Tag: business

Naomi Osaka's highly anticipated comeback to professional tennis after becoming a mother and battling mental health issues. ( read original story ...)

The move of Suehiro Cafe to Downtown LA is yet another example of local businesses leaving the neighborhood, nibbling away at its cultural identity ... ( read original story ...)

The gains in recent weeks were driven by yen weakness and global risk-on sentiment, with outlook for Japanese corporate earnings robust How long the stock rally can last will depend on whether the ... ( read original story ...)

Asian shares are mostly lower, though Tokyo's benchmark extended its New Year rally, trading well above 35,000 and at its highest level since 1990 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's financial regulator on Friday ordered SBI Securities to halt part of its business related to initial public offerings (IPOs) for a week through Jan. 18 as a penalty for having manipulated ... ( read original story ...)

A group of Japanese private-sector leaders and population decline experts met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Jan. 9 and submitted a pro･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Former world No 1 Naomi Osaka opens up on her return to tennis, fears about motherhood and dreams of more titles ... ( read original story ...)

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coastline of Japan on New Year's has killed 213 people as of Thursday. Eight of the deaths were at evacuation centers, where rescued people died from ... ( read original story ...)

Asian shares have retreated after a lackluster session on Wall Street, though Tokyo broke ranks, gaining more than 2% as a weaker yen lifted stock prices for export manufacturers like Sony and Kyocera ... ( read original story ...)

A panel of Japanese business leaders and experts say public and private organizations should cooperate to slow declines in the number of people, targeting a stable population of 80 million in 2100. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s transportation ministry says it has introduced improved emergency measures for the country’s airports, a week after a fatal collision between a Japan Airlines jetliner and a coast guard plane ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government plans to release guidelines to ensure the safe use of generative AI as early as March, in line with the expected rapid uptake of the technology this year. ( read original story ...)

Highly formalized and conservative, Japanese business culture can be challenging for Americans to navigate. Interviewees at a Japanese company need to know, for example, to wait by the door until ... ( read original story ...)

Professor Emi Sugawara from Osaka University of Economics and Law, Faculty of International Studies, discusses government’s efforts to respect human rights in the supply chain ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka city authorities in Japan held on Saturday a public hearing regarding the draft of an environmental assessment report by Osaka IR KK, the entity that is to develop an integrated resort (IR) ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of people made homeless overnight are living in weariness and uncertainty on the western coast of Japan a week after a powerful earthquake left at least 168 dead and dozens missing. The ... ( read original story ...)