Tag: business

Japan set a second-straight monthly record for visitors in July, official data showed on Friday, as the weak yen and summer holidays propelled a tourism boom.The number of foreign visitors for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government data released Wednesday. Japan’s imports grew nearly 17% from ... ( read original story ...)

Seven & i grew from small beginnings, tracing its origins to the small family-owned Yokado Clothing Store that first opened in Tokyo in 1920. The retailer, then known as Ito-Yokado, expanded rapidly ... ( read original story ...)

When the owner of 7-Eleven announced this week that it had received a buyout offer from a Canadian rival it triggered shockwaves in Japan. A Japanese company of this size has never been bought by a ... ( read original story ...)

S even & i Holdings, the Japanese company behind the global 7-Eleven convenience store chain, has received a non-binding takeover bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard, the Canadian operator of the rival ... ( read original story ...)

Two days after the scissors went missing, airport authorities said they'd been found pretty much where they should have been. ( read original story ...)

The Canadian owner of Circle K convenience stores has made a bid to buy 7-Eleven in what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company on record. ( read original story ...)

Until now, an attempt to acquire such a well-known Japanese business at such scale would have been dismissed as audacious and unlikely, given the protectionist tendencies of the government and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO : Japan's government plans to raise its long-term interest rate estimate used to compile the state budget to 2.1 per cent for the next fiscal year from the current year's 1.9 per cent, the ... ( read original story ...)

Seven & i Holdings says it will review the takeover offer from Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard, which would unite the 7-Eleven and Circle K brands. ( read original story ...)

The operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores and other retail chains in Japan said that it has received a buyout offer from Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard. ( read original story ...)

The bid was first reported by Japan's Nikkei business daily. One source told Reuters the talks were "at a very early stage". A deal for the whole company would be the largest ever buyout of a Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Vacancy loosened slightly by 0.2ppts during the same period. Regional investment-grade office markets in Japan have enjoyed moderate improvements over the past half-year. According to data from ... ( read original story ...)

Flights and trains in the Tokyo area have been canceled, and people were warned of strong winds, heavy rains and potential flooding and mudslides as a typhoon swerved near Japan on its way further ... ( read original story ...)

Foreigners also reversed an eight-week Japan bond selling trend last week, becoming net buyers. They acquired a net 1.44 trillion yen in long-term bonds, the largest amount since May 11, and a net 561 ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka says that she is still adjusting to playing tennis following the birth of her daughter last year. Osaka, a four-time grand slam champion, returned to competitive tennis at the start of ... ( read original story ...)