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Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music rightsholder, just opened a new concept retail store in Japan that it says will be “dedicated to supporting music super-fans”. Continue to article... “Japanese music fans are globally known for their dedicated fandom and this store will only help to strengthen the connection between our artists and their ...

Japan is facing a bigger bill for the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo, after the construction estimate rose to 235 billion yen ($1.6 billion), a near-doubling of the initial figure. ( read original story ...)

Tirupati: A group of 23 Japanese business representatives, led jointly by Murahashi Yasuyuki, Director General of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) in Osaka; and Tomita Minoru, ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A male employee at a "concept" cafe serving alcohol in the capital who had encouraged a 14-year-old girl to use a fake ID to enter the shop has been arrested, the Metropolitan Police ... ( read original story ...)

He said he hopes to expand his business overseas. If Delibot can meet the demands of Japanese customers, who Sawanobori says are very exacting about the quality of the food they offer, he believes it should be marketable in other countries. Sawanobori's ... ( read original story ...)

On the stage of the Sino-Japanese forum in Beijing, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a call for dialogue, a plea for common ground against the ominous backdrop of potential nuclear threats. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s shipbuilders are sitting pretty on a near three-year order backlog — but they continue to lose capacity and ground against their major rivals. ( read original story ...)

Japan's JFE Steel Corp is in talks to invest in the metallurgical coal business of Canada's Teck Resources , two people aware of the development told Reuters. ( read original story ...)

General Motors Co., Honda Motor Co. and GM's self-driving unit Cruise LLC are planning to launch autonomous vehicle service in Japan in early 2026, the companies said late Wednesday. The companies ... ( read original story ...)

Nittetsu Kowa Real Estate is entering the business and will invest 40-50 billion yen (around ... As the first phase, Nittetsu Kowa Real Estate will open a 145-room hotel in Tokyo's Ueno neighborhood ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has succeeded in virtually everything. And how they managed to achieve the most isn’t a secret. However, I was made to learn it better when I had the opportunity to attend this year’s Internet ... ( read original story ...)

Fast Retail reported a net profit of $1.2 billion on revenue of $17 billion for the fiscal year ended August 2022, as per Forbes. Born in 1949, Tadashi Yanai is the son of a tailor and a housewife. ( read original story ...)

Japan welcomed more than 2 million visitors for a fourth consecutive month in September, official data showed on Wednesday, marking a near full recovery to pre-pandemic levels. ( read original story ...)

Halloween revelry around Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing has grown too scary for its own good, but can "saying 'Don't come here'" keep a lid on it? ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: 3002] is pleased to announce that Gunze has decided to invest in the construction of the third medical plant and to expand its R&D laboratory in Ayabe, Kyoto, where Gunze was founded. Targeted ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has criticized Russia’s announcement that it’s joining China in banning the imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nu ... ( read original story ...)