Tag: business

Seven-Eleven Japan is advancing its digital transformation strategy with Seven Central, its data cloud platform built on Google Cloud that consolidates and analyzes data from its 21,000 stores across ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Business Federation said Monday that Masakazu Tokura, chairman of Sumitomo Chemical Co., will replace Hiroaki Nakanishi as ... ( read original story ...)

Mayumi Kotani grew up in southern Japan, in Kyoto prefecture, where women and men carried an equal load. In her small fishing village, about 100 meters from the sea, her mother was an active worker, ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Panasonic Corp expects operating profit to jump by almost a third this business year as economic recovery from coronavirus lockdowns spurs ... ( read original story ...)

Hiroaki Nakanishi, the head of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, will step down at the beginning of June owing to ill health, local media quoted sources close to the matter as saying ... ( read original story ...)

As many as 296 among some 48,700 eateries in Osaka Prefecture had been found serving alcohol as of May 4 in defiance of a national government ... ( read original story ...)

A hacking attack that hit Coincheck in 2018 put a wet blanket on a growing cryptocurrency frenzy, but local players feel the industry has now turned a corner. ( read original story ...)

The business performance of companies in Japan is becoming polarized due to the spread of the coronavirus. While digitalization and stay-at-home deman ... ( read original story ...)

Seated inside Tokyo's new $1.4 billion National Stadium, Sebastian Coe again tried to reassure athletes and skeptical residents of Japan that the postponed Olympics will be safe when they open in just ... ( read original story ...)

The head of the world governing body of track and field helped Japanese officials run a meet at the new National Stadium this weekend. ( read original story ...)

The Canadian, who missed the rearranged qualification window due to maternity leave, is taking her case to Court of Arbitration for Sport ... ( read original story ...)

At least 10 Japanese companies have had ties to firms affiliated with Myanmar's military or have taken part in projects that could be sources of income for the junta. ( read original story ...)

A northeast Japan diner run by a family who survived the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami has weathered destruction and ga ... ( read original story ...)

The government — desperate to show a worried public it is in control of virus efforts even as it pushes a massive sporting event that a growing number of Japanese oppose hosting in a pandemic — on ... ( read original story ...)

The head of tobacco giant Philip Morris said the company will phase out conventional cigarettes in Japan within 10 years, in an interview with the Nikkei business daily published Friday. The Marlboro ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s prime minister on Friday extended a state of emergency in the nation’s two largest metropolitan areas struggling to contain a fourth wave of the coronavirus. Also Friday, U.S. military bases ... ( read original story ...)