Tag: business

A record number of curry shops in Japan went out of business in the past year, as purveyors of one of the country’s most beloved dishes took a hit from soaring rice prices. ( read original story ...)

Household spending fell 0.1 per cent in April from a year earlier. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Eager customers have lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance in Tokyo to collect Nintendo’s much-anticipated Switch 2 video game consoles. ( read original story ...)

More landlords are increasing rent levels as vacancies decrease. The average monthly gross rent per tsubo in Osaka’s office market was JPY 23,799, an increase of 1.7 % q-o-q and 5.2 % y-o-y, according ... ( read original story ...)

Gamers finally got their hands on Nintendo's new Switch 2 on Thursday, the console that could score record early sales for the Japanese 'Super Mario' creator. ( read original story ...)

Japan is planning to propose strengthening cooperation with the United States on rare earth supply chains in upcoming tariff talks, with recent export restrictions by China in mind, the Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

A private lunar lander from Japan is closing in on the moon, aiming for a touchdown in the unexplored far north ... ( read original story ...)

Two units of the trading house will assist with everything from early-stage consulting, regulatory advice and clinical testing support to post-launch distribution. ( read original story ...)

The banks are seeing whether costs can be reduced for tasks needed to run ATMs such as monitoring, security and cash transportation. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s retail investors have started to place their bets on trading house stocks, heavily backed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s legendary investor Warren Buffett, eyeing strong business models and ... ( read original story ...)

BELFOR, the world’s leading provider of disaster recovery and property restoration services, recently participated in the Asia Claims Convention 2025, held from 13 to 15 May 2025 in Osaka, Japan. The ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese equity funds logged their largest weekly outflows in nearly 18 years in the week to May 28, as investors either booked profits following a rally fueled by the then-easing U.S.-China trade ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese police say two Japanese men were killed last month in the port city of Dalian because of a dispute with a Chinese business partner. ( read original story ...)

China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that two Japanese men killed last month in the northeastern city of Dalian were business partners of the suspect and authorities were investigating. Dalian ... ( read original story ...)

The collective wealth of Japan’s 50 Richest on the 2025 Forbes list rose 14% to US$228 billion, helped by a stronger yen. ( read original story ...)

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