Tokyo stocks dropped on Wednesday with market participators' caution prevailing ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting result, yet the fall was regarded limited. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ... ( read original story ...)
Man arrested for threatening ‘massacre’ at vaccination site in Tokyo
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of obstruction of business after he faxed a threat to a police station, threatening a “massacre” at a vaccination site in Tokyo. According ... ( read original story ...)
PROJECT Announces 2022 Global Event Calendar for Contemporary Men’s and Women’s Fashion Markets in Las Vegas, New York, and Tokyo
Expanding on refreshed market-focused strategies unveiled in 2021, PROJECT returns in 2022 with a full calendar of global opportunities and a variety of platforms for the contemporary market, fueling ... ( read original story ...)
mesm Tokyo, Autograph Collection Launches a Special Plan Focusing on the Motif of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ as Interpreted by the Shiki Theater Compa
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--mesm Tokyo, Autograph Collection is launching its first collaboration with the Japanese Shiki theater company with its latest production of the popular musical ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to issue business improvement order to Mizuho after system failures
The administrative measure comes after seven system failures have occurred at the Japanese megabank this year. ( read original story ...)
Anomali Appoints Goro Kikuchi Country Manager for Japan
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anomali, the leader in intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions, today announced the appointment of Goro Kikuchi as Country Manager for Japan. As an industry veteran with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s MUFG pulls back from U.S. retail banking in $8 bln deal with U.S. Bancorp
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is pulling back from U.S. retail banking with the $8 billion sale of MUFG Union Bank (MUB) to U.S. Bancorp as digital technology and industry consolidation ... ( read original story ...)
Degica celebrates becoming first Japanese payments company to sponsor Money20/20 with free AI website translation for new sign-ups
Degica, an AI-powered global payments company headquartered in Tokyo, is celebrating its debut as the first Japanese fintech to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Film Fest to Open With Clint Eastwood’s ‘Cry Macho,’ Close With ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
For its 34th edition, the fest plans to hold physical screenings at cinemas in the Japanese capital "to enable audiences to experience the joy of watching films on the big screen." ... ( read original story ...)
Uruguay expands meat sales business to Japan, South Korea
Uruguayan meat sales to Japan have been growing at an increasingly faster pace, according to press reports. In 2019, trade was worth US $ 20 million; in 2020, US $ 24 million and so far in 2021, ... ( read original story ...)
Evergrande woes hit Japan’s toilet, air-conditioner and paint manufacturers
Concern that China Evergrande may default on its mountain of debt hit shares of toilet maker Toto and other Japanese firms that are seen vulnerable to a further slowdown in China's property ... ( read original story ...)
World Business Watch: Japan’s Honda Motor Company hit hard by chip crisis
Honda Motor has said its car factories in Japan have been operating at 40 percent of capacity in August and September. It is because of shortages of semiconductors and other components which was ... ( read original story ...)
JETRO Partners with Premier US Accelerators to Promote Rising Japanese Startups in the Global Market
The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) will host an online acceleration program in partnership with the Cabinet Office of Japan from October 2021 to March 2022. In this program, JETRO will ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ’s U.S. unit gets cease-and-desist order from OCC
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said on Monday it sent a cease-and-desist order to MUFG Union Bank NA, the U.S. unit of Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc, over the bank's ... ( read original story ...)
Wearsafe Launches in Japan and Welcomes Hideki Matsui as Brand Ambassador
Wearsafe Labs, creators of the Wearsafe personal safety and communication platform, has partnered with baseball great Hideki Matsui for its launch in Japan. This partnership will highlight Wearsafe's ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese store owner about to go ‘broke’ writes sign apologising for putting less filling inside taiyaki pastries
A F&B store owner in Japan received floods of customers after a sincere apology he posted on social media went viral. The man, Junya Hashimoto, is the owner of Taiyaki no Bunfukuya in Gyoda City, ... ( read original story ...)