Tag: business

A former chairman and two other senior officials of major business suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc. admitted in court Thursday to hav ... ( read original story ...)

Visitor arrivals to Japan jumped to nearly 1 million in November, the first full month after the country scrapped Covid-19 curbs. ( read original story ...)

The average winter bonus at large Japanese companies rose for the first time in three years, up 8.92 percent from a year earlier to 894,179 yen ($6,800), the country's most powerful business lobby ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) has renewed a deal with Saudi Aramco for crude oil storage on the island of Okinawa for another three years, the state-run Japanese company ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government upgraded its growth projections for the next fiscal year as rising wages are expected to prop up consumer ... ( read original story ...)

A trial is set to begin on Thursday of former executives of a business suit retailer charged with offering bribes to win sponsorship rights for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. ( read original story ...)

JAPAN’S government revised up on Thursday (Dec 22) its growth forecast for the next fiscal year on prospects for higher business expenditure and substantial wage hikes that are seen underpinning ... ( read original story ...)

Visitor arrivals to Japan jumped to nearly 1 million in November, the first full month after the country scrapped COVID-19 cur ... ( read original story ...)

Visitor arrivals to Japan jumped to nearly 1 million in November, the first full month after the country scrapped COVID-19 curbs that effectively halted tourism for more than two years, data showed on ... ( read original story ...)

The BOJ's monetary meeting concluded Tuesday with no change to its current ultra-low interest rate at -0.1%, a stance it's held since 2016. ( read original story ...)

The adjustment to bond buying policies was a rare move for the central bank, keen on helping the country battle rising inflation and a weak currency. ( read original story ...)

The bilateral merchandise trade volume between Cambodia and Japan totalled $1.789 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, rising by 13.11 per cent on-year, with Cambodian exports accounting for a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - The yen surged to a four-month peak against the US dollar on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) stunned markets by deciding to review its yield curve control policy and widen the trading ... ( read original story ...)

For a country where emoji were invented, Japan’s bureaucracy remains steadfastly analog. © Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters People watch Sony’s robotic dogs, known as Aibo, d ... ( read original story ...)

Evening Standard FTSE 100 live.jpg . Shares in Tokyo have fallen sharply after an unexpected move by the Bank of Japan signalled the beginning of the ... ( read original story ...)

Sheila Smith of the Council on Foreign Relations says that's "a kind of offensive capability that the Japanese have not had to date." ... ( read original story ...)