Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday following gains on Wall Street last week as the US Federal Reserve chief signalled the central bank did not expect to accelerate interest rate increases. The b... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo fears losing a part of its soul as world’s biggest fish market moves
In October the core of its business – the hundreds of wholesalers that provide seafood, meat, fruit and veg to restaurants and shops across Japan – will move two kilometres east to new waterfront prem... ( read original story ...)
How Nestle’s Japan Experiment Could Create a $1 Billion Business
Nestle SA’s unit in Japan expects a fledgling business selling nutritional drinks and supplements to aging consumers to grow into a nearly $1 billion business within a decade as the food giant becomes ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to become new market for Okanagan cherry growers
The Japanese market has been opened to cherries grown in the Okanagan. The federal government announced Friday that it has secured access to Japan for fresh cherries from B.C. “The Government of Canad... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho to take on more lending risk to arrest decline in profitability: CEO
Mizuho is the least profitable of Japan’s three mega-banks ... said credit officers responsible for screening loans are being embedded with each business unit rather than grouped in an independent dep... ( read original story ...)
Nestle Japan bets on genetic tests to boost supplements business
TOKYO: Nestle SA’s unit in Japan expects a fledgeling business selling nutritional drinks and supplements to ageing consumers to grow into a nearly US$1 billion business within a decade as the food gi... ( read original story ...)
Uber and Airbus Enlist in Japan’s Flying-Car Plan
Japan is making a push to develop flying cars ... has set a goal of starting commercial operations of its air-taxi business by 2023. Kitty Hawk, the Mountain View, California-based startup founded and ... ( read original story ...)
AP Interview: Japan official says Trump misunderstands trade
TOKYO — President Donald Trump's tariff policies reflect a serious misunderstanding of the importance of free trade and Japanese companies' contributions to the U.S. economy, Japan's trade minister sa... ( read original story ...)
Business class airfare to Tokyo – Tokyo Forum
Business class airfare to Tokyo is ridiculously overpriced: BOS-NRT on JAL was over $7,600, nonstop. I found a Boston to Beijing (thru NRT), Beijing to NRT, NRT to BOS fare, all JAL, all Business clas... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher as dollar recovers
Tokyo stocks rose on Wednesday, helped by a halt in the dollar’s weakness and rallies on Wall Street, though investors were cautious ahead of trade talks between China and the US. The benchmark Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s biggest nuclear operators forging alliance
Japanese business daily Nikkei reported on Wednesday that the country's four biggest nuclear companies — Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), Hitachi, Toshiba and Chubu Electric Power — have signed a... ( read original story ...)
Iran, Japan discuss expansion of energy ties
Iranian Ambassador to Japan Morteza Rahmani-Movahed and Hiroaki Nakanishi, the chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) held a meeting in Tokyo and explored avenues for the promotion of trade ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese waiting on EEC calendar
According to Mr Kalin, Japanese investors also predicted that the overall business climate in the second half of the year would continue to improve, while Japanese firms expect higher exports for the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan regulatory chief urges regional banks to get serious
A shrinking population outside the biggest cities is also hurting business. Japan's top financial regulator said management at some regional banks needed to get their act together, warning that they w... ( read original story ...)
Japan regulatory head scolds weak regional banks: ‘Don’t blame BOJ’
The comments come as many of Japan’s roughly 100 regional banks grapple with diminishing returns from their traditional lending business, hit by a low interest rate environment amid the BOJ’s ultra-lo... ( read original story ...)
ISDEF Japan 2018: Mobilicom to present its Mobile Mission Management System for the first time in Japan
Mobilicom’s Mobile Mission Management system, which is presented in Japan for the first time ... the first is Mobilicom’s core business entity, with solutions that cater to mission-critical communicat... ( read original story ...)