Tag: business

The client wants to do something, and I just go along. No deep commitment is expected and no personality required.” ... ( read original story ...)

Ex-sumo wrestlers and scantily clad samurais are providing new tourism experiences for the huge numbers of visitors flocking to Japan every year. ( read original story ...)

Japanese consumer inflation slowed again in December due to lower electricity and gas bills, government data showed Friday, ahead of a Bank of Japan policy decision next week."Price increases for now ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo-based baked goods company and technology and electronics giant NEC Corp. have come together to produce ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo bourse plans to require all companies listed on its prime section to publish simultaneously in English and Japanese any information that could impact investment decisions, in an effort to ... ( read original story ...)

The Little Tokyo community is calling for a change as more and more legacy Japanese businesses are closing down. ( read original story ...)

Moments after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss, Naomi Osaka walked back through the players’ tunnel where her name has a prominent place among recent Australian Open champions. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s stock market is unveiling a slew of measures this year aimed at making it more attractive for retail investors and global funds, including an expansion of the tax-exempt retirement savings ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's (TSE) move to release a list of firms that have disclosed plans to increase their capital efficiency is its latest attempt to improve long-languishing Japanese valuations ... ( read original story ...)

Members of a group of men who say they were sexually abused as boys by a Japanese entertainment mogul are accusing the company behind the scandal of not being sincere in dealing with the victims and ... ( read original story ...)

Failures rose in all 10 surveyed sectors for the first time in 31 years, due to rising prices, deepening labor shortages and the start of repayments of COVID relief loans. ( read original story ...)

The earthquake and plane collision earlier this month are unlikely to deter travellers as Japan continues to welcome record levels of tourists The rebound has aided the investment appeal of Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japanese firms in China expect economic prospects in the world's second-largest economy to remain grim this year, according to a report from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average on Monday crossed the 36,000 mark for the first time in 34 years, powered by shippers and financials, with a retreat in U.S. bond yields and a stabilisation in the yen ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a 34-year peak on Monday, with the latest leg higher powered by gains for shippers and financials. The Nikkei entered the midday recess up 0.83% at 35,870.73 after ... ( read original story ...)

The restructuring of Japan’s petrochemical industry is still in its early stages. Meanwhile, China, which had the world’s largest ethylene production capacity last year, has been launching ... ( read original story ...)