Nintendo has revealed plans to open Nintendo Tokyo, an official store that will open in the Japanese capital’s Shibuya district. Their second retail outlet, the store will be similar to Nintendo NY in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shoppers get big bargains on French and Italian wine on Day 1 of ‘cars for cheese’ trade pact
Shoppers at Tokyo supermarkets are as of Friday able to scoop up French and Italian wines for steep discounts. That's because it's the first day of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement— represe... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops bust ‘delivery health’ service in Uguisudani for prostitution
During interviews with future employees, Yamada reportedly claimed that providing full sex is “considered normal” for a fuzoku (commercial sex) business in Uguisudani. The editorial team at The Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
5 powerful productivity tips I learned in Japan transformed my life and my business
For the past 24 years, I've been lucky enough to call Japan my home. What I've learned over that time is that things are different here. I've worked with executives from multi-national corporations su... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas taps British peer Centrica’s digital prowess in tie-up
TOKYO -- Tokyo Gas plans to leverage technological assistance from U.K. energy giant Centrica under a new partnership as the Japanese utility battles to keep its turf from eroding further in a ... ( read original story ...)
Silver Peak Appoints Dean Vaughan Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan to Accelerate Business Expansion Across the Region
SINGAPORE and TOKYO, Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver Peak ®, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network™, today ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas CEO Says to Step Up Overseas LNG Investment
Under a three-year business plan that kicked off last April, Tokyo Gas plans to spend 260 billion yen (2 billion pounds) to boost its earnings from abroad to 20 percent of its targeted operating profi... ( read original story ...)
PHC Holdings Signs Agreement to Acquire Anatomical Pathology Business from Thermo Fisher Scientific
TOKYO — PHC Holdings Corporation (headquarters ... to acquire Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology business for approximately US$ 1.14 billion. Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology business ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka admitted her fear of ‘slipping and sliding’ on grass courts ahead of Wimbledon
Naomi Osaka has not let back-to-back Grand Slam victories go to her head, and has openly admitted her fears ahead of two of the year's biggest tournaments. Osaka has exhibited great tennis in the new ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese banks’ overseas business is ‘on fire’: WisdomTree
Watch JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon speak on the shutdown, Brexit and U.S.-China trade Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese cuisine still on a roll
... there is a huge potential for Japanese food because Japanese restaurant branches are concentrated in Bangkok, suburban areas and some tourist destinations. In a move to tap the ample business oppo... ( read original story ...)
Australian Open: Osaka wins, becomes world no 1
Japan’s Naomi Osaka said she was “in a state of shock” on Saturday after holding her nerve to battle past Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open in a three-set thriller that also delivered her the w... ( read original story ...)
48 hours in . . . Tokyo, an insider guide to Japan’s neon city
The slick yet serene Aman Tokyo spans the top six floors of a 38-storey skyscraper in the business district Otemachi. The minimal interior taps into Japan’s design heritage with its wood, paper and st... ( read original story ...)
Latest Tokyo attraction: the recycling cocktail bar
The Gomi-Pit (or Waste-Pit) Bar in Musachino in the greater Tokyo area is a temporary cocktail bar set up at one of the city’s municipal waste recycling plants in a bid to boost awareness of environme... ( read original story ...)
Fuller, Smith & Turner to Sell Beer Business to Japan’s Asahi
(Reuters) - British pub operator and brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner said it had agreed to sell its beer business to a European unit of Tokyo-based Asahi for an enterprise value of 250 million pounds on ... ( read original story ...)
Noodle company apologizes in Japanese tennis star ‘whitewashing’ controversy
TOKYO -- Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka says she hopes her sponsors will consult with her about how they portray her, but her focus is on her game as she heads into the final at the Australian Open. ... ( read original story ...)