Tag: business

Japan Post Holdings Co. said Thursday it is exploring a potential sale of the struggling courier division of its Australian logistics subsidiary Toll Holdi ... ( read original story ...)

At a Tokyo clinic, a woman in a white coat carefully records the particulars of the newest patient: a sheep-shaped stuffed toy. ( read original story ...)

Sega Sammy will sell off its Japanese arcade business marking the end of an era for the Japanese gaming company. ( read original story ...)

Hall of Fame golfer Isao Aoki grew sad and nostalgic when he heard that the Tokyo golf course that gave him his start had been ravaged by a typhoon and faced almost certain closure. “I thought the ... ( read original story ...)

A look at the causes and consequences of Sega leaving the arcades management business in Japan, marking the end of an era. ( read original story ...)

Traders on Migori's busy Osaka Street have asked the county government to collect garbage that has become an eyesore and threatens their businesses. The garbage has not been collected for more than ... ( read original story ...)

Paramount Pictures chairman Jim Gianopulos delivered a keynote address to Tokyo's TIFFCOM content market Wednesday, offering a detailed recap of how COVID-19 has reshaped the movie business in 2020. ( read original story ...)

StarLux Airlines Co. said on Tuesday that it is ready to begin Tokyo and Osaka next month. Chief Executive Officer Glenn Chai told reporters that the airline will offer two round-trip flights each ... ( read original story ...)

A survey of Tokyo 2020 sponsors has revealed that no companies are planning on pulling out but there are significant worries about extra payments ... ( read original story ...)

It provides support and advice in doing business in the city, with experts such as lawyers and accountants also available. "In times like this, speed matters," a city official said. Osaka is also ... ( read original story ...)

Asia continues to power international box office with local titles atop the charts. This is a trend we can expect to carry on as the Hollywood studios have widely vacated the rest of 2020, and as Euro ... ( read original story ...)

In offering its measurement technologies to third parties, ZOZO hopes to power revolutionary new services by combining its measurement intelligence with the technologies and unique expertise of brand ... ( read original story ...)

Gender reveal parties, events in which pregnant women reveal the sex of their fetus via the color of the cross section of a cake or by other creative ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks rose for the first time in six sessions Monday ... Logistics firm Nippon Express rocketed 10.26% on the firm’s rosier profit forecasts for the current business year ending next March. ( read original story ...)

Around 80% of Japanese sponsors of the 2020 Tokyo Games postponed to next summer due to the coronavirus pandemic responded to a recent Mainichi Shimbu ... ( read original story ...)

Public viewing of tuna auctions resumed on Monday at the Toyosu Market in Koto Ward, Tokyo, about eight months after it was suspended amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)