Tag: business

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 ...)

Japanese trading house Itochu posted a 14.5% drop in six-month net profit on Monday but raised its full-fiscal year profit forecast on stronger expectations for its machinery business and the weaker ... ( read original story ...)

The cost will be split among the three parties -- the central government, the Osaka prefectural and city governments, and the business community -- with each shouldering an additional 16.7 billion yen ... ( read original story ...)

The University of Tokyo has called on companies to stop using pressure tactics on job-hunting students to get their preferred candidates to give up considering rival firms. The request by Japan's most ... ( read original story ...)

The University of Tokyo has called on companies to stop using pressure tactics on job-hunting students to get their preferred candida ... ( read original story ...)

Japan may have an early lead in the new semiconductor race. Global giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is ahead of schedule on a new “fab” in the city of Kumamoto. ( read original story ...)

Warren Buffett’s decision to invest billions of dollars in Japan was “a no-brainer” that felt like a gift from God, according to his business partner, CNN reported. ( read original story ...)

In scrapping its hard 10-year bond yield ceiling of 1%, the Bank of Japan has taken a huge step towards dismantling a widespread assumption at the heart of G10 monetary policy for decades - the idea ... ( read original story ...)

The central government on Nov. 2 agreed to shoulder additional construction costs for the increasingly expensive 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo. ( read original story ...)

SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial services conglomerate and one of the largest venture capital firms in the East Asian country, has made a $40 million multi-fund commitment to anchor pan-African VC ... ( read original story ...)