Japanese companies have pared back year-end bonuses for employees by the most since the global financial crisis, putting additional pressure on consumer spending amid signs of a slowing economic ... ( read original story ...)
Health panel: Tokyo area must do more to stop spread of virus
A health ministry expert panel on Dec. 22 said authorities in the greater Tokyo area must do more to reduce business operating hours and prevent travel to halt the widening spread of novel coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Japan’s MUFG bank business to make managing director Hanzawa CEO -Nikkei
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's banking unit will promote a managing director, Junichi Hanzawa, to the position of CEO in an effort to shake up its corporate culture, the Nikkei business newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 563 new COVID-19 cases, a record high for a Tuesday
Tokyo has confirmed 563 new COVID-19 cases ... Suga said the government may instead ask restaurants and bars to further shorten business hours in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. Slashes Winter Bonuses by 9% as Pandemic Takes Toll
Japanese companies cut year-end bonuses for their employees by 9%, the most since the global financial crisis, according to business lobby Keidanren. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open down on worry about slower global economic recovery
Tokyo stocks opened lower Tuesday on growing concerns that business restrictions and flight bans imposed in Europe and beyond after the rapid spread of a new strain of the novel coronavirus in Britain ... ( read original story ...)
Helping Employees Connect To Their Ikigai Is A Business Mandate In The 2020s
Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO and co-founder of Emplify, and a nationally recognized expert on employee engagement. Learn from his journey to identifying and aligning with his sense of ikigai, and how ... ( read original story ...)
Survival worries prompt Osaka eateries to defy early closing request amid virus 3rd wave
The Osaka Prefectural Government has extended its request to bars and restaurants to shorten their business hours as coronavirus cases contin ... ( read original story ...)
Visit Little Tokyo to support small businesses
The Little Tokyo Business Association, in partnership with Skid Row-Kyo, will collect new and gently used blankets for the local unhoused community. Go Little Tokyo has created curated neighborhood ... ( read original story ...)
Eureka moments that gave birth to world-famous businesses
The brand's companies now comprise everything from healthcare to space tourism but Branson says his eureka moment was the release of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells album, as its unexpected success ... ( read original story ...)
Belarus’ economic potential presented in Tokyo
MINSK, 18 December (BelTA) – A presentation “Belarus-Japan: A policy towards deeper economic and humanitarian interaction between the countries” took place in Tokyo on 18 December ... ( read original story ...)
Daiki Axis’ Business Strategies and Earnings Reviewed by KCR
In this report, KCR provides analysis of the company's business model and earnings. Daiki Axis Co., Ltd. (4245. First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange) promotes its corporate slogan, "Protect and change" ... ( read original story ...)
Nagamoto Kuroda Joins Nardello & Co. as a Managing Director in Their Tokyo Office
Nardello & Co. LLC, a leading global investigations firm, today announced that Nagamoto Kuroda has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Mr. Kuroda will be based in Nardello & Co.’s Tokyo office, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo raises Covid-19 medical alert to highest level
The Japanese capital of Tokyo said the strain on its medical system from the Covid-19 pandemic was severe, raising its alert level to the highest of four stages as the number of cases spiked to a ... ( read original story ...)
Australian AI startup, HIVERY, partners with JR East Water Business to optimize vending machines in Japan
PRNewswire/ -- Retail AI pioneer, HIVERY [ ], (headquartered in Sydney, Australia) and JR East Water Business (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a subsidiary of East Japan Railway Company, have agreed ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stocks Close Higher On Sound Business Survey
Tokyo stocks closed higher on Monday after the Bank of Japan's key business confidence survey showed improvement for the second straight quarter. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index advanced 0.30 percent ... ( read original story ...)