Tag: business

Japan Investment Corp., a government-backed group, has agreed to buy Tokyo-listed chipmaking materials provider JSR for $6.3 billion. Why it matters: This is part of a global trend of governments ... ( read original story ...)

New research shows an increase in bankruptcies among small-and-medium sized Japanese companies that received coronavirus relief loans. ( read original story ...)

U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology said in May it planned to invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.5 billion) in extreme ultraviolet technology (EUV) over the next few years with support from the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said on Monday (Jun 26) it was buying Indonesian auto loan provider Mandala Multifinance for 7 trillion rupiahs (US$467 million) to deepen its Asian ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese culture, which carries the values ​​of discipline, high work ethic, and target orientation, needs to be explored so that it can be adopted by Indonesian human resources in the process of ... ( read original story ...)

The yen's recent weakening may not be as rapid as last year when it lost around 20 percent of its value relative to the U.S. dollar, but the prospect of it staying longer at current levels is already ... ( read original story ...)

According to a report, Japan's military is actively conducting tests on Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service to adopt the latest technological advances in the upcoming fiscal year. The ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese chemical and cosmetics giant Kao Corp. has developed a new insecticide-free mosquito spray that immobilizes and exterminates the pes ... ( read original story ...)

The yen's recent weakening may not be as rapid as last year when it lost around 20 percent of its value relative to the U.S. dollar, ... ( read original story ...)

JSR said nothing was decided but that its board would discuss the matter on Monday, after the Nikkei business daily reported JIC was in talks to buy JSR for about 1 trillion yen ($7 billion). ( read original story ...)

A major Japanese moving company has apologized after a video showing two of its employees -- one tied naked inside a truck and the other flic･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

This D.C. company was one of the Washington Business Journal's startups to watch in 2022. Today, it's closed on new financing to ramp up its manufacturing and more than double its head count — but ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan's national fisheries cooperatives has reiterated his group’s opposition to the planned discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)

Gen Z-approved tech-accessory brand Casetify launches its first international flagship designed by renowned architect Andre Fu, and future expansion plans for the U.S. ( read original story ...)

JAPAN’S Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Friday (Jun 23) said it had imposed business improvement orders on two regional banks for selling high-risk structured bonds without providing sufficient ... ( read original story ...)

The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI declined to 49.8 in June 2023 from a final 50.6 in May, which was the highest reading in seven months, a flash reading showed. It was the fifth contraction in ... ( read original story ...)