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Goldman Sachs applies for Tokyo banking licence
Goldman Sachs is applying for a banking licence in Tokyo as it prepares to launch a global cash management business later this year, several people familiar with the situation told the Financial Times ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Display says bailout from Chinese group could be delayed
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display Inc said on Monday that a planned investment of up to 80 billion yen ($729.33 million) from a Chinese-Taiwanese group will be delayed as the investor group wants to ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese group to delay bailout funding for Apple supplier Japan Display
But the group has informed the company that they will make such decisions “after re-examining the prospects for Japan Display’s business performance”, the company said on Monday, adding ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. agriculture secretary urges Japan to reach trade deal
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue urged Japan on Monday to move swiftly to clinch a trade deal with Washington on farm products and other goods, in a way that would treat ... ( read original story ...)
karaksa hotels Opened First Property in Tokyo on May 1st
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2019--KARAKSA HOTELS Corporation, the manager and operator of minimalist hotels designed especially for leisure travelers visiting Japan, announced today that it opened ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese employers struggle with staff shortages
It was when Japan’s acute labour shortages crippled his plans to expand the family trucking business that Eiji Shimizu realised he needed a fresh approach. “My staff came to me and said, ‘We can’t hit ... ( read original story ...)
Big three into Madrid last-eight as Osaka and Kvitova crash out
Roger Federer saved two match points to defeat Gael Monfils and reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday but women's world number one and top seed Naomi Osaka was dumped out in a last-eight ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new era: Emperor Naruhito, and his Toyota Century
The elite strata of Japanese business loved the Century’s understated looks. The older it got, the more popular it was, with largely handmade construction and a very traditional appearance. Even so, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy likely shrank in first quarter on weak domestic demand, exports: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy likely contracted slightly in the first quarter as corporate and consumer spending weakened, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Exports also deteriorated amid trade ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, under a new emperor, still can’t put to rest its wartime ghosts
and that Japan’s population decline will stimulate new business opportunities. But Japan Inc remains a closed shop, in Abe’s cabinet. A woman cannot ascend the throne, though there are only three ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka tour, Japan: Neon charms in Shinsekai, Osaka’s former fun park
The Yarite Baba runs the business and pays a percentage to the yakuza who control the area. The area has a strange beauty in the light but the collision of history and reality leaves me with mixed ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo caught between rock and hard place
The emblem of the Olympic torch of the Tokyo 2020 Games is presented during a press conference in Tokyo earlier this year. Tokyo organizers are trying to cut spending, under pressure from the ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka, Japan: Neon charms and gritty realism in Shinsekai, Osaka’s former red light district
The Yarite Baba runs the business and pays a percentage to the yakuza who control the area. The area has a strange beauty in the light but the collision of history and reality leaves me with mixed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Softbank to spend $4B to hike stake in Yahoo Japan
Softbank Corp. said it expects that cooperating with Yahoo Japan and tapping its big data base will help it expand its consumer and business services and tailor them to better suit the needs of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shines spotlight on e-mobility developments
The e-mobility trends have been much discussed within the recycling community. In fact, a dedicated e-mobility eventn will be hosted in Tokyo this summer. The E-Mobility & Circular Economy Conference ... ( read original story ...)