Tag: business

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday as worries deepened about the regional economy and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory output likely fell for a second straight month in October, while retail sales probably grew at the fastest pace since May 2021, according to a Reuters poll of 17 economists, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's leveraged loan market remains solid despite a global market lull, an executive at MUFG Bank said, as the country's top bank continues to expand its leveraged lending business to back a growing ... ( read original story ...)

The Federal Reserve's signalling of a slowdown in the pace of U.S. interest rate hikes takes pressure off global peers to keep on raising rates and offers relief to emerging markets, which have ... ( read original story ...)

The Global Times recently spoke with a number of Japanese economists and business executives who believe that "the full 'decoupling' of the Japanese and Chinese economies will be extremely costly, and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s services PMI fell to 50.0 in November from 53.2 in the prior month, indicating that service sector activity remained static in November. The reading comes as Japanese fi ... ( read original story ...)

Yoshitsu Co., Ltd (“Yoshitsu” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TKLF), a retailer and wholesaler of Japanese beauty and health products, as well as sundry products and other products in Japan, today ... ( read original story ...)

Robots have long been considered a solution to the global care crisis, especially in robotics superpower Japan. But the automation of nursing primarily begins with sensors and cameras. How the crisis ... ( read original story ...)

A Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare council has begun deliberations on reforms to Japan's pension system slated for 2025. These changes must creat ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s major seafood companies are feeling both negative and positive effects from a weakening of the country's currency. Japanese importers must pay more to purchase seafood and transportation, and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Friday said it would grant emergency approval to Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co Ltd's COVID-19 drug, making it the first domestically developed oral drug for patients with mild symptoms. ( read original story ...)

Fanatics is expanding its partnership with Nike to manufacture sports merchandise for the Yomiuri Giants, Japan's most successful and popular baseball team. ( read original story ...)

Kishida's governing party wants to double Japan's current defense budget to about 10 trillion ($70 billion) in the next five years ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc aims to enlarge its footprint in the Japanese automotive sector as the global shift to electric vehicles (EVs) shakes the industry's supply chain, its ... ( read original story ...)

Residents are cutting down expenses on food, travel and other items to cope with rising prices, survey shows Core consumer inflation hit 40-year high in October, accelerated by higher energy prices ... ( read original story ...)

GBP/JPY is aiming to smash a two-week high around 169.00 as the risk-off profile is losing traction. UK’s novel leadership is being criticized for ignoring economic prospects. Japan’s Kishida is ... ( read original story ...)