Most Asian markets rose Monday, with Tokyo leading the way as a win for Japan's ruling party in a weekend general election fuelled hopes it will push ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business chiefs hail ruling bloc win; hope for economic recovery
Japan's business leaders welcomed the victory of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling coalition in Sunday's lower house election, calling for strong leadership to revive the economy hit by the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida defies expectations as ruling LDP easily keeps majority
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling LDP defied expectations and held on to a majority in Sunday's parliamentary election, exit polls showed, solidifying his position in a fractious party ... ( read original story ...)
Exit Polls Show Japan Ruling Coalition To Retain Power, Lose Seats
Japan's ruling coalition is on track to retain power but lose seats in parliament, media predictions said after polls closed in Sunday's general election, the first major test for Prime Minister Fumio ... ( read original story ...)
Princess Mako of Japan’s commoner wedding suggests sexism will doom the royal family
Demoted from princess to citizen and wife, Mako has more rights and freedom than before. But the former royal's fate was sealed long before her birth. ( read original story ...)
Japan coalition projected to keep majority, PM’s party battered – NHK
Japan's ruling coalition is projected to stay in power but the party of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is forecast to take a drubbing in an election on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said, a blow that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida’s coalition keeps majority with fewer seats
Preliminary results show Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing coalition kept a majority in a parliamentary election but will lose some seats in a setback for his weeks-old government ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: 5 Questions With Festival Ambassador Ai Hashimoto
Since her debut in Tetsuya Nakashima’s acclaimed feature Confessions (2010) as a schoolgirl, Ai Hashimoto, 25, has built an impressive filmography, to say nothing of her television work, modeling and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan keeps borders closed to tourists despite drop in COVID-19 cases
Japan has also effectively shut out foreign students and business travelers. A big exception, much criticized, was made for athletes and officials arriving for the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rise slightly on strong earnings offset by uncertainties before election
Tokyo stocks finished slightly higher Friday as a slew of upbeat domestic earnings reports released the previous day fueled market sentiment, however, the uncertainties over possible outcomes of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida’s pledge to review quarterly disclosure may take years
Japan made quarterly disclosure mandatory in 2008 as part of ... arguing that quarterly disclosures force companies to focus too narrowly on short-term gains. “Companies must do business from a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Keeps Tourism Freeze Despite Plunge in Virus Cases
Japan has also effectively shut out foreign students and business travelers. A big exception, much criticized, was made for athletes and officials arriving for the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year. ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares dip ahead of election outcome; slow recovery weighs
Japanese shares dipped on Friday as investors refrained from ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Japan’s factory output hammered by supply snags, leaves economy reeling
That suggests business investment has not been growing ... and weaker than a 3.2% loss forecast in a Reuters poll of economists. Seven out of eight Japanese automakers are seeing global output drop in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factories extend output declines in Sept as supply disruptions weigh
TOKYO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Japan's factory output shrank for the third straight ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international ... ( read original story ...)
JETRO, University of Tokyo and Sumitomo Life to Host Online Symposium: “How to Nurture Global-minded Japanese University Startups”
SAN FRANCISCO, October 28, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is collaborating with the University of Tokyo, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company and U.S. ecosystem ... ( read original story ...)