Tag: business

Most major department stores gave workers a rare day or two off at the start of the year, and they likely welcomed the extra rest to prepare for the crowds of eager shoppers. ( read original story ...)

Shoppers out for seasonal staples, discount merchandise and "lucky" New Year bags whose contents remain unknown prior to purchase flocked to the first such sale of this year on Thursday at a major ... ( read original story ...)

Launched in Japan in 2001 by Nippon TV and Sony Pictures Television, this groundbreaking show introduced the format of entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to a panel of angel investors. Little ... ( read original story ...)

Investors and startup supporters say Japan is still in the seed-planting phase of startup development and must address some structural issues. ( read original story ...)

Uncertainty surrounding the impact of policies under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump are seen as a key risk factor. ( read original story ...)

The company had suffered poor performance after receiving criticism online due to the public's resistance to the idea of eating insects. ( read original story ...)

Asian shares are mostly slipping as the region’s main stock market in Tokyo stayed closed for the New Year’s holidays. ( read original story ...)

On December 31, former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had visited the Indian Embassy in Tokyo and signed the condolence book ... ( read original story ...)

A towering wooden "Grand Ring" built for Expo 2025 in Osaka pays homage to Japan's architectural history and is a symbol of unity despite criticism over costs, its creator says. So the Expo is also a ... ( read original story ...)

Nippon Steel sent the White House a new proposal to try and get a deal to buy U.S. Steel, including giving the U.S. government a veto over any reduction in U.S. Steel’s “production capacity.” ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Tokyo Gas will consider forming alliances or acquiring companies to improve the profitability of its noncore real estate business, the company's president and CEO, Shinichi Sasayama, said in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory activity shrank at a slower pace in December as declines in production and new orders eased, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, edging closer to stabilisation after recent falls ... ( read original story ...)

The pressing question now is how Japan will navigate and respond to the emerging order shaped by deepening global divisions. ( read original story ...)

Ticket sales for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai are lagging badly, with the general public buying just some 470,000 through the event's official website by D･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

At roughly $200 billion, the volume of transactions including mergers and acquisitions in the country is up 48% this year. ( read original story ...)

A former CEO of Japanese optical equipment firm Olympus was found guilty on Friday of a drug charge, with a Tokyo court handing down a suspended jail sentence. He first joined the European arm of the ... ( read original story ...)