Tag: business

Japanese automaker Honda has cut its business forecast for the current fiscal year as an ongoing parts shortage takes its toll. ( read original story ...)

U.S. proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co on Friday recommended shareholders of Japan's Shinsei Bank Ltd vote for the lender's plan for a poison pill defence against an unsolicited $1.1 billion bid ... ( read original story ...)

Farmers in Japan's northeastern Fukushima fear the release of water from the crippled power plant there could revive concerns about contamination and again hit the price of their produce, undoing a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan government has agreed to provide cash payout of about $880 to all children as part of an economic stimulus plan aimed at blunting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) posted a second-quarter investment return of 1.88 trillion yen ($16.54 billion), fuelled by gains from domestic stocks, it said on Friday. By the end ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's trade minister has asked the United States to abolish extra tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Japan, making the request in a meeting with Washington's trade representative, Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has pledged a $25-million (P1.26 billion) grant to support plans to buy out coal-fired power plants in the Philippines and Indonesia and accelerate their retirement from ... ( read original story ...)

Business sentiment among Japanese companies in Malaysia is forecast to improve in the first half of 2022 (1H2022) based on a survey by the Japanese Chamber of Trade and Industry Malaysia (JACTIM). ( read original story ...)

Japanese businesspeople working in China say they have been disappointed with Beijing’s current policy direction, which might stifle spending and investment. ( read original story ...)

Quarterly Financial Review Tokyo Cement Group (Tokyo Cement) reported its results for the second quarter ended 30th September 2021, with a turnover of Rs. 11,885 Mn reflecting a Year-on-Year growth of ... ( read original story ...)

The government is considering reducing the quarantine time for vaccinated foreign nationals that arrive in Japan for short business trips, study abroad and technical training to three days from the ... ( read original story ...)

Despite the lifting of pandemic-related business restrictions, nearly a fifth of restaurants in Tokyo have maintained shorter operating hours due to uncertainty over the return of customers. The ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Tokyo are trying to locate a loose monkey in the city after the primate was spotted near a religious shrine and a subway station. ( read original story ...)

Inspur Information and the Tokyo Institute of Technology announced a collaboration to build a smart parking system using edge computing. The parking system uses Inspur Information’s EIS200 edge ... ( read original story ...)

Dentsu Inc. Tokyo has announced that the company has appointed Yasuharu Sasaki as its Chief Creative Officer. Sasaki will lead the 800-plus team of creatives in the company, as they aim to help client ... ( read original story ...)

Bridgestone will withdraw completely from the conveyor belt business by the end of 2024. What does this mean for the company? ( read original story ...)