Tag: business

TOKYO: Japan has said that it will help South-East Asian countries train large language models (LLMs) in their local languages to promote the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) in the region, ... ( read original story ...)

Many business owners in Japan are struggling to find enough workers to stay afloat. The number declaring bankruptcy as a result was at a record high in the first half of this year. ( read original story ...)

Reuters reported the insurers' plans earlier this week. Cross-shareholding, or companies holding shares in each other, has long been seen as a way to reinforce business ties in Japan. But governance ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark closed Thursday at a fresh record high of 40,913.65, pushing past its most recent record close set in March. The index gained 0.8%, buoyed by heavy buying of ... ( read original story ...)

BANGKOK — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged Thursday to a record close of 40,913.65, leading markets in most of Asia higher. Shares fell in Chinese markets, while U.S. futures edged higher. ( read original story ...)

Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as historic the ... ( read original story ...)

The Pentagon announced the fighter jet overhaul on Wednesday, which includes transferring dozens of F-35s to replace older aircraft. ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific markets are set to open mixed after Fed Chair Powell noted progress on inflation, and ahead of June business activity data in the region. ( read original story ...)

Banks across Japan began stocking their ATMs on Wednesday with shiny new yen notes sourced from an unlikely location – vibrant yellow flowering paperbush shrubs that grow on craggy Himalayan mountains ... ( read original story ...)

Japan downgraded first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) on Monday and the service-sector business mood soured in June on concerns over rising costs, offseting a lift in factory confidence and ... ( read original story ...)

STORY: The mood at Japanese firms is turning sour, and that poses a deepening dilemma for the country’s central bank. Monday’s closely watched Tankan survey showed sentiment at big non-manufacturers ... ( read original story ...)

China released its official PMI figures on the weekend, with its manufacturing PMI coming in at 49.5, unchanged from May and marking its second straight month in contraction territory. Confidence ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese big manufacturers' confidence hit a more than two-year high but service-sector mood soured on rising costs driven by the weak yen, a central bank survey showed, adding to a mixed economic ... ( read original story ...)

But Japanese and Korean policymakers don’t want to work against ... Managers in a conglomerate like LG and Nissan have decades of experience in their core business sectors. Startup founders, generally ... ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews) - Japan will on Monday see Q2 results for its quarterly Tankan Survey of business sentiment, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. In the three months prior, capital ... ( read original story ...)

Welcome to Your Week in Asia. Tokyo goes to the polls to pick a new governor for the world's biggest city, while Japan's central bank releases its closely watched Tankan survey, offering a snapshot of ... ( read original story ...)