Two-time champion Naomi Osaka has confirmed she will not play at the Australian Open, adding her name to a growing list of notable withdrawals. ( read original story ...)
Japan System Techniques: Fund Engagement Proved Effective But Hard Work Ahead
Japan System Techniques is a niche IT services provider in Japan and its shares strongly outperformed in CY2022. See why we rate the stock a hold. ( read original story ...)
US, Japan launch task force on rights and labour standards in supply chains
WASHINGTON - The United States and Japan on Friday launched a task force to promote human rights and international labour standards in supply chains, amid shared concerns about China’s treatment of ... ( read original story ...)
Amid AO uncertainty, Naomi Osaka signs Ons Jabeur to her management agency
The Tunisian joins Osaka and Nick Kyrgios at the player's boutique agency, one of several business ventures she launched in 2022. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s real wages fall at fastest pace in over 8 years in November, weighed by inflation
Japan's real wages fell at their fastest rate - 3.8% - in over eight years in November as a result of higher inflation, while nominal pay growth slowed despite rising for the 11th straight month, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s real wages fell at fastest pace in over 8 years in Nov
TOKYO - Japan's real wages fell at their fastest rate - 3.8 percent - in more than eight years in November as a result of higher inflation, while nominal pay growth slowed despite rising for the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese government offers Tokyo residents ¥1 million to leave
Recipients will need to live outside the city for at least 5 years, with plans of working full-time or operating a business ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo is so crowded the government is paying families to leave
Japan is offering to pay families to move out of its overcrowded capital, in an effort to revitalize countryside towns and boost the falling birth rate. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas unit close to $4.6B deal for US natgas producer: report
A unit of Tokyo Gas Co. is in advanced talks to buy U.S. natural gas producer Rockcliff Energy for about $4.6 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Rockcliff is owned by private ... ( read original story ...)
City.Tech Tokyo
After the cancellation of both WebSummit Tokyo and Barkation conferences, Tokyo has now no major international startup conferences. What kind of startup hub can the Japanese capital aspire to be? The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business owners can’t find successors. This man gave his away.
It is inevitable that many small- and medium-size companies will go out of business as Japan's population shrinks, but policymakers fear that the country could be hit by a surge in closures as aging ... ( read original story ...)
Families Will Get 1 Million Yen To Leave Tokyo. Here’s Why
Japan is going to pay families 1 million Yen per child to move out of Tokyo this year to combat the rapid depopulation in the country's rural areas. ( read original story ...)
Japanese government offers families 1m yen a child to leave Tokyo
Government boosts incentives to lure people to ‘unfashionable’ regional areas hit by ageing, shrinking populations ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Business Owners Can’t Find Successors. This Man Is Giving His Away.
An owner’s struggle in Japan’s northern dairy region illuminates one of the potentially devastating economic impacts of an aging society. ( read original story ...)
Leave Tokyo to get million yen per child: Japan’s lucrative offer to families comes with conditions
Through the scheme, which will be implemented in April, the government hopes to depopulate Tokyo and encourage people to move to Japan’s rural areas ... ( read original story ...)
Families offered more than £6,000 per child to move out of Tokyo
Japanese government raise financial incentive to move to countryside to reduce population density of one of world’s most congested cities ... ( read original story ...)