Tag: business

Toshiba Corp.’s shares surged the most in three years after the company said it will return to the first section of the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges following an extended absence. ( read original story ...)

Some industry officials say the Tokyo Games are indispensable for their survival, while others say they are concerned over the current situation rather than the fate of the sporting event. ( read original story ...)

Toshiba will return to the top section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange next week, after more than three years as a giant among minnows in its second tier and under near constant pressure from activist ... ( read original story ...)

Unless the Suga government can quickly tackle the pandemic more effectively, it may soon find hosting the games has slipped beyond its control — and its political fate along with it. ( read original story ...)

IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be ... ( read original story ...)

Business leaders in Japan on Thursday welcomed the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, expecting his administration to take a multilateral approach to trade policy while cooperating closely with ... ( read original story ...)

But now, working remotely has given Nagata, 33, the chance to move from central Tokyo to outside the capital. “Teleworking has become a common work style, eliminating the need to live in the central ... ( read original story ...)

Property firm Plenitude Bhd said a deal entered by its indirect subsidiary to acquire a hotel in Osaka, Japan has been terminated. ( read original story ...)

RMB Capital (“RMB”), a Chicago-based independent investment advisory firm, filed a petition at the Tokyo District Court objecting to the tender offer to FamilyMart Co., Ltd. (8028 JP, “FamilyMart”) by ... ( read original story ...)

Public support for the Games has dropped to new lows, but will a rivalry with China mean that the show must go on, regardless? ( read original story ...)

Maxon has acquired the business segment of its Japanese distributor to strengthen relationship with broadcast and design industries in the region. ( read original story ...)

Japan's biggest business lobby shrugged off on Tuesday calls for wage hikes as it braced for key spring salary negotiations with labour unions, calling blanket pay rises "unrealistic" as companies are ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Monday to get the pandemic under control and hold the already postponed Olympics this summer with ample coronavirus protection. ( read original story ...)

A number of restaurant chains in the capital have come out in opposition against the latest coronavirus state of emergency declaration and ar ... ( read original story ...)

Almost three quarters of Japanese firms expect to keep capital spending steady or raise it in the coming business year from the fiscal year ending in March, a Reuters monthly survey showed, despite ... ( read original story ...)

Car manufacturers, clothing firms and electronics makers - including heavyweights Nissan and Olympus - were among the 45 Japanese companies that withdrew from the South Korean market in the financial ... ( read original story ...)