Under rules set to come into effect on Feb. 24, residents will now have to show proof of vaccination to enter shopping malls, grocery stores and universities 6:00 p.m. Business sentiment in Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank drops sale of Arm, plans IPO
SoftBank founder and Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, one of the most famous rags-to-riches successes in Japan’s business world, has repeatedly stressed that his decisions have proved sound in the long ... ( read original story ...)
Sony More Likely Than Microsoft to Acquire a Japanese Game Company, Analyst Explains
Generally speaking, Japanese companies aren't keen on being bought up, with mergers — like Square Enix and Koei Tecmo — being much more common. Additionally, hostile takeovers are pretty much viewed ... ( read original story ...)
US, Japan set to announce steel import quota deal, sources say
Japan's steel industry is highly dependent on coal-fired blast ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
The United States and Japan will announce a deal to roll back Trump administration steel tariffs.
Up to 1.2 million tons of Japanese steel will be allowed to come into the country ... saying that a glut of foreign steel and aluminum threatened to put U.S. manufacturers out of business and posed a ... ( read original story ...)
74 Tsutaya Retail Chain Stores to End Video Rental Business by October 2023
Sales of the video rental business in Top Culture's Tsutaya stores have decreased ... CCC opened its first shared workspace area in a store in Tokyo in December. CCC also plans to open high-end ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s tech giant Toshiba to split; sell stake in Carrier
FILE – In this June 15, 2017, file photo, the logo of Toshiba Corp., Japan’s electronics and energy company, is seen on a screen during a press conference in Yokosuka, near Tokyo. Embattled Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Once niche, Tesla capitalises on Japan’s late embrace of EVs
Japan’s automakers and government have instead preferred ... Tesla still struggles with poor brand recognition and its direct-to-consumer business model also confounds most shoppers accustomed to ... ( read original story ...)
Ghostwire: Tokyo Preview – There’s something strange in the Shibuya neighbourhood
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW – The Shibuya ward of Tokyo has been cut off from the rest of the world ... bound to the Earth and unable to move on until their business is finished. One old woman refuses to ... ( read original story ...)
Ghostwire: Tokyo has a yokai cat that runs a bodega
Tokyo is going to play. It looks fun, but I’m reserving judgment until I know if it feels as good as it looks. GamesBeat's creed when covering the game industry is "where passion meets business." ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba says considering two-way split, sale of air conditioner business
"at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url=" Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Toshiba Corp is considering splitting in half instead of three and offloading its air conditioning business, the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Small, mid-sized companies in Tokyo scramble to maintain operations amid omicron spread
(Mainichi/Shinji Kurokawa) TOKYO -- As small and medium-size firms have been confronting risks of suspending their business operations due to employees' infections amid the sudden spread of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s strict COVID rules prompt German firms to rethink business ties
Japan's blanket ban on bringing in new workers from overseas is hurting foreign firms as well as the business-friendly reputation of the world's third-largest economy.Restrictions on entering Japan ... ( read original story ...)
As COVID cases surge in Japan, is a state of emergency the way to go?
Unlike lockdowns in other countries, Japan’s state of emergency does not come with stay-at-home orders or curfews. Instead, it allows local governments to order or request business closures, in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo changes COVID-19 emergency-request threshold to focus on severe patients
Tokyo has unveiled a set of new benchmarks it will use when ... A quasi-state of emergency allows local authorities to ask bars and restaurants to shorten their business hours and limit or stop the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan has no plans to review sales tax rates, finance minister says
TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Japanese is not considering reviewing future national ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international ... ( read original story ...)