Tag: business

The Japan Harassment Association in Osaka praised the move by Tokyo-based Panasonic Connect, which has about 28,500 employees. ( read original story ...)

Internationally famed tennis player, Naomi Osaka; and Groot Hospitality's founder, David Grutman have invested in frozen desserts startup Boba x Ice cream that brings Asian-American culture to center ... ( read original story ...)

A subsidiary of electronics giant Panasonic Holdings Corp. has decided it will immediately demote employees found to have committed s ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced a new $5.5 billion financial aid for Ukraine and will mark the first anniversary of the war by hosting an online Group of Seven summit with Ukrainian ... ( read original story ...)

Mixed inside are stories of joy and pain, tradition and racism, legacy and loss. In this intimate portrait of a sweet shop that has become a memory bank for the Japanese-American community, it's clear ... ( read original story ...)

A survey shows that 80 percent of Japan's small and mid-sized businesses are planning pay hikes for the new fiscal year starting in April. ( read original story ...)

Convenience store sales in Japan rose for the 11th straight month in January as the recovery from the pandemic continued. ( read original story ...)

The International Space Industry Exhibition which was held in Tokyo from February 1 to 3 brought together robots, products, and life ... ( read original story ...)

In his first overseas business trip to the US in the late 1950s, Shoichiro Toyoda made one of the biggest mistakes of his career. Toyoda, then aged 32, gave the green light for Toyota to export its ... ( read original story ...)

With medical and nursing care technology thriving, two Tokyo startups are making remarkable strides: Triple W Japan and Holoeyes. ( read original story ...)

A trial looking into widespread bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee began Friday with a former head of a major ad company admitting to the charges. ( read original story ...)

Japan's H3 rocket, the country's first new medium-lift launcher in three decades, failed to lift off on Friday because two secondary booster engines strapped to the side of the space vehicle didn't ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government's commitments are estimated to directly ... will establish a more open investment climate for business expansion. Meanwhile, loan agreements amounting to 377 billion yen, ... ( read original story ...)

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, will make its Japan debut with the launch of Centara Grand Hotel Osaka. Based on what we know so far and our previous reports, Centara's ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's biggest power generator JERA said on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, also called TAQA, to explore opportunities to develop ... ( read original story ...)

"With other advanced economies heading into recessions, we still expect net trade to drag Japan into a recession as well in the first half, especially since business investment is weakening faster ... ( read original story ...)