Japan and South Korea held their first finance leaders' meeting in seven years on Tuesday and agreed to resume regular dialogue as tensions in the wider region and slowing growth prod them to increase ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Japan’s automakers have a made-in-China sales crisis
Japan's automakers are facing a sales crisis in China, data shows, as a rapid shift to electric vehicles (EVs) has upended the world's largest auto market and led to a plunge in purchases of ... ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma takes up visiting professorship in Japan
Jack Ma has a new job: visiting professor in Japan. The Chinese billionaire has joined Tokyo College, under the University of Tokyo, according to a Monday statement on its website. In his role, Ma ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Airlines’ annual net profit returns to black
Japan Airlines logged Tuesday an annual net profit for the first time in three years, buoyed by soaring domestic and international demand for travel after pandemic restrictions were eased. The airline ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, South Korea resume finance dialogue amid geopolitical tensions
Japan and South Korea held their first finance leaders' meeting in seven years on Tuesday and agreed to resume regular dialogue, as tensions in the region and slowing growth prod them to increase ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo role ‘is business exit’ for Jack Ma
Alibaba’s founder, Jack Ma, is taking up a teaching position in Japan as he begins to reassume a public profile.Tokyo College, which is run by the University o ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, South Korea finance ministers meet for 1st bilateral meeting in 7 years
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and his South Korean counterpart Choo Kyung-ho on Tuesday met on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) annual meetings held this week. ( read original story ...)
Jack Ma, the billionaire co-founder of Alibaba who disappeared from public life in 2020, has taken up a teaching role in Japan
Jack Ma, once China's richest man, will be and teaching about sustainable agriculture and food production, according to the University of Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s export controls ‘violate WTO rules’
Zhang Wei, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said Japan's planned export control measures are contrary to market rules, will cause shocks to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factory activity contracts at slower pace in April
Japan's factory activity contracted for the sixth straight month in April, but the details of a private survey released on Monday showed the manufacturing sector was edging towards stabilisation amid ... ( read original story ...)
The 6 coolest things about The Room, ANA’s luxurious business class seat with a wide bed and fully closing doors
Japan's biggest airline, All Nippon Airways, offers a spacious and private business class seat, but I was shocked to see a bidet in the lavatory. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Company Wants to Be 1st Business to Put Lander on Moon
Hakuto took a long, roundabout route to the moon following its December liftoff, beaming back photos of Earth along the way. Only three governments have successfully landed on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sumitomo taps into insect feed business
Japan's Sumitomo Corp. will begin selling insect-based feed for farmed fish in Japan later this year, becoming the country's first large trading house to do so. As insects are attracting global ... ( read original story ...)
Japan supports expansion of black garlic production in PH
The Japanese government is extending assistance to help Ilocos Norte improve its black garlic production.Under a preliminary agreement reached at the Makati residence of Japanese Ambassador Kazuhiko ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to restore preferred trade status for South Korea
Japan’s trade ministry says it has begun procedures to restore preferential trade status for South Korea, days after Seoul took a similar step for Tokyo and requested reciprocity, and more than three ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese business groups oppose Japan’s semiconductor exports revision
Two Chinese business groups have provided the Japanese government with their comments on its proposed revision of export control measures for semiconductor equipment, calling on Japan to consider its ... ( read original story ...)