Tag: business

Frustrated with the sluggishness of political progress on the issue, the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has formally requested the government to introduce a "selective separate surname" ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will on Wednesday try to reboot its space program with a second test flight for its H3 booster. ( read original story ...)

U.S. Marines are delivering supplies to an island in the Philippines that’s been battered by monsoonal rains and landslides, the service said. ( read original story ...)

From turning recycled clothing into biofuel for cars, to using disposable diapers as a substitute for sand to make concrete, to vending machines that suck carbon dioxide from the air, Japan’s private ... ( read original story ...)

She's been doing it for much of her career, and many of her investments are tied to women's sports in one way or another. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Osaka detailed why she loves to invest ... ( read original story ...)

Had this all been contrived? Had his life become a game in which everyone knew the rules but him?” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japan will spend as much as 45 billion yen (US$300mil) to back a research group developing advanced chip technology, part of a national push to catch up in semiconductor manufacturing. ( read original story ...)

Bobobox, Indonesia’s largest outdoor accommodation operator, is looking to expand into either Japan or the US this year, as it seeks to deploy its sleeping pods and cabins in two of the world’s most ... ( read original story ...)

On a late January evening in Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district, this reporter was called out within minutes by a man soliciting patrons fo ... ( read original story ...)

Taylor Swift is officially en route to Super Bowl LVIII after finishing her fourth and final concert at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night. She’s now crossing nine time zones in her direct flight to Las ... ( read original story ...)

"Swifties" this Sunday may just break the internet tracking Taylor Swift's plane from Tokyo to Las Vegas on sites such as FlightRadar as she jets to the Super Bowl to watch beau Travis Kelce in the ... ( read original story ...)

Fans are hoping the US superstar can get from Japan to Las Vegas to see her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers. ( read original story ...)

The prospect of this race against time, crossing nine time zones and the international date line, has fired imaginations, and speculation, for weeks. ( read original story ...)

Taylor Swift was expected to rush to a private jet at Japan’s Haneda airport that would take her on a time-zone-spanning journey to see her boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce, play in the ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is one of the world’s most recognizable and marketable athletes. The Japanese tennis player, who’s lived most her life in the US, is a four-time Grand Slam winner. ( read original story ...)

A trade route connecting the ports of Subic, Manila and Osaka in Japan might be in the offing following the visit here of Osaka Ports and Harbors Bureau officials and the increased focus by the Subic ... ( read original story ...)