Berkshire Miller is deputy director and senior fellow at the MacDonald Laurier Institute. He is also a senior fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs, the Asian Forum Japan (AFJ) and a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank chases more deals with Mexican startups
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is in advanced talks to invest in Mexican used car platform Kavak and financial technology firm Konfio, several people familiar with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Smoke co-founder launches cannabis consumption lounge business
Lorne Gertner, often called the “godfather of Canadian cannabis,” is launching the first of what he hopes will become a chain of cannabis consumption lounges Canopy Growth has taken a minority equity ... ( read original story ...)
Caught in the trade war: resurgent yen poses risk for Japan Inc
Japan’s currency is now near its firmest level ... Robust household consumption and business investment offset the hit to exports, which fell 0.1%. But the outlook for exports could be further ... ( read original story ...)
Beyond Meat shelves plans for Japan push, Mitsui says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Beyond Meat Inc (BYND.O) has shelved plans to enter Japan, according to a Japan-based investor, focusing more on the U.S. market where it recently bolstered funding to fuel an ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea consumer boycott hitting sales of Japan’s clothing giant Uniqlo
A boycott on Japanese goods in South Korea has had an impact on casual clothing chain Uniqlo’s sales in the country, the company said on Friday, highlighting the widening economic hit from a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s GDP thumps forecasts on robust consumer, business sectors
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew much faster than expected in April-June to mark the third straight quarter of expansion, as robust household consumption and business investment offset the hit ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy grows more than expected on strong consumer, business spending
TOKYO — Japan’s economy grew much more than expected in April-June to mark the third straight quarter of expansion, as robust private consumption and business investment offset the hit to ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Japan’s GDP growth thumps expectations on consumer, business resilience
TOKYO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew much faster than expected in April-June to mark the third straight quarter of expansion, as robust private consumption and business investment offset the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Food Trip: 3-day Tokyo Itinerary for Foodies
Tokyo Night Life photo by Jezael Melgoza via Unsplash If you ... It is also known for being a commercial and business center and houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world: Shinjuku ... ( read original story ...)
Japan greenlights first South Korea export since imposing curbs, but issues a warning
Japan has approved shipment of a high-tech material to South Korea for the first time since imposing export curbs last month, but doubled down on political pressure and warned it could broaden ... ( read original story ...)
Condos planned for athletes village in Tokyo seeing strong demand
Toshiba Corp. reported a net loss of ¥140.23 billion ($1.3 billion) for the April-June quarter, weighed down by the sluggish performance of its affiliated semiconductor business amid th... Miniature ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower on strong yen
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened lower again on Wednesday, despite Wall Street snapping a multi-session losing streak, with investors still on edge over US-China trade ties. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)
In the watering holes of Tokyo, the highball reigns supreme
TOKYO — Like nearly every bar in Tokyo ... Hurried is the modus operandi at Marugin, an izakaya, Japan's answer to the pub, in Shinbashi, a business district just south of Ginza. On a Wednesday night, ... ( read original story ...)
Delta signals the final phaseout at Tokyo’s Narita
That fall, Delta shifted its daily MSP-Tokyo flight, along with one from Los Angeles ... Evan Ramstad is a team leader in business news, working with reporters who cover the food industry from field ... ( read original story ...)
A year out, top Tokyo hotels hang no vacancy signs for Olympics
A major booking site showed that a single room with a double bed, private bathroom and no meals would cost 67,000 yen ($617) at a business hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward for the night of July 31 ... ( read original story ...)