Tag: business

The Olympics are the greatest sporting spectacle on Earth; not the WGC events, not even the Major Championships, can hold a candle to the significance of the Games. ( read original story ...)

At a forum organized by the Embassy of the Philippines and the International Friendship Exchange Council, Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V spoke before company presidents and C-level executives to update ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese company known for its stylish consumer appliances, especially toasters, is entering the smartphone business, and has announced to start wit.. ( read original story ...)

Only around 13% of national government employees worked remotely "four to five times a week" during the second COVID-19 state of emergency ea･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Pfizer and BioNTech will provide COVID-19 vaccines for athletes and participating delegations of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Despite opposition from public health experts and the people of Japan, ... ( read original story ...)

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan aims to raise average minimum wages to 1,000 yen ($9) an hour as soon as possible, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday, a move likely to provoke ... ( read original story ...)

An online petition with more than 350,000 signatures calling for the Tokyo Games to be canceled was submitted Friday to local organizers, the International Olympic Committee and others. ( read original story ...)

Balmuda, a Japanese design company known for its stylish appliances, has announced plans to make a smartphone. There aren’t many details on the device itself yet, but it’ll be a 5G handset that’s ... ( read original story ...)

Toshiba (OTC: TOSYY )'s European business has been hit by a cyberattack, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday, with public broadcaster NHK identifying the perpetrators as DarkSide, the ... ( read original story ...)

Shiseido’s home market has underperformed during the pandemic while China’s consistently strong growth has tilted the company’s geographic weighting at lightning speed. ( read original story ...)

Dominic Chu joins 'The News with Shepard Smith' to report the history of Koda Farm's rice. ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened up 1.00 percent at 27,723.70 on Friday, while the broader Topix gained 1.10 percent at 1,869.35. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought 122,180 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada, and Australia in a regular tender. Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo-based online specialist Macromill has launched a Life Science Business, which will conduct research and acquire biochemical data relating to healthcare, and use panels for human clinical trials ... ( read original story ...)

Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who will travel to the International Space Station as a tourist in December aboard a Russian spacecraft, is a former wannabe rock star worth $1.9 billion with a penchant ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese freelance journalist in Myanmar who was jailed and charged with spreading false news or information that could cause public unrest will be freed by the country's ruling junta as a gesture ... ( read original story ...)