Tag: business

All new vehicles in Japan must be hybrids or fully electric starting in mid-2030s and this has Toyota howling. Japan said it planned to stop the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by the mid-2030s, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Business Mastery Harvard Professor Joseph Nye coined the term “soft power” to describe how nations can achieve their aims through persuasion and the ability to attract.   Can soft power in our b ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government will ban entry to most foreigners through the end of January as coronavirus cases reach record highs there and the nation confirmed its first cases of the new, more infectious ... ( read original story ...)

With Japan marking the New Year holiday amid a third wave of coronavirus cases, a nationwide pause to the "Go To Travel" domestic tourism subsidies campaign is taking a toll on firms looking to make a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's southernmost ski resort opened for business on Dec. 25, welcoming skiers and snowboarders who had been eagerly awaiting th ... ( read original story ...)

Among the daily total, 113 cases involved people age 65 or older while the number of severely ill patients, based on the city's standards, came to 81. ( read original story ...)

The restructuring comes as Japan is seeking to boost its global standing as a financial center at a time when Beijing is tightening controls over Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

Japanese retail sales resumed falling and Tokyo consumer prices slid the most in a decade amid slumping energy costs and record virus cases that kept shoppers home and darken the recovery outlook. ( read original story ...)

Japan is still largely bound by traditional gender roles, making it difficult for women to pursue careers in business and politics. ( read original story ...)

Thanks to coronavirus, 2020 has made it rather difficult to go out, meet people, and attend events. However, at the beginning of the upcoming New Year, many people still want to visit a shrine to pray ... ( read original story ...)

It is not accurate to call 2020 a watershed in women’s quest for respect and recognition in sports, but there is no denying there has been a shift. ( read original story ...)

Japanese retail sales resumed falling and Tokyo consumer prices slid the most in a decade amid slumping energy costs and record virus cases that kept shoppers home and darken the recovery outlook. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 announced it has reached a basic agreement to extend ... all over the world can gather to perform at their best will open the door to a new era of business, for Japan and for all over the ... ( read original story ...)

David Atkinson, a former Goldman Sachs analyst who has the ear of the prime minister, urges raising the productivity of Japan’s smaller companies. ( read original story ...)

The sale may signal a potential change in strategy for the Japanese parent group that owns Jil Sander, which is said to be courted by OTB. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)