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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 ...)

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2018--Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that its innovative Aquala technology received Japan’s “Prize of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry” during the 2018 National Invention ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese men are still expected to support their families, and both men and women may be reluctant to marry and have children if they know it will be financially difficult. And as Business Insider has previously reported, work in Japan can be so demanding ... ( read original story ...)

Rooms are mostly one-bedroom types. Inquiries regarding their business, focused on the greater Tokyo area, have risen by 50% in the past week. Operating as a home-sharer often requires additional investment, such as installing sprinklers and fire alarms. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Japan’s biggest bitcoin exchange said it would halt taking new business after regulators said it wasn’t doing enough to stop money laundering and terrorist financing. The move by Tokyo-based bitFlyer Inc. led to a drop in the price of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo [Japan], June 22 (ANI): Tokyo has launched an exhibition to showcase a wide range of environmental technologies and services to overcome various challenges. Energy conservation, renewable energy, heat island technology, and CO2 reduction technologies ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2018--Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (KPH), one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will host the “Princess Mermaid Sweets Buffet” in commemoration of the fairy tale written by the ... ( read original story ...)