Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday on concerns about the outlook for corporate earnings after major electronics firms revised profit fo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Takeda plans to sell consumer health unit for around $3.7 billion: Nikkei
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd plans to sell its consumer health unit for around 400 billion yen ($3.72 billion), Nikkei Business reported. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor asks residents to grocery shop only every 3 days
Tokyo Gov Yuriko Koike on Thursday requested residents limit the frequency of grocery ... Koike also said at Thursday's press conference that the metropolitan government will pay an incentive to ... ( read original story ...)
Tesla just added the chief investment officer of Japan’s $1.5 trillion government pension fund to its board of directors
The former investment banker's appointment to Tesla's board could mark an end to a tumultuous year-and-a-half for Elon Musk's board of directors. ( read original story ...)
Two more chain restaurant are giving back small business funds
This was a difficult decision because our employees are extremely important to us, but it’s impossible to ignore the fact that our finances allow us to weather financial hardship for a longer period ... ( read original story ...)
Another chain restaurant is giving back small business funds
The Kura Sushi USA restaurant chain canceled a $5.98 million federal loan after outrage from advocates and policymakers over national restaurant and hotel companies obtaining millions in funds from ... ( read original story ...)
DAIHEN Leverages WiTricity Wireless Charging Technology for Solar Powered Mobility Demonstration in Japan
WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WiTricity, technology for wireless power transfer over distance, was central to a next-generation electric mobility demonstration in Osaka, Japan, led by DAIHEN ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks snap 3-day losing streak after oil prices rebound
Tokyo stocks rose Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as investor sentiment improved after oil prices rebounded abroad from ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rebound on Wall Street comeback sparked by crude surge
Tokyo stocks bounced back sharply Thursday ... Investor sentiment was also brightened somewhat by heightened expectations for a restart in business activities in the United States, which are currently ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic staffer tests positive for coronavirus | Charlotte Observer
Tokyo organizers issued a statement Wednesday saying it was a male employee in his 30s who worked at the headquarters building in a part of Tokyo known as Harumi. Organizers said he was in quarantine ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Mulls Measures; German Cases Near 3-Week Low: Virus Update
The number of new coronavirus cases in Germany stayed close to a three-week low as that country begins gradually lifting pandemic-related lockdown measures. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Mulls New Measures; China Bank Loans Go Bad: Virus Update
Tokyo’s governor said the world’s largest city is looking at new measures to encourage social distancing as the risk of a breakout in the coronavirus remains. China’s lenders reported a rise in bad ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks fall in morning after oil futures plunge for 2nd day
Tokyo stocks dropped Wednesday morning, with the Nikkei briefly sliding below the 19,000 line for the first time in two weeks, as ene ... ( read original story ...)
The Tokyo Olympics are reportedly already running double the official $12.6 billion cost, and the postponement could add another $2.7 billion
The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed until 2021, and the cost of hosting them is only going up for Japan. According to The Associated Press, Japan has said the official cost of the Olympics is $12.6 ... ( read original story ...)
GIC, Equinix partner to build data centres in Japan
Noting that Japan was the world's third-largest economy and a regional interconnectivity hub, Equinix said Tokyo housed a large number of global and regional business headquarters and which end-user ... ( read original story ...)
Japan back in whaling business, but quotas and cost make meat a hard sell
“Whale food orders are higher than before” as a result of the attention the resumed commercial whaling has brought to the meat, said Shintaro Sato, the owner of Taruichi, an izakaya (Japanese pub) ... ( read original story ...)