Tag: business

A group of Japanese companies including shipping companies NYK and K-Line are teaming up to launch a new LNG bunkering business in Japan. With the new business, the four companies, which include Chubu Electric Power and Toyota Tsusho in addition to NYK and ... ( read original story ...)

“It’s based more on a Western model, but it’s something they are adopting.” Glavine and a cultural business delegation will meet with Chinese and Japanese government officials, cultural organizations and business leaders over the course of the ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged Japan to join China’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure ... due to brisk sales of batteries and other electronic automobile components, as automakers conti... Business failures hit 28-year low in April The number of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The convenience of establishing a free trade agreement and completing the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula were issues Japan, China and South Korea discussed today during its first tripartite summit held since 2015. ( read original story ...)

Economy tickets to Perth start at $450 with a two-night minimum stay, with business class starting at $2040 round-trip. Osaka is a bit pricier at $556 for Economy (starting in late June, the price is higher in May and early June) and $2790 for Business. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo. Tokyo stocks rose on Tuesday with investors encouraged by Wall Street rallies and Japan’s Takeda surging on reports that the drugmaker would make a formal offer to buy Ireland’s Shire. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.18 per cent or 41.53 ... ( read original story ...)

The first few months of 1942 saw Japan take control of islands throughout the Central and South Pacific, including the Philippines and Guam, as part of its plan to form a defensive perimeter to protect its empire and blunt Allied counterattacks. ( read original story ...)

Business lobby groups of South Korea, Japan and China agreed Wednesday to cooperate for an early signing of a trilateral free trade deal on the sidelines of the three-way summit held in Tokyo. In a joint declaration adopted in a trilateral business summit ... ( read original story ...)

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The GSMA today announced that Japanese mobile operators KDDI Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SoftBank Corp. have launched Rich Communications Services (RCS) based on the GSMA’s specifications. The service, which is called ... ( read original story ...)

“I guess it could mean, “dosoku de fumikomuna*.” (*Note: I’d translate that as “Better mind your own business.”) “They really aren’t thinking about Japanese people.” “It has to have a message for Japan.” The Times of Israel ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, China and Japan on Wednesday agreed to cooperate on promoting a trilateral free trade pact for mutual economic growth on the sidelines of a summit of their leaders in Tokyo. In a joint statement adopted in Japan, the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan also had several false starts over the past quarter-century, only to stumble back into the doldrums. If this time is different, one big reason will be companies like Irie Koken. Mr. Irie said business had not been this good since he took over as the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese drugmaker Takeda has agreed to buy Shire for 46 billion pounds ($62.4 billion) in cash and stock, one of the biggest deals ever in the pharmaceuticals industry, the companies said Tuesday. Takeda will pay the equivalent of 49.01 pounds ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese government program to prevent the birth of so-called "inferior descendants" that saw tens of thousands sterilized, often without their consent, under a law not revoked until 1996. Most were physically or cognitively disabled. But others suffered ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened mixed on Tuesday as worries that US President Donald Trump may leave the Iran nuclear deal weighed on the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged down 0.06 percent or 13.87 points to 22,453.29 in early trade while the broader Topix ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two men for allegedly employing an underage girl at a sex business, reports the Sankei Shimbun (May 7). On around April 14, Yasuyuki Fukui, the 39-year-old manager of the “delivery health” service ... ( read original story ...)