Tag: business

“Quite obviously he is interested in commodities, but also in the diversified business acumen of these companies.” Berkshire plans to increase investments to up to 9.9% of each of the five Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

In a bid to enhance competition within the app payments market, the Japanese government recently unveiled its intention to enforce new regulations on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Panasonic Corp. announced on June 19 the release of the world's first rice cooker that will automatically use just the right amount o ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's currency policy won't immediately change after the United States removed the country from its monitoring list, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday, noting that the move came in ... ( read original story ...)

A former director of a MHLW agency was arrested for giving preference to a company whose acquaintance served as a bidder. The man was an elite who studied at the University of Tokyo Medical School and ... ( read original story ...)

Wages are rising in Japan more than they have in decades, at least for some workers. But so are prices, leaving many people feeling they must scrimp more than ever. In May, the consumer price index ... ( read original story ...)

In 2020, Japan was Harley-Davidson's second-largest market after the United States, with its Japanese business seeing significant growth as more people opted for motorcycles instead of public ... ( read original story ...)

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art now owns a housing micro-unit salvaged from the demolished Nakagin Capsule Tower that once stood in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Japanese electric motor maker Nidec Corp. said Sunday it will set up a joint venture with Brazilian regional jet manufacturer Embraer ... ( read original story ...)

An increasing number of South Koreans are investing in yen and making trips to the neighbouring nation that they say are cost-effective. ( read original story ...)

One of those markets is Japan, which had been out of favor since the end of its stock market’s ruthless run higher in the early days of Abenomics a decade ago. After that, don’t ask; we spent many ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba claims its founder Jack Ma is still alive and now teaching at a university in Japan, following years of his public absence. ( read original story ...)

Krista Knigge, Administrator of DATCP’s Division of Agricultural Development, recently attended the USDA’s Agricultural Trade Mission to Tokyo and Osaka, Japan in June 2023. More ... ( read original story ...)

Abe Shinzo is often considered Japan’s most powerful prime minister. But he faced steep political opposition in one of his primary goals. Under the Abe administration, the power of the prime minister ... ( read original story ...)

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg wants to ramp up the alliance's partnership with Indo-Pacific nations to counter China and Russia. But at least one European ally is not pleased with the plan. Teri Schultz ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government and central bank will act to stop the yen's decline if it depreciates to the 145 per U.S. dollar level, more than half of economists polled by Reuters said. ( read original story ...)