TOKYO -- Bain Capital is considering providing roughly 100 billion yen ($930 million) in assistance to embattled Japanese software developer Works Applications, Nikkei learned Friday. Tokyo-based ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Most popular Olympics?
Tokyo resident Yuuma Sakai takes photos of his wife, Hiroyo, with the Olympic rings set up near New National Stadium in Tokyo. TOKYO—Want tickets for next year’s Tokyo Olympics? Prepare to be ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese crypto exchange Fisco receives business improvement order by regulator
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Fisco has received a business improvement order by the country’s financial regulator. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced the news Friday, saying that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ready to pursue flexible fiscal policy to offset economic risks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Friday signaled its readiness to pursue flexible fiscal spending next year to offset risks to economic growth. The risks to the outlook for the world's ... ( read original story ...)
Boost for women in IOC’s Tokyo boxing plan
The Tokyo Games will feature eight men's and five ... (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) ... ( read original story ...)
Suning’s Tax-free Subsidiary Laox Announced a Fundraising of 10.1 Billion Japanese Yen to Expand China Business and Global E-commerce
NANJING, China, June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 19, Laox, the largest comprehensive tax-free company in Japan, disclosed its intention to raise funds through targeted additional shares ... ( read original story ...)
The Okura Tokyo to Offer “Okura Fitness & Spa ANNAYAKE”
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hotel Okura Tokyo Co., Ltd. today announced that The Okura Tokyo, due to open on September 12 2019, will offer among its many guest amenities the “Okura Fitness & Spa ANNAYAKE” ... ( read original story ...)
Japan exports slide for 6th month as trade troubles knock demand, weaken outlook
Sluggish exports have been a source of concern among Japanese policymakers, especially as a bruising U.S.-China tariff war has upended supply chains and hit global growth, trade and investment. "The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan wraps everything in plastic. Now it wants to fight against plastic pollution.
Japan’s obsession with hygiene combined with its pride in ... On the other side lies the immovable force of the country’s business community, intertwined with the ruling party and the powerful ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s MHLW Approves Invivoscribe’s LeukoStrat CDx FLT3 Mutation Assay as the CDx for Daiichi Sankyo’s …
At the same time the Japanese MHLW added approval in use of EDTA collection tubes to the existing approval of heparin collection tubes used with this assay. The QuANTUM-R study demonstrated that ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese insurers wait for cheaper dollar as U.S. rate-cut pressure builds
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's life insurers are holding out for the possibility that the Federal Reserve's first rate cut in more than a decade will afford them better levels at which to be buying the U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka grinds out opening win on grass
Osaka admitted in her pre-tournament press conference that ... (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) ... ( read original story ...)
Japan keen on business with Punjab, says its ambassador on 1st Asr visit
AMRITSAR: In a bid to explore joint business opportunities between Japan and Punjab, Japanese ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu on Monday interacted with businessmen and government officials to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan government sticks to ‘moderate’ economic view despite global risks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government left its assessment of the economy unchanged in June, after revising it down twice in the past three months, even as the escalating U.S.-China trade war threatens ... ( read original story ...)
Survey: Japanese firms hit by sharp drop in business confidence
Business confidence of Japanese companies is deteriorating rapidly with most blaming trade conflicts between the United States and China as the major cause, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed on June 18. ... ( read original story ...)
This Japanese Puzzle Has Many Moving Parts
There’s support for both points of view. For months, Japan watchers have been waiting for business activity to drop. However, core machine orders, which typically point to future spending, have ... ( read original story ...)