Tag: business

Her on-court success and heritage—a Japanese mother and a Haitian-American father—triggered a feeding frenzy of companies who wanted to be in the Naomi Osaka business. The result: $37.4 ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested the organizer of orgy parties in Osaka City on suspicion of prostitution ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Sequoia Capital will purchase a stake in Tokyo-based construction app startup Andpad, Nikkei has learned, marking the first investment in Japan for the U.S. venture capital group. Sequoia's ... ( read original story ...)

Autumn in Tokyo means indulging in a chestnut dessert and these confectioneries make the best Mont Blancs in the city ... ( read original story ...)

Cooler weather helped to move some autumn items, but the lack of international shoppers continued to dampen sales ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core machinery orders likely fell in August, a Reuters poll found on Friday, reversing the previous month's gain as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on business investment. ( read original story ...)

Japan's household spending fell for an 11th straight month in August and real wages marked half a year of declines, as consumers struggled to return to their pre-pandemic purchasing habits. ( read original story ...)

China’s crackdown on Hong Kong and new limits on overseas workers in Singapore could help Japan raise its profile as a global financial hub, despite its higher taxes, according to Japan’s new vice ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese start-up Zipair Tokyo will begin passenger flights to Seoul Incheon on 16 October after a planned earlier launch was delayed by the Covid-19 crisis. ( read original story ...)

Executives at low-cost carrier Zipair Tokyo say they plan to launch passenger flights to the South Korean capital from next week. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO--(Business Wire)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the appointment of Andreas Hammer as Vice President of Sales ... ( read original story ...)

To skip quarantine, you’ll have to submit a detailed plan of your movements for your first two weeks back in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

The law will be implemented by the end of the month. Until now, those traveling abroad for work or those returning home were obliged to undergo a coronavirus test and observe 2 weeks i ... ( read original story ...)

Those eligible will be required to submit a detailed plan of their movements in the 14 days following entry into the country. ( read original story ...)

Japan will scale back a requirement of two weeks of self-quarantine for some business travelers as it moves to revitalize an economy hit hard by travel curbs over the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment for most of the country’s nine regions to say they were starting to pick up, underscoring the central bank’s growing conviction the economy is emerging ... ( read original story ...)