Tag: business

TOKYO -- A Nikkei survey suggests that sustained wage growth is taking hold in corporate Japan, with a number of bosses eyeing hikes in the 5% range next spring and a vast majority planning base pay ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice (Dutton ... rattling a foundational part of the business of sport that had existed since its beginnings. When Billie Jean King was founding ... ( read original story ...)

The choice of Tokyo, especially the Nihonbashi area near Tokyo Station, reflects the company's strategic focus on accessibility and innovation. Tokyo's dynamic business environment and its status as a ... ( read original story ...)

Daihatsu admitted that it had been manipulating safety tests on 64 makes for three decades. Its headquarters in Osaka, Japan was the last to close, on 25 December. The scandal puts in jeopardy 9,000 ... ( read original story ...)

The rise in Japan’s business service prices held steady at a three-decade high, in a development likely to fuel speculation that the Bank of Japan will inch its way toward normalizing policy in coming ... ( read original story ...)

Pickup trucks are popular in Southeast Asian countries, and the trend of decarbonization has been spreading in the region. ( read original story ...)

Japan's transport ministry raided Daihatsu's headquarters in Osaka last week following revelations that the carmaker manipulated the results of safety tests dating as far back as 1989. A third-party ... ( read original story ...)

In a significant development, the Japanese government has delivered two mobile harbour cranes to the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) to enhance its operations. Each crane boasts a robust lifting ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is estimated to spend a higher-than-expected 164.7 billion yen ($1.16 billion) on the 2025 World Exposition i ... ( read original story ...)

Even so, motherhood is hard work, and some American moms living in Japan told Business Insider they felt they faced extra challenges due to differing cultural expectations. One mother said she was ... ( read original story ...)

In the early days of the Emperor Meiji, beginning with 1868, the statesmen of Japan sensed the foreign danger, and their policies were all formulated accordingly. A curious trick of fate gave an ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines' new partners have all completed successful hydrogen-electric flights this year. But challenges remain. ( read original story ...)

The Chiba Labor Bureau has ordered the operator of a hotel affiliated with Tokyo Disney Resort to return roughly 737.98 million yen (about $5･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

MUFG, Sumitomo Mitsui, and Mizuho — hiked 10-year deposit rates to 0.2% from 0.002%. ( read original story ...)

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s top court ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate more of their wartime Korean workers for forced labor, as it sided Thursday with its contentious ... ( read original story ...)

By PETER YOON, Rafu Digital Editor Another legacy business in Little Tokyo is closing its doors. Elaine Taiyoshi’s Little Tokyo Arts and Gifts received an eviction letter earlier this month ordering ... ( read original story ...)