Tag: business

After five years of an on-the-ground presence, the firm will return to servicing Japanese clients from New York and other offices. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower Thursday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index dropping to a one-month low, ... ( read original story ...)

Investors kept an eye on tech shares in Asia on Thursday after their counterparts stateside fell overnight amid a rise in bond yields. ( read original story ...)

JCR Pharmaceuticals Co 4552.T said on Thursday it would build a new plant in Japan to expand production of ingredients for COVID-19 vaccines over the longer term. JCR Pharma along with Daiichi Sankyo ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks plummeted Thursday on the heels of an overnight Wall Street fall, causing the benchmark Nikkei average to end below the psychologically import ... ( read original story ...)

A former U.S. service member was arrested this week after allegedly throwing a sheet of glass at an entry gate late last year at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

SailPoint, the global leader in enterprise identity security, announces hiring of Yutaka Fujimoto as its first Japan country manager. ( read original story ...)

Japanese shares fell sharply on Thursday as investors sold off index heavyweights including SoftBank Group and Fast Retailing following a plunge in the Nasdaq index overnight. TOKYO, March 4 (Reuters) ... ( read original story ...)

A Japan Airlines 787 in flight. Courtesy of the airline On Wednesday Japan Airlines resumed nonstop flights between Tokyo, Japan via Narita International ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Genesia Ventures Inc. led a $700,000 investment in Vietnam startup Vietcetera Media targeting the nation’s growing middle class. ( read original story ...)

The Norwegian central bank said on Wednesday it had put Japan's Kirin Holdings Ltd Co on a watch list for possible exclusion from its $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund over the firm's ties to a ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese government officials are in agreement over a potential extension of a COVID-19 state of emergency, as cases continue to rise in areas like Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Japanese fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa, who first announced his intention in 2018 to take a group of artists with him on a six-day trip around the Moon, said Tuesday that he's inviting the public to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Sports Association for Persons with Disabilities chairwoman Yaeko Shiraishi has also been added to the Executive Board. The remaining new members include professors, lawyers and business ... ( read original story ...)

CEO of Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), attends the press conference after Tokyo 2020 president Mori Yoshiro announced his resignation in Tokyo, Japan, on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he is considering extending an ongoing state of emergency for the Tokyo region for about two weeks, amid concerns that infections have not slowed ... ( read original story ...)