Tag: business

Japan’s pachinko industry, a bulwark in the country’s amusement industry, has been hit hard during the pandemic. According to pachinko news site Green Belt, nearly 640 pachinko parlors closed in 2021. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s population shrank last year for the first time in a quarter century, as more businesses turned to remote work amid the pandemic. The population of Japan’s capital dropped by about 48,600 ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese retailer Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd is in final negotiations to sell its department store unit, Sogo & Seibu, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday, amid investor pressure to focus on ... ( read original story ...)

Before the wild-eyed man could escape, they grabbed him, tied his hands behind his back, and marched him at gunpoint to the island authorities, who could scarcely believe the story he had to tell. The ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he is not yet considering declaring a state of emergency for Tokyo over a recent spike in novel coronavirus cases amid the spread of the highly contagious ... ( read original story ...)

Economists at ING highlight no signs of concern from Japan regarding JPY weakness. As such, they expect USD/JPY to race higher given that no action is set to take place until the pair reaches the 120 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s factory output has shrunk for the first time in three months in December as a decline in machinery production outweighed a small rise in auto production, casting a cloud over the strength of ... ( read original story ...)

Featuring cuisine from various regions of Myanmar, Spring Revolution Restaurant shows how united the country could be. ( read original story ...)

Factory production lost 1.0% in December from the previous month, pulled down by a decline in output of general-purpose and production machinery, including chip-making equipment. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s industrial production rebounded last quarter, with the recovery in manufacturing likely helping restore economic growth at the end of 2021 before the omicron variant started its rapid spread. ( read original story ...)

Industrial production in Japan gained 2.7 percent on year in December, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Monday. ( read original story ...)

A group of young people standing by in front of major stations in Tokyo and Osaka, who approach pedestrians and ask things like ... ( read original story ...)

ALBANY - If Albany Nanotech is awarded the National Semiconductor Technology Center — a $2 billion federal research center for computer chip manufacturing research envisioned by U.S. Sen. Majority ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is unveiling new funds for environmental and social impact companies in an ongoing push to grow the Japanese capital as an international finance hub. ( read original story ...)

In an effort to increase foreign-domestic investment, the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office and the Tokyo Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs signed an agreement Wednesday that ... ( read original story ...)

Shareholder activism continues to gain momentum in Japan as domestic institutional investors become increasingly receptive to shareholder proposals and board nominees. Even when activist proposals are ... ( read original story ...)