Tag: business

Transition to electric vehicles is the theme under which James Hong from Macquarie Capital highlights two companies that will do better than Toyota or Nissan ... ( read original story ...)

Jessica Pegula earned arguably the biggest victory of her career Wednesday, beating second-ranked Naomi Osaka in the Round of 32 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. Pegula ... ( read original story ...)

Serena Williams saw the 1,000th match of her illustrious career end in a straight-set defeat by Argentina's Nadia Podoroska at the ... ( read original story ...)

While much ink has been spilled over the imminent demise of Kisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, it would appear that the end is once again nigh ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. returned to profitability for the fiscal year that ended in March, it said Wednesday, boosted by the strong performance of its sprawling ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's biggest oil refinery Eneos Holdings Inc 5020.T said on Wednesday it would exit the coal mining business and sell some upstream oil assets to raise cash, as it cut its mid-term profit target by ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka said rising COVID-19 levels in Tokyo are a ‘big cause for concern’ and she is ‘not really sure’ the Olympics should go ahead this summer. Tokyo is under a state of emergency amid a surge ... ( read original story ...)

Toyota says its profit more than doubled to 777 billion yen, or $7 billion, in the last quarter as the Japanese automaker’s sales recovered from the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday morning as drops on Wall Street for a second consecutive day overnight strengthened worries about the out ... ( read original story ...)

Naoki: Bangladesh at present and Japan in 1971 share almost the same level of GDP per capita (About $2,000). Japan achieved rapid economic growth after the Second World War, particularly in the 1960s ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's governing party is renewing its push for its long-cherished goal of revising the country's pacifist constitution, saying effective anti-coronavirus measures such as lockdowns aren't possible ... ( read original story ...)

Panasonic Corp. is expecting net profit to rise 27.2% to ¥210 billion ($1.9 billion) in the current business year through next March, helped by growth in its automotive segment that supplies electric ... ( read original story ...)

SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434, “SoftBank”) today announced that it is forming a capital and business alliance with Axiata Digital Advertising Sdn. Bhd. (“ADA”), a Kuala Lumpur-based data and AI company ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, will soon replace its chairman at one of the most challenging junctures in the top corporate lobby's history. Sumitomo Chemical Chairman Masakazu Tokura ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average falls 2.00 percent to 28,927.81 on Tuesday, while the broader Topix shed 1.51 percent to 1,922.75. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the ... ( read original story ...)

Seven-Eleven Japan is advancing its digital transformation strategy with Seven Central, its data cloud platform built on Google Cloud that consolidates and analyzes data from its 21,000 stores across ... ( read original story ...)