All-you-can-eat ('tabehoudai') buffets offer a wide variety of food from sushi to desserts. While the buffet style is prevalent in other countries as well, it is one of Japan's characteristics that ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese companies join hands to research the potential of swappable battery tech for CVs
The partnership is working to address one of the principal challenges presented by commercial battery electric vehicles (BEVs) of recharging which takes longer than the refuelling time for ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 cases explode again in Japan, South Korea
The claims that the COVID-19 pandemic is over are lies to keep the economy open and profits flowing into the pockets of big business. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s traditional crafts are struggling to survive the country’s population decline
The city of Kanazawa produces most of Japan's fine gold leaf, but there aren't enough young people to take over the craft. The same situation is playing out for small family businesses across Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan MICE Industry Market Report 2022: Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2027 – ResearchAndMarkets.com
Prospects, Trends Analysis, Market Size and Forecasts up to 2027” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The country research report on Japan MICE industry market is a customer ... ( read original story ...)
Sources: Ex-exec. of Tokyo Games pitched Aoki Holdings as a potential sponsor
Japanese investigative sources say that a former executive of the Tokyo Games' organizing committee pitched a major business wear retailer, Aoki Holdings, as a potential sponsor of the Games to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Reports Q1 Profit Jump, Mizuho Suffers Drop
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc reported a bigger-than-expected increase in first-quarter net profit thanks to improved economic conditions, while higher credit costs weighed on rival ... ( read original story ...)
Soundraw, AI music composer from Japan, secures $1.4M to boost global expansion effort
Founder Daigo Kusunoki sits in the center among the Soundraw team.Image credit: Soundraw Tokyo-based Soundraw, the Japanese startup behind an AI-powered music composing service under the same ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial posts 24.2% jump in Q1 net
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's second-largest bank ... profit as improved economic conditions helped boost its main lending business. Profit was 252.4 billion yen ($1.90 billion) in the April-June ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s industrial output up for 1st time in 3 months
New economic data from Japan suggests the country's manufacturing sector is turning a corner. The industrial output index rose in June for the first time in three months. ( read original story ...)
Jokowi Brings Back $11.9b in Investments from Japan, S. Korea
Japan and South Korea have been Indonesia's major sources of foreign direct investments in the past few years. ( read original story ...)
Eleven years roll by Tokyo Street
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur’s Tokyo Street celebrates its 11th anniversary in conjunction with the 40 years of Malaysia’s Look East Policy (LEP). “I’m deeply grateful that Pavilion KL has been commemorating ... ( read original story ...)
Japan on track for modest recovery for now after factory output jump
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - Japan's economy likely made a moderate recovery in the second quarter as manufacturing output rebounded strongly after China eased Covid-19 lockdown curbs in Shanghai, reducing ... ( read original story ...)
US, Japan set to agree on joint research for semiconductors
TOKYO: Japan and the United States are expected to agree on joint research for next-generation semiconductors to establish a secure source of the vital components during economic talks between the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Industrial Output Jumps 8.9% On Month In June
Industrial production in Japan was up a seasonally adjusted 8.9 percent on month in June, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Prosecutors must get to the bottom of Tokyo Games corruption scandal
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation unit has launched an investigation into Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive bo ... ( read original story ...)