Tag: business

TOKYO — Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro and other major cigarette brands, is manoeuvring to keep itself in business in a post-smoking world with an advertising blitz in puff-happy Japan and other tob... ( read original story ...)

He said Asia-Pacific will continue its rapid expansion as the group looks to transform its business model to become a full-service operator in travel, lifestyle and digital innovation. The Pullman Tok... ( read original story ...)

Around 500 Japanese business leaders will accompany Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Beijing this week.A three-day visit starting on Thursday will be a new step in returning relations to what an official ... ( read original story ...)

A few highlights include their Hidden Gem Food Tour in Tokyo's Shimbashi, which helps visitors navigate the labyrinthine backstreets of the capital's business district, and their tour through Kyoto's ... ( read original story ...)

I was one of the bad boys. But we did learn Japanese. It’s all gone now. I didn’t use it enough. But it was good.” His family operated Tanaka Tofu, a business in a lane near Powell Street ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines is by far one of my favorite airlines. They offer some of the best food in the sky in business class, and service is impeccable. With wifi on their 787s, Apex Suites business class seat... ( read original story ...)

A small team of employees from Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy seemed out of place when they first showed up in suits at a WeWork office in Tokyo’s main business district, where most workers were wearing T-shi... ( read original story ...)

Umeda, also known as Kita, which is “north” in Japanese, is the place to be during the day. The biggest business centre of Osaka, Umeda flaunts incredible skyscrapers and shopping arcades called shote... ( read original story ...)

Even though the US Open champion might have felt embarrassed, Jordan was flattered and fuelled Osaka’s crush on him by sending a more recent photo of himself. He also invited her to the premiere of hi... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended higher on Wednesday with ... shares extended gains on a wide range of factors including solid US business earnings, an apparent fading of tensions between Italy and the EU ... ( read original story ...)

The top destinations for Japan's food and agricultural products in 2017 were Hong Kong, mainland China, the US, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam. In a related development, Jetro organised a business ma... ( read original story ...)

Every spring, hordes of young people dressed in matching dark business suits descend on workplaces across the country. They have not yet joined the ranks of the country’s ubiquitous salarymen and wome... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 12, 2018--Taiwan and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand bilateral agricultural cooperation to Japan’s Toyama and Ishikawa Prefectures ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- International visitors to the western Japanese city of Osaka have been choosing some unusual accommodations, flocking to cheap flophouses in the Airin district, an area that until ... ( read original story ...)

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 11, 2018--Kyocera Corporation (TOKYO:6971) today announced that it has started construction of a new manufacturing facility on the premises of its Kawasaki manufactu... ( read original story ...)

Osaifu Keitai is a trademark of NTT DOCOMO, INC. JCB is a major global payment brand and a leading payment card issuer and acquirer in Japan. JCB launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and ... ( read original story ...)