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 ...)
Naomi Osaka blasted through to the Australian Open final, sent a message to her fans in Japanese, then said: ‘I’m going to go to sleep’
21-year-old Naomi Osaka just battled her way through to the Australian Open final after knocking out seventh seed Karolina Pliskova in three sets. The reigning US Open champion played a staggering tot... ( read original story ...)
Japanese prime minister takes swipes at Trump on trade, climate and the number of women in the U.S. workforce
The Japanese leader called for free trade ... “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." Many business and government leaders in Davos are angry at Trump’s trade tariffs and h... ( read original story ...)
One of Naomi Osaka’s sponsors has issued a groveling apology after accusations of ‘white-washing’ her in an advert
... of Osaka … Everything that distinguishes Osaka from your typical Japanese anime character was gone, and what was left? Your typical Japanese anime character. "Come on, Nissin. Was this a business ... ( read original story ...)
Australian Open: Naomi Osaka reaches semis for first time
US Open champion Naomi Osaka managed to keep a lid on her simmering temper and powered to a 6-4 6-1 win over Elina Svitolina on Wednesday to book a spot in the Australian Open semi-finals for the firs... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan maintains massive stimulus as Kuroda warns of growing risks
The Bank of Japan cut its inflation forecasts on Wednesday but maintained ... trimmed its global growth forecasts and a survey showed increasing pessimism among business chiefs amid the trade tensions ... ( read original story ...)