Tag: business

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 ...)

which would come from biosimilars and it expects nearly 50 per cent of its Japan sales to come from the speciality business. Lupin’s Japan story assumes significance as it held on to the highly regulated market, when most of its Indian peers quit. ( read original story ...)

When it comes to formal business engagements, foreigners sometimes miss the mark when trying to master the Japanese bow. For instance, greetings between US officials and Japanese prime ministers have occasionally sparked controversy, according to Reuters. ( read original story ...)

Anyone who is always on the quest for a taste bud adventure would consider Osaka as one of his dream cities. Japan’s third largest city, Osaka is bursting with flavor: every street is packed with restaurants, coffee shops and drinking establishments ... ( read original story ...)

Heading into the final day of the group stage, three teams — Japan, Colombia, and Senegal — are all still in control of their destinies as they battle for one of the final two spots up for grabs in the knockout round. With so much at stake for every ... ( read original story ...)

Resplendent in shocking pink, a sleek "Hello Kitty" bullet train, complete with special carriages festooned with images of the global icon from Japan, has been unveiled before it chugs into service this week. The special shinkansen or bullet train will run ... ( read original story ...)

Norihisa Tomiyasu opened his first mortuary in 1997 aiming to clean up a profession he says deserved its bad reputation for exploiting people’s grief and overcharging them at some of the most fraught moments of their lives. “The industry was so ... ( read original story ...)