Tag: business

Japan aims to double its inter-regional power grid capacity by adding up to 23 gigawatts to help speed expansion of renewable energy such as offshore wind farms, the Nikkei business daily said on its ... ( read original story ...)

In a quiet residential neighborhood of southern Osaka, the transition of a private house licensed to take in lodgers into a so-called ... ( read original story ...)

Japan placed Tokyo under a new, month-long state of "quasi-emergency" on Friday to combat surging COVID-19 infections, less than a month after the capital and host of the Summer Olympics lifted a ... ( read original story ...)

You wouldn't think a heavy metal kid from Washington, D.C. would be a natural fit for the Land of the Rising Sun. But Japan, and Tokyo in particular, has been ... ( read original story ...)

The health ministry on Thursday revealed that it is upping coronavirus control measures after a farewell party held last month is believed to have been the source of an outbreak ... ( read original story ...)

Central Japan Railway operates the Tokaido Shinkansen, the 'bullet train' line that runs from Tokyo to Osaka - the main transport artery in Japan. The company faces two challenges; recovering ... ( read original story ...)

The United States and Japan may soon have an improved joint plan to counter China's influence. President Joe Biden chose Yoshihide Suga, the Japanese prime minister, as his first in-person meeting ... ( read original story ...)

"Tokyo 2020 decided only to refund the face value of each ticket ... but customers in many other countries have been left in limbo. Some ATRs could go out of business because certain hotel and travel ... ( read original story ...)

Cancelling the Tokyo 2020 Games could still be an option if the COVID-19 situation worsens, according to the second-ranked member of Japan’s ruling ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO >> Champagne flowed as fine food was served aboard an All Nippon Airways Boeing 777 aircraft on March 31 — but the plane’s wheels never left the ground. ( read original story ...)

This is a way for the community to stay inspired and have a way to support restaurants that they love,” says editor Sherry Zheng. ( read original story ...)

Next Meats, the Tokyo based alternative meat brand and purveyor of the world’s first plant-based yakiniku meats, made its debut in the alternative protein hotspot Singapore this week, just 10 months ... ( read original story ...)

Nobuaki Kurumatani's resignation is the latest development in years of upheaval at the firm, which only won back its spot on the first section of the Tokyo stock exchange earlier this year after ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is working on water and sewage development projects and the deployment of technology and know-how i ... ( read original story ...)

Top-level athletes who train in Bath could achieve glory at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, which kicks off in just 99 days. Despite a tough year for sport, three women at the University of Bath ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's western prefecture of Osaka on Wednesday saw a record high of daily COVID-19 infections for the second straight day, logging 1,130 new virus cases. A total of 4,312 new cases were reported ... ( read original story ...)