Tag: business

Asian airline executives say mainland travellers have been slow to return to many countries, including Singapore, Japan and Thailand. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Cosmo Energy Holdings could struggle to win shareholder backing for a revised "poison pill" strategy, its chief executive says, as the company seeks to defend itself from activist investors ... ( read original story ...)

The world of tennis has always served as a runway for athletes to get their names in the history books, along with an opportunity to carve their own paths. None did this more efficiently than the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday, as disappointing earnings results from some major Japanese companies weighed on the market before investors bought stocks oversold in the morning to ... ( read original story ...)

United Airlines has applied to become the first U.S.-based airline to fly nonstop service between Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Tokyo's close-in airport. ( read original story ...)

Takeshi Niinami, chairman of business lobby Keizai Doyukai, said the Bank of Japan 'must normalize' monetary policy to help weed out incompetent firms. ( read original story ...)

Four-time Grand Slam Tennis Champion Naomi Osaka has co-founded her own production company, Hana Kuma, and female athletic-centric talent agency, EVOLVE, with business partner Stuart Duguid. Osaka and ... ( read original story ...)

Honda has reported that its profit jumped 34% in the July-September quarter from a year earlier as a cheap yen helped boost the Japanese automaker's overseas strong earnings thanks to healthy demand, ... ( read original story ...)

In a statement, the nations sought to balance criticism of Hamas' attacks against Israel and a push for 'urgent action' to help civilians in the besieged Palestinian enclave in need of food, water, ... ( read original story ...)

The monthly poll highlighted a challenging outlook amid a patchy economic recovery Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

The facility–funded by the local government and private sector partners – features three whole floors of co-working space and even a function hall for events. It is expected that hundreds of local and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's real wages slipped in September for an 18th month, while consumer spending extended a months-long decline, with rising prices squeezing households' purchasing power, and likely to add to ... ( read original story ...)

Exchanging business cards is part of Japan's basic work culture. But job-hopping and side jobs are becoming more widespread, and managing these cards can be troublesome. Some firms see this as a ... ( read original story ...)

With a greater metropolitan population of 37 million, Tokyo has the second largest urban economy (by GDP) in the world, after New York City; is Japan’s leading business hub, and home to 37 Fortune 500 ... ( read original story ...)

VOV.VN - Vice Chairman of the People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Van Dung on November 6 hosted a reception for a delegation of the Friendship Parliamentarians’ Association of Japan’s Osaka ... ( read original story ...)

Rengo, Japan's largest labor organization, said in October it would demand a pay hike of at least 5 percent in the next shunto negotiations, a stronger expression than the "around 5 percent" target it ... ( read original story ...)