Tag: business

TOKYO: The Japanese government should offer free passports to 18-year-olds who have legally become adults to motivate more young people to travel abroad, the head of a travel industry group said in a ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka is abuzz as the city prepares for World Expo 2025, with those who recall Japan’s last World Expo, in 1970, particularly enthusiastic. ( read original story ...)

In what could be a boost for India’s nascent shipbuilding industry, companies from Japan and South Korea have expressed interest in investing in the sector, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, and ... ( read original story ...)

Visitors to Tokyo and Kyoto might not realize it, but Osaka — one of Japan’s biggest and oldest cities, known more as a business hub than a tourist destination -- is gearing up to host next year’s ... ( read original story ...)

Corporate Japan, by contrast, has become far friendlier to shareholders of listed firms. Governance reforms that began after Abe Shinzo became prime minister in 2012 have chipped away at stuffy and ... ( read original story ...)

Business confidence at big Japanese manufacturers sank to a seven-month low in September, with managers across a wide range of sectors citing soft Chinese demand as a concern, a Reuters monthly poll ... ( read original story ...)

Pretty much for as long as jewelry stores have been around, they’ve had pretty tight security. Precious stones have an extremely high value-to-weight ratio, and there’s a large second-hand market for ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Fashion Week maintained momentum with a slimmed-down but mighty schedule that proved it to be an increasingly formidable fashion incubator. ( read original story ...)

The number of corporate bankruptcies with debts of at least ¥10 million in Japan in August dropped 4.8% from a year earlier to 723, down for the first time in two years and five months, Tokyo Shoko ... ( read original story ...)

By Alexandra Alper, Yuka Obayashi and John Geddie WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - A month before Nippon Steel discovered its $15 billion takeover of U.S. Steel was on the brink of being torpedoed by ... ( read original story ...)

Chubby Cattle BBQ Little Tokyo, which opened on Aug. 23, is Chubby Group’s 30th location. “We are very excited to bring yakiniku, a true Japanese BBQ experience usually offering Wagyu beef, to Little ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s reforms mean that listed firms can no longer simply dismiss takeover attempts out of hand. That has fuelled a surge in dealmaking. Between 2013 and 2023 the number of mergers and acquisitions ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Group has taken steps toward selling subsidiary Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, rethinking its position in the R&D-intensive pharmaceutical sector to free up funds for ... ( read original story ...)

Business Opportunities Await As RX Japan Highlights Smart Farming Technologies At J AGRI Tokyo 2024 ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese market performance followed a global slump caused by a weaker than expected US jobs growth and speculation over a Fed rate cut ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese companies are increasingly abandoning an approach to business in China that once seemed immune to politics, a stark shift after years when they were the biggest single investors in their ... ( read original story ...)