Tag: business

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 ...)

Leading Japanese firms Asahi, Ajinomoto, Kirin, Hotei Foods, Nippn and Nissin have underlined how their manufacturing, R&D and employee safety are being maintained as certain prefectures come under ... ( read original story ...)

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, a debate about whether athletes should be prioritized over more vulnerable populations has emerged. ( read original story ...)

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Makiko Eda, Chief Representative Officer, World Economic ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has decided to suspend business and residence tracks between Japan and 11 designated countries and regions until February 7 2021 to prevent a new variant of COVID-19 from ... ( read original story ...)

Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers stabilised in January to the least pessimistic in more than a year from the impact of COVID-19, but service firms grew gloomier just as new lockdowns hit most of ... ( read original story ...)

For Yuki Hamazono, it was a relief to find bars and restaurants in Tokyo flouting the Japanese government's request to close by 8 p.m. The 30-year-old financial trader was one of many people out in ... ( read original story ...)

In Collaboration with American Chambers of Commerce (ACCJ), we host the the first arts program for 2021.  It is something new from the ACCJ Alternative Investment Committee (AIC) on textile as an ... ( read original story ...)

Universal Studios Japan has announced that Super Nintendo World will not be opening next month as planned. The Nintendo-themed zone of the Osaka park was supposed to open on February 4th after its ... ( read original story ...)