Tag: business

Vaccine czar Taro Kono is seen winning elections this month to become Japan’s next prime minister, supporting more stimulus for the pandemic-hit economy and continuity in central bank policy at least ... ( read original story ...)

Time released its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People featuring some of the world's top business leaders, including Tesla's Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook. ( read original story ...)

Demonstration tests will be conducted in Osaka Prefecture in order to identify issues that need to be addressed for the practical application of flying cars in society and for commercializing the ... ( read original story ...)

A pachinko parlor in Osaka's Kita Ward was used as a COVID-19 vaccination site for a total of some 1,500 people including the parlor's employ ... ( read original story ...)

SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that's grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Apple News, today announced it has closed on $230 ... ( read original story ...)

Contactless payment technology brings convenience to consumers worldwide, especially in the wake of the current pandemic. And, by bringing contactless payment devices to wearables to integrate more ... ( read original story ...)

New coronavirus cases in Tokyo are continuing to drop to levels not seen since the runup to the fifth and highest wave of infections. ( read original story ...)

Japan's biggest hydrogen supplier Iwatani Corp and five other firms said on Wednesday they will study the feasibility of building a green liquefied hydrogen supply chain between Japan and Australia ... ( read original story ...)

A pachinko parlor in Osaka's Kita Ward was used as a COVID-19 vaccination site for a total of some 1,500 people including the parlor's employ ... ( read original story ...)

Indian Olympic Gold medalist, Neeraj Chopra, has recently garnered a lot of traction in the public eye and become what is effectively a household name after his success at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Paul Heyman has taken credit for new WWE signee Gable Steveson winning the Gold Medal in Freestyle Wrestling at this year's Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

We're in a sign that corporate spending is perking up despite a wider hit to the economy from the pandemic of Coronavirus. Japan's core machinery orders have risen in July after a dip. ( read original story ...)

Oil rises after fall in stocks. Oil prices rose after industry data showed a larger than expected fall in crude oil stocks in the U.S. and on expectations that increased vaccine r ... ( read original story ...)

The FEI has received confirmation that all human and equine samples taken during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have returned negative. “I am very proud to be able to confirm that, for ... ( read original story ...)

FEI president Ingmar De Vos said he was “very proud” to confirm, for the third Games in a row, that all human and equine samples taken in Tokyo had returned negative. “This should of course be ... ( read original story ...)

There were no positive doping cases among athletes or horses at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the FEI has said. ( read original story ...)