Tag: business

TOKYO — Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger, forming the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its ... ( read original story ...)

The two companies, and smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi Motors, said their top executives would hold a news conference later in the day. ( read original story ...)

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after U.S. stocks capped a mostly dismal week with a broad rally. Markets saw strong gains in Tokyo, China, Taiwan and South Korea. Honda and Nissan were expected to ... ( read original story ...)

The BOJ’s plan to almost halve bond purchases comes as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans additional spending in an extra budget. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese antitrust watchdog found that the U.S. company has forced smartphone makers to install its search app. ( read original story ...)

Japan's competition watchdog is expected to find Google guilty of violating the country's antitrust law, Nikkei Asia reported on Sunday (Dec 22), citing sources. The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) ... ( read original story ...)

While Japan is by no means alone in confronting a debt problem, salaries are the lowest of Group-of-Seven countries, and the central bank is raising borrowing costs while its peers cut them ... ( read original story ...)

A ranking of the best-selling everyday items in Japan in 2024 compared to the previous year reflects lifestyle changes brought on after consu ... ( read original story ...)

In the first half of this year, 182 companies went under in the country which faces a deficit of 3.4 million workers by decade’s end. ( read original story ...)

Over the last decade, Masato Shiota brought his papermaking business back from the brink, paying down debt and buying machinery to automate some production. But he struggles to find workers to keep ... ( read original story ...)

Amazon aims to differentiate its service from other sites by delivering gifts as quickly as one day after donations are made. ( read original story ...)

More than a decade after the first Time Out Market opened in Lisbon back in 2014, Asia is finally set to join the club with the opening of Time Out Market Osaka next year. Scheduled to start business ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's largest oil refiner Eneos Holdings is considering offering up to 70% of its metal unit JX Advanced Metals (JXAM) in an initial public offering which may raise up to 700 billion yen ($4.51 ... ( read original story ...)

Then put that idea in the company safe, mark it “emergency use” and keep the combination handy. The chances are rising that it will be needed before the end of 2025. Corporate Japan has been rumbled, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Seven & i Holdings said on Wednesday it plans to open 500 new convenience stores in the United States and Canada through 2027. ( read original story ...)

Japan set a new annual record for visitor arrivals with one month to spare, official data showed on Wednesday, as the weak yen helped propel the nation's tourism boom. ( read original story ...)