Tag: business

Want to know how to start a business in Japan while working a full-time job? First, you’ll need to secure the right visa (especially if you plan on hiring employees and scaling your business). In most ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese electronics giant Sony and drinks maker Suntory are stockpiling inventory in the United States while their peers shift production or supply chains in efforts to fend off an evolving threat of ... ( read original story ...)

The Au Jibun Bank Japan Services PMI was revised higher to 53.7 in February 2025, up from a preliminary reading of 53.1 and January’s 53.0, indicating the highest level since last August, marking the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has set a goal of more than tripling its domestic cybersecurity industry sales in the next decade, from the current ¥900 billion ($6 billion) to ¥3 trillion. ( read original story ...)

Non-gaming leisure and entertainment facilities to be built near the under-development MGM Osaka integrated resort (IR) with casino on Yumeshima island, Osaka, could involve investment of as much as ... ( read original story ...)

The group is believed to have earned about ¥7 billion over five years by dispatching women to the sexual service businesses that offered the best pay. ( read original story ...)

PATIENCE Capital Group, the real estate investment manager helmed by Ken Chan, former Japan head of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, is raising a new 25 billion yen (S$225.5 million) fund focused ... ( read original story ...)

Press Release Fin Capital, a global asset manager specializing in B2B Fintech, announced today that it will establish a formal presence in Asia, opening an office in Tokyo as its Asia headquarters. ( read original story ...)

Starbucks Coffee Japan has appointed Hisae Morii as its new CEO from 1 April 2025. She will succeed Takafumi Minaguchi, who has held the position since September 2014. Morii, currently serving as ... ( read original story ...)

The Boeing 737-800 jet, whose livery also features the expo's official mascot, Myaku-Myaku, will be used for domestic flights until around November. ( read original story ...)

Ren Hongbin, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), addresses a bilateral business exchange meeting with the Japan-China Economic Association and ... ( read original story ...)

BLACKSTONE is buying a company that helps drugmakers run clinical trials in Japan, adding to growing interest from private equity firms in the health needs of the nation’s ageing population. Read more ... ( read original story ...)

Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese retail giant at the centre of a takeover battle, is finalising a plan for its president to step down, mostly likely to be replaced by its first foreign chief, two ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government's goal is to ease the financial pressures of inflation and supply chain issues. Nation announces controversial changes to major industry: 'Significantly changed business ... ( read original story ...)

The sum allocated by the Rome Chamber of Commerce for the Expo Osaka 2025 Call for Proposals is €350,000, aimed at micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in the area to support ... ( read original story ...)

They may have all but disappeared from newly built homes, but traditional Japanese squat toilets are still found in places such as schools ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)