Tag: business

Instead of competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last week, Outwrite founder Nick Hough was celebrating a different milestone. ( read original story ...)

Toshiba has finally and formally said goodbye to the laptop market. Its stake in the business is being sold to Sharp. It came just two years after the ... ( read original story ...)

The Trump administration’s cascade of actions taken against Beijing represent a new chapter in U.S.-China relations, one marked by increasing confrontation and few efforts to de-escalate the tensions. ( read original story ...)

The NCSC head said Russia is trying to “boost” Trump, while China views the president as too “unpredictable” to reelect. ( read original story ...)

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gave up 0.39 percent or 88.21 points to 22,329.94, but made a weekly gain of 2.86 percent, driven up by robust US shares.The broader Topix index lost 0.20 percent or ... ( read original story ...)

Destinations such as Kyoto and Osaka are particularly hit hard as foreign visitors vanish Kyoto: It's peak summer holiday time in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto, when throngs of international ... ( read original story ...)

The Gate Tower Building is one of the many several tall office buildings that make up Osaka’s impressive skyline, but there is something about it that makes it unique in the world – it has a ... ( read original story ...)

Vacancies at offices in central Tokyo rose by the most on record in July as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic continued to spread and virus-related bankruptcies in the capital reached ... ( read original story ...)

These hotel deals are on offer until Tokyo is included back into Japan’s Go to Travel domestic tourism campaign ... ( read original story ...)

Yoshinori Sakai was born in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Just over 19 years later, he ran with the Olympic flame into the national stadium, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's powerful business lobby Keidanren is dominated by energy-intensive sectors that represent less than 10% of the economy, resulting in national policies that favour coal and hindering attempts ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese automaker Honda reported Wednesday it sank into the red for the April-June quarter, as its sales plunged over the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the U.S., Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Doctors in Japan Caution Against Domestic Travel Amid COVID-19 Resurgence ... governments should decide for themselves whether to issue mandatory restrictions on business or travel. "These orders ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is considering extending a special employment subsidy to help firms hit by the coronavirus pandemic that would keep furloughed workers on the payroll, but no decision has been made yet, a labour ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Governor has renewed her call for cooperation with a request for restaurants and other establishments in the capital to close early to curb coronavirus infections. In Tokyo, all ... ( read original story ...)

The survey also showed firms shed more jobs and new export business contracted further. Japan fell into recession for the first time in 4-1/2 years in the first quarter. Preliminary gross domestic ... ( read original story ...)