervene and revise the plan ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said there was "very high uncertainty" over whether companies would continue raising prices and wages, stressing anew the bank's resolve to maintain ultra-loose ... ( read original story ...)

Business sentiment among Japan's large manufacturers is widely expected to show an improvement for the second straight quarter in the upcoming Tankan survey. The Bank of Japan is due to release the ... ( read original story ...)

PLUS: Micron breaks ground in India; Hong Kong goes for green fintech; Taiwan to launch first sub; and more ASIA IN BRIEF Fujitsu last week announced it will move out of its Tokyo headquarters and ... ( read original story ...)

The initiative has been successful in Japan, with over 86% of workplaces participating, and has gained popularity among women who found business suits uncomfortable. The success of Cool Biz was ... ( read original story ...)

Under “Cool Biz,” salarymen and government workers don short-sleeved shirts in the summer as offices are kept above 82 degrees Fahrenheit to save energy. ( read original story ...)

A closely watched central bank survey is likely to show Japan's business confidence improved slightly in the three months to September, according to a Reuters poll, suggesting the economy is ... ( read original story ...)

Summary Japan's private sector economy continued to grow in September, extending the sequence of expansion that commenced at the start of 2023. Slower service sector growth, attributed in part to a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A closely watched central bank survey is likely to show Japan's business confidence improved slightly in the three months to September, according to a Reuters poll, suggesting the ... ( read original story ...)

The announced tender offer for Takisawa in September followed Takisawa’s rejection of Nidec’s proposal earlier last year for a capital and business alliance between the Japanese machine stool maker ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he wants to accelerate foreign investment in Japan by establishing special business zones for asset management firms. ( read original story ...)

In New York, PM Fumio Kishida is to outline major plans to entice foreign wealth management firms, looking at the likes of tax, tech, AI and helping female and foreign staff to thrive. ( read original story ...)

Toshiba said on Thursday that a $14 billion tender offer from private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) had ended in success — a deal which paves the way for the embattled industrial ... ( read original story ...)

The same feature will soon be available to Japanese investors, allowing them to trade 301 selected US stocks and ETFs, 24 hours every trading day. This move will mark moomoo as the first Japanese ... ( read original story ...)