Tag: business

Japan’s government said it has protested against Russia’s announcement that it is permanently banning 13 Japanese citizens, mostly business leaders of prominent companies including Toyota Motor Corp, ... ( read original story ...)

Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is making another big bet in its Cebu hub, launching direct flights to Osaka to become the lone airline to connect the two routes. ( read original story ...)

Raffles's first hotel in Japan, located in Tokyo, is expected to debut in 2028 and will feature 130 rooms, 27 suites, a swimming pool, and a spa. ( read original story ...)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a particularly fraught one between two allies. ( read original story ...)

Ramen, rice balls, milk tea and more popular food items will soon be common menu items at several U.S. locations ... ( read original story ...)

As an avid traveller who has explored destinations across Asia, I was thrilled to recently visit Japan for the first time. Yet while places like Tokyo and Kyoto enjoy global fame, I opted to start my ... ( read original story ...)

The announcements in June by Japan’s three megabanks that they will sell $5.4 billion of their strategic cross-shareholdings over three years mark a milestone in the decades-long effort to remodel ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Tuesday designated staff at diplomatic missions in five nations as officials in charge of supporting Japanese companies engaged in cross-border business in the Association of Southeast Asian ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Tuesday, with the Nikkei down for a fifth straight day, as earlier gains in tech issues were largely wiped aw ... ( read original story ...)

The gentle lilt of a flute fills a cramped second-storey space in Tokyo that houses a burbling vat of fermenting sake. ( read original story ...)

Japanese electric motor maker Nidec raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 4.3% on Tuesday off the back of a recovery in demand for hard drive motors, efforts to raise its profitability and ... ( read original story ...)

A Korean family’s generational struggles with war, forbidden romance and business survival continue in the second season trailer for Apple TV+'s Pachinko, which dropped on Monday. Parallel storylines ... ( read original story ...)

The average price of a new condominium in Tokyo's 23 central wards in the first half of 2024 dropped 16.3 percent from a year earlier to 108.6 million yen after hitting a record high the previous year ... ( read original story ...)

It has long been said that to raise wages, an increase in labor productivity is required, but is that really the case? The Ministry of Health ... ( read original story ...)

According to the operator, a maintenance train that lays ballast, or small rocks under rail tracks, collided with a halted maintenance train on a section of the line between Toyohashi and Mikawa-Anjo ... ( read original story ...)

The rules for who can compete as a woman in the Olympics have changed—and they differ from sport to sport. Many sports have tightened restrictions for transgender women. ( read original story ...)