Tag: business

General Toyotomi Hideyoshi constructed Osaka Castle about 400 years ago (1583). Following that, Osaka merchants built the artificial river, the Horikawa, as a channel to transport goods. With that, ... ( read original story ...)

A roadside rest stop here has released a retort-pouch curry with packaging that brings to mind the classic 1988 action flick "Die Ha･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is the only G7 country not to allow same-sex marriage. But as the country prepares to host the next meeting of the group and thousands walk in the streets of Tokyo for a Gay pride parade, ... ( read original story ...)

Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a hearing session at the lower house of the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato April 24 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian ... ( read original story ...)

Sales of manga comic books are booming, both in Japan and the United States, thanks to innovative story lines that appeal across age groups, eye-catching graphics and the growing availability of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's planned end of existing Covid-19 border control measures early next month is fuelling hopes for a further recovery in inbound tourists to pre-pandemic levels and beyond. ( read original story ...)

Cheering, flag-waving crowds gathered in Tokyo on Sunday for the first full Pride parade in four years, celebrating advances in LGBTQ rights but demanding Japan join other advanced nations in legally ... ( read original story ...)

Hironori Aoki, ex-boss of suit company Aoki, paid US$209,000 to Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive of the 2020 games’ organising committee. ( read original story ...)

Sales of manga comic books are booming, both in Japan and the United States, thanks to innovative story lines that appeal across age groups, eye-catching graphics and the growing availability of titles online. ( read original story ...)

One passenger told Bloomberg he bought tickets for family and friends. "I didn't even bother to ask them whether they were able to make it or not." ( read original story ...)

Japan's largest airline ANA Holdings Inc on Friday raised its profit estimate for the just-ended fiscal year, citing a decline in fuel costs and an uptick in the yen. The company now expects operating profit of 120 billion yen ($897 million) in the year through March 2023, ( read original story ...)

The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended prison sentence Friday along with two others, in the first convictions in a spiralling bribery scandal surrounding the event ... ( read original story ...)

Owahara is a form of harassment wherein Japanese companies first offer students jobs and then insist they not hold talks with rival firms. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - Shares of Rakuten Bank Ltd ... which has seen four years of losses from the costly build-out and struggles of its mobile phone business. Reporting by David Dolan; Editing ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's manufacturing activity shrank at the slowest pace in six months in April on a softer decline in sales, while the service-sector stayed solid, a preliminary survey showed on Friday, suggesting ... ( read original story ...)

Four-time Grand Slam singles champion Naomi Osaka is making money moves this year with Hana Kuma, the media production company she co-founded with agent and SVP Stuart Duguid. Today, the company ... ( read original story ...)