Tag: business

Instead of using the app for lodging, I used it to meet locals and had a wild night out. On a trip to Tokyo last year to help launch Business Insider Japan, I found myself like many business travelers — alone in a foreign city. My BI Japan colleagues ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Top Japanese business lobby Keidanren has urged members to raise wages 3% in this spring's labor talks, backing government efforts to boost incomes, consumption and, ultimately, prices. "The escape from deflation is within reach," Yasumi Kudo ... ( read original story ...)

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO, London Office) released a 360-degree VR video “[360-degree VR] JAPAN – Where tradition meets the future” on 16 January 2018. The video visualizing the essence of Japan and its ... ( read original story ...)

Discount retailer Don Quijote Co. unveiled a renovated Ferris wheel Monday in Osaka’s Dotonbori shopping district ... is decorated with a giant image of Ebisu, the god of business prosperity. The store chain hopes the Ferris wheel will be a new tourist ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese giant Softbank is planning to list its mobile phone business in Tokyo and overseas, according to the Nikkei newspaper. The listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and possibly in London aims to raise 2 trillion yen ($18bn; £13.1bn). Softbank ... ( read original story ...)

But that plan did not work out, due to the cancellation of the 1996 World City Expo in Tokyo, which was expected to jump start the plan. High-rise condo construction in the area subsequently took off, and it shifted from being a business district to a ... ( read original story ...)

These memories reminded us of how lasting the love of our parents is, as exemplified when Mama Mila and Papa Ting brought us to Osaka when we were kids to educate us about the beauty and value of pearls. After all, our jewelry business started in 1966 when ... ( read original story ...)

TALLINN, Estonia — Japan's prime minister says his country has entered into a pact with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to boost economic and political ties with the three former Soviet republics. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Latvian Prime ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is sometimes called the "Wall Street of fish." Every day, fishers, wholesalers, and the owners of Japan's top sushi restaurants gather to buy and sell more than $21 million of the freshest fish in the world. In recent decades ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will limit asylum seekers' right to work from Monday, making changes to its refugee system that are likely to swell the numbers of those in detention centers, the justice ministry said, prompting refugee groups to flag humanitarian ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan protested to China on Friday after a foreign submarine in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea was confirmed to be Chinese, calling it a unilateral action and a "serious escalation" that raised bilateral tensions. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- As Japan's labor force continues to shrink, companies are increasingly counting on foreigners to fill the gap, especially in such short-staffed businesses as construction and security. "We face a severe labor shortage on the ground, and we ... ( read original story ...)

Abe also met with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid over discussions on EU-Japan relations and bilateral trade, accompanied by a business delegation with several dozen representatives from Japanese companies. He travels to Estonia's Baltic neighbors ... ( read original story ...)

The cryptocurrency-themed Japanese pop (J-pop) group Virtual Currency Girls just performed live for the first time in Tokyo. Each member of the group represents a different cryptocurrency, and tickets to future shows will only be sold in exchange for ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will limit the right of asylum seekers to work starting on Monday, likely incresing their numbers in detention centers, where almost half a million already live. Japan has one of the world's toughest refugee systems, and only accepted ten refugees ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japan Business Federation, the country's leading business lobby, named Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi as its new leader in an announcement Tuesday. Nakanishi will start his four-year term in May, outgoing Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara told ... ( read original story ...)