If policymakers objected to Couche-Tard, as French ministers did when the $55 billion company tried to buy supermarket operator Carrefour (CARR.PA), opens new tab in 2021, they would undercut a ... ( read original story ...)
Puff, Puff, Pass… Out: How Tokyo Smoke Got Burned by the Cannabis Boom
In what some might call an inevitable conclusion, Tokyo Smoke, once a darling of Canada’s cannabis retail industry, has filed for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement ... ( read original story ...)
‘Japan’s UGC monetization is starting late but growing rapidly.’
The Japanese music industry’s reliance on physical CDs as its primary revenue driver has meant, however, that the UGC monetization market in Japan has lagged behind other mature music markets. That’s ... ( read original story ...)
Toys targeting ‘kidults’ featured at Tokyo Toy Show 2024
About 35,000 toy items from 190 Japanese and foreign companies are being showcased at International Tokyo Toy Show 2024. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei reporter arrested after texting man at Japan news outlet 64 times
Police have arrested a female reporter for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun business daily on suspicion of violating the Anti-Stalking Act for allege ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Consumer Confidence Remains Stable
Japan's consumer sentiment held steady in August after rising slightly in the previous month, survey data from the Cabinet Office ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kirin clinched Fancl takeover to propel health pivot, president says
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Kirin Holdings has secured enough shares to take ... MY.Alpha, which has managed the Asian hedge fund business of York Capital Management Global Advisors, did not reply to a ... ( read original story ...)
How Japan Airlines Is Leaning On Its Third-Party MRO Business
How Japan Airlines Is Leaning On Its Third-Party MRO Business is part of our Aviation Week & Space Technology - Inside MRO and AWIN subscriptions. Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive full ... ( read original story ...)
Cannabis retailer Tokyo Smoke to close 29 stores amid creditor protection proceedings
Tokyo Smoke says the moves are meant to better align its operations ... The owner of Inspire Studio in Minnedosa is dealing with a bit of a head-scratcher, as the statue outside her business has been ... ( read original story ...)
Seven & I seeking govt protection tests Japan’s appetite for reform
The Japanese operator of 7-Eleven stores is seeking designation as a core company under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota shutters Japan factories as typhoon approaches
Auto giant Toyota is suspending production at all its factories in Japan because of an approaching typhoon, the company said Wednesday."From today's ... ( read original story ...)
Collector Kankuro Ueshima on His Prodigious Art Buying, Starting a Tokyo Museum, and Emerging Artists in Japan
The 45-year-old Japanese collector tells us how he went from building a collection of international contemporary art to opening a private museum in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
BOJ may add wage-related items to Tankan business survey
The Bank of Japan says it may add wage-related questions to its quarterly Tankan survey of domestic business sentiment. ( read original story ...)
IKEA launches new urban store model in Tokyo’s Shibuya
TOKYO -- Swedish furniture giant IKEA reopened its renovated location in Tokyo's Shibuya ward on Tuesday as an experimental store with large digital displays and an emphasis on online shopping, as the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Cat employees’ at Tokyo office boost efficiency for human co-workers
TOKYO -- A system engineering firm here has 11 unusual employees ... so having the cats interrupt us is just the right amount of change of pace." When the business purchased the four-story building ... ( read original story ...)
Minnesota consultants are networking ahead of Expo Osaka 2025
Expo Osaka 2025 is expected to bring about 28 million people to ... "The opportunity exists for anyone who is currently doing business in Japan or would like to do business in Japan," Johnson said. ( read original story ...)