Tokyo: Tokyo stocks closed marginally higher on Tuesday as trade worries receded after the United States and Mexico announced a breakthrough deal to rewrite a North American trade pact. The benchmark ... ( read original story ...)
‘Everyone is seriously concerned’: 2 years after its viral Brexit letter, Japan is back with another dire warning on leaving the EU
"We just can't do anything. Everyone is seriously concerned," Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of Keidanren, the Japanese business federation, said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Tue... ( read original story ...)
World’s first autonomous taxi starts operating in central Tokyo
The vehicle is made by Tokyo-based robot maker ZMP and operated by the taxi ... I agree to receive a daily newsletter with the summary of articles from business-review.eu By submitting this form, you ... ( read original story ...)
Deeper economic ills at root of Japan’s latest sexism scandal
Yet in Japan, few expect anything to change any time soon. The scandal highlights broader problems facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to revive the economy. From stubborn gender roles to a har... ( read original story ...)
New Year in Tokyo
which is a budget business hotel with onsen water in its large common baths- but it became a bit grungy with some budget tourists without appropriate manners using it. I used to stay there when I live... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher as Asian bourses rally
Tokyo markets closed higher on Monday helped by a relatively cheaper yen against the dollar and rallies in other Asian markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.88 percent or 197.87 points to clo... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher following Wall Street advance
Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday following gains on Wall Street last week as the US Federal Reserve chief signalled the central bank did not expect to accelerate interest rate increases. The b... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo fears losing a part of its soul as world’s biggest fish market moves
In October the core of its business – the hundreds of wholesalers that provide seafood, meat, fruit and veg to restaurants and shops across Japan – will move two kilometres east to new waterfront prem... ( read original story ...)
How Nestle’s Japan Experiment Could Create a $1 Billion Business
Nestle SA’s unit in Japan expects a fledgling business selling nutritional drinks and supplements to aging consumers to grow into a nearly $1 billion business within a decade as the food giant becomes ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to become new market for Okanagan cherry growers
The Japanese market has been opened to cherries grown in the Okanagan. The federal government announced Friday that it has secured access to Japan for fresh cherries from B.C. “The Government of Canad... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho to take on more lending risk to arrest decline in profitability: CEO
Mizuho is the least profitable of Japan’s three mega-banks ... said credit officers responsible for screening loans are being embedded with each business unit rather than grouped in an independent dep... ( read original story ...)
Nestle Japan bets on genetic tests to boost supplements business
TOKYO: Nestle SA’s unit in Japan expects a fledgeling business selling nutritional drinks and supplements to ageing consumers to grow into a nearly US$1 billion business within a decade as the food gi... ( read original story ...)
Uber and Airbus Enlist in Japan’s Flying-Car Plan
Japan is making a push to develop flying cars ... has set a goal of starting commercial operations of its air-taxi business by 2023. Kitty Hawk, the Mountain View, California-based startup founded and ... ( read original story ...)
AP Interview: Japan official says Trump misunderstands trade
TOKYO — President Donald Trump's tariff policies reflect a serious misunderstanding of the importance of free trade and Japanese companies' contributions to the U.S. economy, Japan's trade minister sa... ( read original story ...)
Business class airfare to Tokyo – Tokyo Forum
Business class airfare to Tokyo is ridiculously overpriced: BOS-NRT on JAL was over $7,600, nonstop. I found a Boston to Beijing (thru NRT), Beijing to NRT, NRT to BOS fare, all JAL, all Business clas... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher as dollar recovers
Tokyo stocks rose on Wednesday, helped by a halt in the dollar’s weakness and rallies on Wall Street, though investors were cautious ahead of trade talks between China and the US. The benchmark Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)