Tag: business

A Tokyo-based restaurant chain operator on Monday filed a damages suit against the Tokyo metropolitan government for ordering business hours be reduced as a public safety measure during the ... ( read original story ...)

This is the title worn by one of the nation’s top kayakers, Jo Brigden-Jones, who splits her time between the paddle and wooden spoon as she trains for the Tokyo Olympics while running a sweets ... ( read original story ...)

Toshiko Ishii spent $180,000 renovating her traditional Japanese inn in expectation of a flood of tourists for the Tokyo Olympics, but now she won't be hosting a single overseas fan. Experts say the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Rickshaw's Yui Oikawa assumed the Olympics would boost business. AFP/Philip FONG Organisers had hoped to sell around 630,000 tickets outside Japan for the Games. Japan's government had hoped the ... ( read original story ...)

Carmakers led declines in Japanese shares on Monday after a fire at semiconductor supplier Renesas Electronics' plant fanned worries about more chip supply shortfalls hitting vehicle production. TOKYO ... ( read original story ...)

A Kumon Math and Reading Program center is opening at 3380B North Valdosta Road, next to Kim's Kitchen. Kumon's website describes its centers as after-school academic enrichment programs for children. ( read original story ...)

Plug and Play Japan KK (Based in Shibuya, Tokyo, CEO: Philip Vincent, hereinafter Plug and Play Japan) held a (Accelerator Demo Day) for their Winter/Spring 2021 Batch which consists of 3-month ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s traditional automakers need to raise their game in the race to develop pure, battery-driven electric vehicles (EVs) or risk being left behind by Chinese, US and European producers, analysts ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s largest airline ANA has sold $1.8 million economy class Inflight meals for home consumption in response to customers’ demand. The successful sales suggest people’s strong desire to travel ... ( read original story ...)

See more stories on Insider's business page. On Thursday, the Super Nintendo World theme park finally opened at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. The park was originally meant to open last summer ... ( read original story ...)

Just under two-thirds of Japanese people think the government's rollout of coronavirus vaccines, which started in mid-February, has b ... ( read original story ...)

With air passenger numbers down drastically amid the coronavirus pandemic, Japan's low-cost carriers are putting their efforts into t･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Members of Santa Maria's Japanese-American community have entered into a partnership with the city to create a new community center honoring early Japanese immigrants' contributions to the local ... ( read original story ...)

With restaurants across Japan cutting hours due to the coronavirus pandemic, some businesses are turning to vending machines to･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

JAPANESE authorities have issued a tsunami warning along the coast of Honshu Island after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast today. Tsunami waves are expected to hit near the idle Onagawa ... ( read original story ...)

Two-time Irish Olympian Ryan Seaton is set to miss the birth of his first child as he prepares to qualify for his third Games in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)