Tag: business

The men who came forward to allege they were sexually abused as teenagers by Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa now have a powerful listener: the United Nations ... ( read original story ...)

A U.N. Human Rights Council delegation urged the Japanese government on Friday to lead efforts in conducting a transparent investigat ... ( read original story ...)

The pace of growth in July eased to the slowest since January. However, the overall performance was solid as the impact of COVID-19 fades. ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific markets are set to extend losses Thursday tracking Wall Street’s selloff after ratings agency Fitch downgraded the United States’ long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+. In Asia, ... ( read original story ...)

In a Japan first, a personal insurance policy to cover expenses incurred by power outages has been released by Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEP･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Kannami Shinchi in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, has been attracting many men from all over the country as a colorful entertainment district along with Tobita Shinchi in Osaka. For seventy years, ... ( read original story ...)

As the locals say, Mount Fuji was “shy” that day, shrouded in haze. Still, her snow-covered peak shone through as our bus wound its way through the pine-covered hillside above Fujinomiya that ... ( read original story ...)

There are old hotels, and then there's Hōshi, in central Japan, which first opened its doors more than 1,300 years ago. Japan boasts tens of thousands of companies at least one century old, including ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Financial Services Agency has told major insurance ... Bigmotor to report whether their dealings with the used-car dealer adhered to the Insurance Business Act. Sources say the agency thought ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese subsidiary of Warner Bros. criticized what it called insensitive promotion of “Barbie” by the company’s headquarters. ( read original story ...)

Nomura Holdings Inc , Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, on Tuesday reported a jump in first-quarter net profit as Japan's strong stock market performance helped drive its investment ... ( read original story ...)

Director General Tereso Panga on Monday said at least three Japanese companies have expressed keen interest to invest in the Philippines during the recent outbound mission of the agency in Osaka and ... ( read original story ...)

World-famous tourist destinations in Japan have slipped in a ranking of 136 cities in the country in the latest version of the list released ... ( read original story ...)

Two of Japan's megabanks reported solid quarterly profit on Monday amid hope that the Bank of Japan's policy change would herald a sea change in their business after years of being squeezed by ... ( read original story ...)

However, Japan's minimum wage is lower than in other major countries ... But the structure of discussions remains rooted in how much companies can pay. The business environments of small and ... ( read original story ...)

China has not yet entered into a "balance sheet recession". This assessment is based on the analysis of the Japanese economy before and after the bursting of its economic bubble in the 1990s, and a ... ( read original story ...)