Third-time champion of the Sustainable Beauty Awards, Taiwanese-based company O’right is set to make a bold debut in the Japan market during June. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Dentsu evacuates Tokyo HQ after bomb threat
Japan's largest advertising agency, Dentsu Group Corp, has evacuated its Tokyo headquarters after getting a bomb threat, an internal company email reviewed by Reuters showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Tokyo to skip one-year countdown event – report
Organisers of the postponed Tokyo Summer Olympics have decided not to hold a large scale event marking the one year countdown to the Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, public broadcaster NHK ... ( read original story ...)
InBrief : Fears of fresh cases in Tokyo’s packed trains
As Japan returns to work from coronavirus restrictions, its notoriously crowded trains - almost a symbol of its celebrated work ethic - are raising fears about a resurgence of infections.. Read more ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage Wins Best of Show Award at Interop Tokyo 2020
At Interop Tokyo 2020, the largest ICT exhibition in Japan, the Huawei next-gen OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage officially earned plaudits from IT experts when it won the Best of Show Award. This ... ( read original story ...)
China issuing more visas to Japanese to boost business after shutdown
The Chinese government has stepped up the number of visas being issued to Japanese citizens after limiting them for months following the coronavirus pandem ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei Atlas 900 AI Cluster Wins the Only Best of Show Award for AI at Interop Tokyo 2020
The jury panel at Interop Tokyo 2020 has given the Huawei Atlas 900 AI cluster the Best of Show Award in recognition of its powerful AI computing and superior heat dissipation. Huawei Atlas 900 is the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Allow Humanitarian Exceptions to Re-entry Ban
Japan will allow some resident foreigners to re-enter the country on humanitarian grounds after facing criticism its policies made their return uncertain and left the group in a Covid-19 travel limbo. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Stocks Have Neven Been This Cheap Relative to S&P 500
Japanese stock valuations have trailed U.S. levels for a long time, but the recent rebound from the coronavirus selloff has driven the gap into a new territory.The Topix index’s climb into bull-market ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Mulls Scaled-Down Games; LatAm Deaths Rise: Virus Update
Singapore and China agreed to ease quarantine requirements for business and official travelers as countries in Asia slowly take steps to ease back to normal, while Japan reportedly debates scaling ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Allow Foreigners’ Re-Entry for Humanitarian Reasons
Japan will allow some resident foreigners to re-enter the country on humanitarian grounds after facing criticism its policies made their return uncertain and left the group in a Covid-19 travel limbo. ( read original story ...)
Japanese yen offers stability in the medium term: Strategist
Mazen Issa of TD Securities says that the currency markets have largely ignored economic data in the past few months. He says the Japanese yen offers more stability in the coming months, and expects ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Mulls Scaled-Down Games; N.Y. Cases Fall: Virus Update
Singapore and China agreed to ease quarantine requirements for business and official travelers as countries in Asia slowly take steps to ease back to normal, while Japan reportedly debates scaling ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s service sector activity shrinks for fourth month in May – PMI
Japan's services sector activity stayed deep in contraction in May, although the pace of decline moderated from the previous month, as restraining measures put in place over the coronavirus outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
A $100 Billion Robotics Supplier Is Japan’s Second Biggest Firm
(Bloomberg) -- It’s the rise of the robots: Japan’s second-largest company is now a maker of industrial automation systems, highlighting the rising importance of a less visible sector to a nation long ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea to Reopen WTO Complaint Over Japan Trade Curbs
SEOUL, South Korea — Reigniting a bitter row between key U.S. allies, South Korea on Tuesday said it will reopen a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization over Japan’s tightened controls on ... ( read original story ...)