Tag: business

Japanese network Nippon TV has unveiled Hiroyuki Fukuda as its new representative Director, President and COO. Fukuda assumed his role from January 1 this year. In stepping up to his new role, Fukuda ... ( read original story ...)

A New Year party is hosted by three major Japanese business organizations in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2025. ( read original story ...)

Toyonori Takahashi of Japan's Orix Corporation says Japan’s first casino could outpace those in Singapore and Macau. ( read original story ...)

In its economic forecast released Thursday, the World Bank predicted Japan's gross domestic product will grow a real 1.2% in 2025 and 0.9% in 2026. ( read original story ...)

Storyline: Rising prices, worsening labor shortages and depreciation of yen in Japan resulted in its business failures leading to 10,006 firms going bankrupt in 2024, crossing the 10,000 mark for the ... ( read original story ...)

More than 95% of people in Japan feel prices have increased over the past year, a survey by the Bank of Japan has shown. The share of respondents who felt higher prices compared with a year before ... ( read original story ...)

China is slated to report its industrial output and retail sales data for December, as well as fourth quarter GDP. ( read original story ...)

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Chief Executive Officer: Isao Teshirogi, Ph.D.; hereafter “Shionogi”) announced Shionogi Inc., a ... ( read original story ...)

January 2025, 600 organizers and representatives from the countries participating in Expo 2025 Osaka gathered at the Himeji City Culture and Convention Center in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. During the ... ( read original story ...)

Elliott believes Tokyo Gas could free up capital to bolster shareholder returns and invest in growth by divesting some non-core assets, including a building housing the Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel and land ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka serves as the engine of regional innovation in Japan, drawing attention and anticipation of cutting-edge tech, at Edcon 2025. ( read original story ...)

More about River Akira Davis Hisako Ueno is a reporter and researcher based in Tokyo, writing on Japanese politics, business, labor, gender and culture. More about Hisako Ueno Fewer Parking Spaces: ... ( read original story ...)

Prices of goods traded among businesses in Japan rose by 3.8 percent in December from a year earlier. The Bank of Japan attributes the rise in the Producer Price Index to higher electricity and gas ... ( read original story ...)

Investors in Asia parsed through the Reuters Tankan survey from Japan for January which showed improved business sentiment among Japanese companies. ( read original story ...)

A weak yen is attracting more visitors than ever to Japan, with national tourism figures for 2024, released Wednesday, expected to top 2019's record of nearly 32 million. But that is also raising prices for Kojima's staff and other Japanese business travelers. ( read original story ...)

But that is also raising prices for Kojima’s staff and other Japanese business travellers. Capsule hotels, a Japanese institution, offer claustrophobic bed-sized pods, often dou ... ( read original story ...)