Tag: business

Fintech adoption has been a focal point of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic plan. As Business Insider previously reported, his government was moving forward with a plan to roll back regulations on some fintech startups to help spur the ... ( read original story ...)

DENSO will transfer part of the R&D functions currently located in its head office in Aichi Prefecture and existing Tokyo office to the new facility ... and will formulate and carry out business ideas to develop competitive products that better meet ... ( read original story ...)

Jetstar Asia and Jetstar Japan will now operate up to 23 services to Osaka.” Alexander Cauguiran, OIC of the Clark International Airport Corp., said in a statement: “This is another good news for this new year. Our business travelers or family tourists ... ( read original story ...)

business and politics coexist, Masanobu Komoda, president and CEO of Mitsui Fudosan, said during a media preview Tuesday, two days before the official completion date. “We hope to develop Hibiya into an attractive place by taking advantage of our Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: Tokyo stocks fell on Tuesday for the fifth straight trading day, with investor sentiment weighed down by a strong yen and a retreat from records on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.43 per cent, or 337.37 points to 23,291.97, while ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka's north gate, Umeda, has a gigantic stretch of underground mall that houses many restaurants, fashion and sundry goods stores. In contrast to Kita with Umeda as its core, Minami is an area with core cities Namba, a popular business and shopping ... ( read original story ...)

Each girl in the eight-strong group, who go by the name of Virtual Currency Girls – or Kasotsuka Shojo in Japanese – wears a furry mask to represent a different currency, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. The band held their first concert in ... ( read original story ...)

A leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has agreed to refund customers hit by one of the world’s biggest heists. Coincheck has promised to use its own funds to reimburse more than 46bn yen (£300m) to customers caught up in the theft on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Additionally, China had never sent a submarine into the contested waters before. Japanese government data that was translated for Business Insider by Nori Katagiri, an assistant professor of political science at Saint Louis University and the inaugural ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – One of the Kansai region’s leading business lobby groups has called for new diplomatic initiatives to strengthen Japan’s relations with other Asian nations, in a bid to reduce regional tensions and consider a defense policy more independent ... ( read original story ...)

Last week, Ono attended Navigate Hanoi, a business-to-business meeting between almost 20 Japanese and Vietnamese technology startups and enterprises. According to Hironobu Kitagawa, chief representative of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO ... ( read original story ...)

Aflac Inc.’s AFL fourth-quarter results, scheduled for Jan 31, are expected to benefit from increased revenues from its U.S. segment. This unit has been performing strongly as evident by increasing revenues since 2010 for the past many years, a trend ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Yahoo Japan's business model may be stuck in the 1990s, but the company hopes that a leadership shakeup later this year will spark innovation to spur higher stock prices and compete against U.S. internet giants. "There is still growth potential in ... ( read original story ...)

Policymakers hope robust external demand for Japanese goods can help stoke a virtuous cycle of business investment, consumer spending and growth in Japan`s economy, the world`s third largest. "We still think that net trade supported GDP growth last quarter ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan’s Foreign Ministry says a Japanese navy surveillance aircraft has spotted a Dominican-flagged oil tanker apparently transferring fuel to a North Korean tanker in the open seas. A ministry statement said Wednesday that the possible ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN is famous for crazy business ventures, but a local porn star’s new role might just be the craziest of them all. Japanese adult actress Asuka Hoshino left the industry in 2014 after starring in dozens of movies between 2010 and 2013. Now ... ( read original story ...)