Authorities in Japan's Osaka, who have repeatedly said they want to cancel one ... provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
Confusion, frustration erupts over Osaka area’s new COVID-19 ‘quasi-emergency’
OSAKA -- The quasi-emergency for Osaka Prefecture ... so I'll probably lose income because of the shortened business hours," she continued with a worried expression. In Kobe, 41-year-old ... ( read original story ...)
Quasi-emergency COVID-19 measures begin in Osaka, Hyogo, Miyagi prefectures
Osaka and Miyagi prefectures have reached Stage 4 ... Naoto Kondo, who was visiting on a business trip, said he was too concerned about the level of infections to go out drinking after finishing work. ( read original story ...)
Rikako Ikee qualifies for Tokyo Olympic after leukemia
Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee on Sunday qualified for the Tokyo Olympics just two years after she was diagnosed with leukemia. She swam a time of 57.77 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly at Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo eatery featured in movie Kill Bill sues government over Covid-19 measures
TOKYO - The owner of a Tokyo eatery that featured in a Hollywood box-office smash and has hosted world leaders is suing the metropolitan authorities over an order to shorten business hours because of ... ( read original story ...)
Fearing outbreak similar to Osaka, Kyoto to ask restaurants to close early
The Kyoto government will pay ¥40,000 in aid per day to establishments that accept the request for shorter business hours. Residents of the prefecture will be asked to refrain from traveling to Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
The business case for vaccine passports
Once people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, they’re safer to dine out, fly on airplanes, attend concerts and movies, work out at the gym, go to the office, cross borders and otherwise ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Electron Stock Shows Every Sign Of Being Significantly Overvalued
The stock of Tokyo Electron (OTCPK:TOELF, 30-year Financials) shows every sign of being significantly overvalued, according to GuruFocus Value calculation. ( read original story ...)
MUFG Bank, Ltd.: Establishment of the MUFG Way and New Medium-Term Business Plan
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MUFG today announced that it has newly defined its purpose, expressing this principle in the MUFG Way (previously our Corporate Vision). Under the MUFG Way, we have also ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Tokyo stocks close higher on hopes for U.S. economy, improved business mood
Tokyo stocks closed higher Thursday as investors welcomed upbeat U.S. private sector jobs data and a Bank of Japan (BOJ) survey showing improved sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers. The ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher on hopes for U.S. economy, improved business mood
TOKYO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Thursday as investors welcomed upbeat U.S. private sector jobs data and a Bank of Japan survey showing improved sentiment among large Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end higher on upbeat business sentiment data
Tokyo stocks ended higher Thursday, the first day of the new fiscal year, as a key Bank of Japan survey showed sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers recovering to a pre-pandemic level. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese business sentiment rebounds despite Covid-19 woes
Japanese business sentiment rebounded in the first quarter of 2021 despite a renewed Covid-19 state of emergency, suggesting Asia’s largest advanced economy will stage a quick recovery from the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business confidence rebounds to pre-pandemic levels
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese big manufacturers’ sentiment improved ... While hotels and restaurants continued to suffer from the pandemic’s blow, other service-sector firms saw business conditions ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business sentiment improves to pre-pandemic levels on global recovery hopes
The headline index for big manufacturers' sentiment rose to plus 5 in March from minus 10 in December, the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey showed. ( read original story ...)
Nitto Strengthens Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Manufacturing Business
OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to the rapid market expansion of oligonucleotide therapeutics that have potential to treat both common and intractable diseases, Nitto Denko Corporation ... ( read original story ...)