Tag: business

The Tokyo Stock Exchange extended its trading hours by 30 minutes from Tuesday as part of its efforts to make the bourse more attractive to foreign investors and encourage dealing activity. With the ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has appointed former Fidelity International banker Raphael Charon as head of middle market direct lending for MUFG in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the bank ... ( read original story ...)

The Asian country is now gearing up to build a "conveyor belt road" between the capital city of Tokyo and Osaka. The automated cargo transport ... The system, intended for business deliveries, may be ... ( read original story ...)

A victory for Kamala Harris in the US presidential election has the potential to support Japan’s ailing currency while a win for Donald Trump would probably boost the Tokyo stock market and put the ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- A Japanese business delegation urged Beijing on Monday to "facilitate conditions for China visits," apparently referring to the detention of foreign nationals over spying ... ( read original story ...)

Thailand's Commerce Minister, Pichai Naripthaphan, recently held talks with Keita Ishii, President of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to explore ways to enhance economic relations between ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese trade promotion agency has opened an office in Kyiv to facilitate private businesses' entry into Ukraine, in one of Japan' ... ( read original story ...)

Dynamic pricing, a strategy in which prices of services or products are raised or lowered based on demand, has changed the hotel scene in cen･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Luxury brands that align with Japanese values of quality, craftsmanship, and simplicity stand to win big in Japan. ( read original story ...)

In Japan, where many conventional bookstores have closed, a new business model sees people rent shelves in a store to sell their books "I'm holding an illustrated book of cheeses," says a delighted ... ( read original story ...)

Inspired by Korea and aware of a declining local market, Japan's famously risk-averse studios are announcing aggressive international expansion plans. ( read original story ...)

The impact on sales and other deals at the TIFFCOM market of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), however ... an executive in the international business department of film giant Shochiku, on the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese trading house Marubeni on Friday posted a net profit of 238.1 billion yen ($1.6 billion) in the six months to end-September on lower commodity prices, down 13% from the same period a year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO-- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--" teamLab Planets TOKYO DMM " in Toyosu, Tokyo (hereinafter referred to as teamLab Planets), will unveil a large-scale expansion on January 22, 2025. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s rising minimum wage is likely to push up inflation mainly through higher services prices, the central bank said on Friday (Nov 1), signalling confidence over prospects that inflation will ... ( read original story ...)

After Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers last December, Little Tokyo has seen a resurgence for many small businesses. ( read original story ...)