Tag: business

Japan's government on Monday maintained its assessment that the country's economy is picking up as the downside effects of the coronavirus pandemic begin to wane and private and business spending ... ( read original story ...)

With more countries stepping up regulations on IT giants to protect users, Japan is looking to enact its own strict measures. In early June, the Ministry of Justice reiterated its request that some ... ( read original story ...)

B2B travel events specialist Connections is to host the third edition of its Tokyo luxury forum in November. Connections Luxury Tokyo will run from November 13-16 in partnership with the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Former department store employee Takanori Namigishi wasn’t long out of university when he was asked by his boss to respond to a tricky complaint. A customer had contacted the company about a ... ( read original story ...)

Welcome to the Famima laundromat! As of 31 May, 2022, there are 16,564 Family Mart stores around Japan. And out of all of these thousands of branches, only 33 of them offer something extra special for ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government will soon push businesses to disclose so-called human-capital metrics over four categories, aiming to give investors a more accurate picture of companies' strengths and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Covid-19 death rate is the lowest among the world's wealthiest nations, with health experts pointing to continued mask wearing, extensive vaccination ... ( read original story ...)

STORY: Here’s what to watch in the business and finance world in the week to June 24. Keep an eye on Japanese inflation data on Friday.The Bank of Japan has bucked a global trend of monetary ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's yen is at its weakest in decades and inflicting high costs of imported food and fuel on households and businesses, but also proving to be an unexpected tailwind for multinationals such as ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core consumer price index for May is expected to climb 2.1 per cent from a year earlier, its second straight month of gains above the central bank's 2 per cent inflation target, a Reuters poll ... ( read original story ...)

This year’s Top 2022 Asian, Australian, African & Russian Confectioners — which is compiled exclusively by Candy Industry and is based on company finanical data reporting as of April 1, 2022 — shows ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japan Fair Trade Commission will publicize ... as doing so could affect the target's business or provide an opportunity to destroy evidence. The agency will resolve details such ... ( read original story ...)

With Japan's traditionalist work culture set to clash with the radicalism of the four-day week, we examine how proposals to inject more flexibility into the economy will fare ... ( read original story ...)

Nearly half of Japanese companies see a weak yen as bad for their business, a private survey showed this week, suggesting the currency's declines are hurting business sentiment. ($1 = 133.9800 yen) ... ( read original story ...)

Businesses across the country are now having to move swiftly to ensure they're still able to run operations that previously relied on apps built atop Microsoft's long-tenured browser ... ( read original story ...)

Japan ran its biggest single-month trade deficit in more than eight years in May as high commodity prices and declines in the yen swelled imports, clouding the country's economic outlook. ( read original story ...)