Tag: business

As Chinese solar term 'Grain Buds' kicks in, a summer fashion harvest is about to begin! 'Made in Shanghai', Shanghai's major fashion exhibition & trade event will land in Umeda, Osaka's liveliest ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan's new chief executive Ivan Espinosa faces an uphill task turning around the troubled Japanese automaker with no guarantee it can reverse sliding top-line sales, analysts said, even as he moves ... ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Thursday, after mostly gaining in the previous session on easing U.S.-China trade tensions. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was set to open lower, with the Chicago ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO] Japan’s biggest carmakers are looking at a hit of more than US$19 billion from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs that have left the global auto industry reeling. Read more at The Business ... ( read original story ...)

Product managers play a critical role in a company. Customers experience the company's culture through its products—and product managers shape that experience through their behaviors and decisions. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday as export-oriented auto issues were sold on a firmer yen and sluggish earnings outlooks due to uncertaint ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology and entertainment company Sony logged an 18% rise in profit for the fiscal year through March on healthy results at its music and video-game operations. Tokyo-based ... ( read original story ...)

Attracting more small investors could help reduce volatility due to the introduction of a wider range of investment strategies. ( read original story ...)

Distress is spreading in Japan’s auto sector, putting into question Tokyo’s approach to trade negotiations with the United States. ( read original story ...)

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group has posted its first profit in four years, as it raked in gains from its investment portfolios. ( read original story ...)

Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank Group booked a net profit of 517 billion yen ($3.49 billion) for January-March on strong performance from its telecommunications holdings and higher ... ( read original story ...)

Panasonic Holdings, a Japanese electronics giant, is cutting around 10,000 jobs globally, with 5,000 positions eliminated in Japan and 5,000 overseas. Panasonic's decision to cut around 10,000 jobs ... ( read original story ...)

More failures were seen mainly among smaller companies with weak business bases as their revenue was squeezed by rising prices and higher labor costs. ( read original story ...)

Defense contractors are reaping the benefits through increased profits from the government’s plan to sharply increase related expenditures in the five years through fiscal 2027. ( read original story ...)

Japanese investors sharply ramped up their overseas equity purchases in April, shifting away from bonds as they rebalanced portfolios amid global market volatility triggered by U.S. tariffs, and ... ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific markets are set to mostly rise Monday over optimism that U.S.-China trade tensions could de-escalate following the superpowers' talks in Switzerland over the weekend. ( read original story ...)