Tag: business

When I first heard last week about four-time Grand Slam tournament-winning women’s tennis superstar Naomi Osaka’s announcement that she would not participate in post-match news conferences during the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is far behind the international standard,’ said Yuri Igarashi, co-chair of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation. ( read original story ...)

The business sentiment diffusion index dropped 0.8 point from April to 37.5, partly reflecting the extension of a state of emergency, according to the Teikoku Databank survey. ( read original story ...)

Move comes as Japan ranks eighth globally in terms of UAE non-oil partners, with $8.95bn trade in the first 10 months of 2020 ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka skipped press for her French Open win because of her mental health. She was fined $15,000. She asked that the fines be donated to a mental health charity, but when she was threatened with ... ( read original story ...)

A million people can hit a ball over the net at speed, but only a very few can migrate out of the Sports pages and into every other section of the newspaper ... ( read original story ...)

Shareholder activism in Japan remains buoyant this year, although the numbers so far indicate it is likely to be slower than 2020 ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese sexual minority groups and their supporters, in a last-ditch effort to get long-sought equality legislation passed before the Tokyo Olympics, submitted requests on Friday to the governing ... ( read original story ...)

The "Japan B2B Payment Services Voice of Customer, 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Japanese government encourages a shift toward cashless through initiatives such ... ( read original story ...)

April household spending up 13.0% y/y vs f’cast +9.3% * Household spending up 0.1% m/m in April vs f’cast -2.2% * Spending surges after taking heavy hit in April last year (Adds analyst comments) ... ( read original story ...)

Many people are deeply perturbed with tennis player Naomi Osaka. How had she the gall to refuse time with the press when that was part of the contract with the French Open? Why wasn’t she performing ... ( read original story ...)

Citing mental health concerns, tennis superstar Naomi Osaka refused to attend post-press conferences. If you ran the French Open, what would you have done? ( read original story ...)

Japan's services sector activity contracted for the 16th consecutive month in May as an extension of coronavirus emergency curbs at home and ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis star Naomi Osaka has forced a conversation about press conferences. If they're just 'television images but not news', why have them at all? ( read original story ...)

One night before the pandemic, I watched a famous Broadway star generously spend a half-hour or so greeting fans outside the theater. As we stood on the sidewalk, I remarked upon the warm post-show ... ( read original story ...)

The UAE and Japan are looking to put together a business council. During the virtual meeting between Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, minister of State for Foreign Trade, and Hiroshi Kajiyama, Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)