Tag: business

TOKYO -- Takeda Pharmaceutical plans to sell its Osaka headquarters to bolster its finances ahead ... The plan is to focus Takeda's resources on the pharmaceutical business by giving up assets that ar... ( read original story ...)

offers free returns - still a rarity in Japan. It also shares inventory with fashion site Magaseek. For now, Zozotown is “totally sweeping the board,” said Yuki Ando, general manager of web business a... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 3, 2018--Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (KPH), one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will begin renovation of its ten universal design guest rooms (35.5 square meters) on the 30 th floor of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers fell in June for the second quarter in a row amid growing concerns about trade with the United States, a Bank of Japan quarterly survey showed on Monday. The Tankan index fell from plus 24 in ... ( read original story ...)

Whether you’re traveling for business or leisure, the city offers the best luxury stays for the trendy globetrotter. For a mix of opulence, heritage and 5-star service, look to one of these fancy Tokyo hotels hailing from the land of the rising sun. ( read original story ...)

But a few short minutes later, the dream was over. At a bar in a Tokyo business district, the air went out of the room as Belgium found the net in extra time, scoring a third goal to seal Japan's fate. Just a short while earlier, whoops of joy had filled ... ( read original ...

Belgium came back from a 2-0 deficit in the World Cup on Monday by scoring three straight goals to beat Japan. The final goal came as Belgium stopped a corner kick, then advanced the ball on a counterattack, completing three passes to set up the game-winner. ( read original story ...)

Atlantic Media’s business news site built for the digital age has turned into a good bit of business itself. The site, Quartz, which Atlantic Media created in 2012, will be sold to the Japanese financial intelligence company Uzabase for a price between $ ... ( read original story ...)

Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has slipped for the second quarter in a row, a key central bank survey showed today. The Bank of Japan's Tankan report - a quarterly survey of about 10,000 companies - showed a reading of 21 among major ... ( read original story ...)

Atlantic Media announced Monday that it is selling its Quartz business news platform to Uzabase, a publicly-held Japanese business intelligence and media company worth nearly $1 billion. The deal, which is expected to close within 30 days, will be worth ... ( read original story ...)

“Handy has redefined the accommodation experience and the hotel business,” said SoftBank CEO Ken Miyauchi. SoftBank will invest in Handy Japan’s parent firm, named Handy Japan Holdings Co., but the firm declined to disclose the size of investmen ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank is investing in a mobile device service for hotel guests, called handy Japan, offering tourist spot information and internet access. Terms of the deal, announced Monday, were not disclosed. Handy ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese media company Uzabase Inc on Monday said it is has agreed to buy business news website Quartz from US peer Atlantic Media in a deal valued at between $75 million to $110 million. The value of the deal will depend on Quartz meeting financial ... ( read original story ...)

bringing with him a delegation of dozens of Japanese business leaders seeking to promote economic and diplomatic relations. Yomiuri Shimbun editorial: With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Eastern Europe visits, Japan should strategically expand ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Business confidence among Japan’s big manufacturers’ worsened for a second straight quarter in the three months to June, a closely watched central bank survey showed, as rising input costs and U.S. trade protectionism cloud the outlook. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan’s government has warned in a report that a higher U.S. tariff on auto imports could backfire, jeopardizing hundreds of thousands of American jobs created by Japanese auto-related companies, raising prices for U.S. consumers and ... ( read original story ...)