Tag: business

Thailand's Commerce Minister, Pichai Naripthaphan, recently held talks with Keita Ishii, President of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to explore ways to enhance economic relations between ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese trade promotion agency has opened an office in Kyiv to facilitate private businesses' entry into Ukraine, in one of Japan' ... ( read original story ...)

Dynamic pricing, a strategy in which prices of services or products are raised or lowered based on demand, has changed the hotel scene in cen･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Luxury brands that align with Japanese values of quality, craftsmanship, and simplicity stand to win big in Japan. ( read original story ...)

In Japan, where many conventional bookstores have closed, a new business model sees people rent shelves in a store to sell their books "I'm holding an illustrated book of cheeses," says a delighted ... ( read original story ...)

Inspired by Korea and aware of a declining local market, Japan's famously risk-averse studios are announcing aggressive international expansion plans. ( read original story ...)

The impact on sales and other deals at the TIFFCOM market of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), however ... an executive in the international business department of film giant Shochiku, on the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese trading house Marubeni on Friday posted a net profit of 238.1 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in the six months to end-September on lower commodity prices, down 13% from the same period a year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO-- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--" teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM " in Toyosu, Tokyo (hereinafter referred to as teamLab Planets), will unveil a large-scale expansion on January 22, 2025. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s rising minimum wage is likely to push up inflation mainly through higher services prices, the central bank said on Friday (Nov 1), signalling confidence over prospects that inflation will ... ( read original story ...)

After Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers last December, Little Tokyo has seen a resurgence for many small businesses. ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong Film Development Council, Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency and Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) are jointly organising Hong Kong Films @ Tokyo 2024 at ... ( read original story ...)

Shares in Tokyo Metro, one of the world's busiest subways, soared almost 50 percent on its debut Wednesday after its government owners raised $2.3 billion in Japan's biggest initial public offering in ... ( read original story ...)

Takeda raised its full-year operating profit guidance to ¥265 billion from ¥225 billion, citing a stronger than expected first-half performance. ( read original story ...)

The current system will be replaced in April by the new one, which will cover the actual cost of a hotel, with a cap set at ¥19,000 for hotels in Tokyo and at ¥13,000 for those in Osaka Prefecture. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical returned to profitability in the second quarter following large impairment losses a year earlier and is restructuring to cut costs. ( read original story ...)