Tag: business

A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of a former American Nissan executive on charges of helping fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn hide income, while rejecting prosecutors’ bid to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Six men have been arrested on suspicion of providing rooms for prostitution targeting foreign tourists, in violation of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the Metropolitan Police Department announced ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of a former American Nissan executive for helping fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn hide income, while rejecting prosecutors’ bid to overturn his acq ... ( read original story ...)

The opening in Osaka of a integrated resort (IR) with a casino will create fresh business opportunities in the Japanese metropolis and help support public-sector finances, says Hirofumi Yoshimura, the ... ( read original story ...)

Demand for gas turbines should remain solid even if data centres require less electricity, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' (MHI) finance chief said on Tuesday, after a market rout last week driven by the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Feb 4, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Tokyo court on Tuesday upheld a suspended six-month sentence for former Nissan executive Greg Kelly, a one-time aide of the firm's fugitive ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that gave former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly a suspended sentence for his role in the underreporting of former CEO ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's largest lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group reported on Wednesday a 32% increase in quarterly net profit. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Real estate asset manager CapitaLand Investment (CLI) said on Feb 4 it will invest more than US$700 million (S$944.3 million) to develop its first data centre in Japan. The company has ... ( read original story ...)

In a move that signals a significant push for artificial intelligence adoption outside the United States, OpenAI, the pioneering AI research company, has entered into a landmark joint venture with ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Asia's factory activity weakened in January as soft Chinese demand and threats of higher tariffs by US President Donald Trump weighed on business sentiment, private surveys showed on Monday, ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan. ( read original story ...)

They will seek the support of hundreds of Japanese companies to build data centre and other AI-supporting hardware. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi Corp said on Monday it was reviewing how to proceed with the development of its offshore wind projects in Japan, citing a "significantly changed" business environment, including inflation ... ( read original story ...)

Annual figures show Japan’s exports to China fell 7.6 per cent in 2019 in the first full year of Trump’s tariffs. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

The event is expected to provide a global platform for innovations in an effort to address issues facing humankind. ( read original story ...)