Tag: business

That compared to the full-year profit of 1.49 trillion in the year that just ended. MUFG is the last of Japan's three megabanks to report quarterly results on Wednesday. Raiffeisen Bank International ... ( read original story ...)

Tofu, a staple known for its stable affordability, is facing challenges in Japan, with shops across the country feeling the squeeze from surging prices for soybeans, the bean curd's primary ingredient ... ( read original story ...)

The head of the Korean chicken burger chain Mom's Touch said the company aims to become a nationwide brand in Japan, leveraging its successful franchise business in Korea and benefiting from the ... ( read original story ...)

A new grocery store, Tokyo Central, opened Friday, May 10, at Kailua Shopping Center, marking the brand's first location in Hawaii. Pacific Business News visited the new store on its opening day. ( read original story ...)

Foxconn-backed Sharp Corp. is exiting TV panel production and plans to seek volunteers for early retirement, abandoning a business in which it lost out to Chinese rivals. ( read original story ...)

Sony has reported that its profit surged 34% in the last quarter from a year earlier on strong sales of its video games, music and movies ... ( read original story ...)

FUKUOKA -- "Karaage" fried chicken lovers in Japan are insisting that the popularity of the food has not declined despite a record high number of stor･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Presidential policy chief Sung Tae-yoon gives a briefing at the presidential office in Seoul on May 13, 2024, asserting that the government will implement robust measures to safeguard South Korean ... ( read original story ...)

One year since the coronavirus was downgraded under Japan's infectious disease law to Class 5, on par with seasonal influenza, many are being･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday, as investors stayed cautious before the release of earnings reports by major Japanese companies later this week. Japan's benchmark Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

A Korean business delegation met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss bilateral economic cooperation between Korea and Japan amid the ongoing political dispute over Naver's potential ... ( read original story ...)

A group of Korean business leaders met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Monday, to discuss bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries amid the intensifying political ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Shionogi & Co said on Monday its pill-based treatment for COVID-19 did not meet the primary endpoint of showing a statistically significant reduction of 15 common symptoms of the illness in a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy likely contracted an annualised 1.5% in the January-March quarter as all key drivers of growth slumped due to an uncertain outlook, a Reuters poll showed, which will probably set back ... ( read original story ...)

South Korea said Sunday it has opened the K-Startup Center (KSC) Tokyo to help Korean firms advance to Japan and seek stable growth through partnerships with local firms. The Ministry of SMEs and ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks rose Friday on growing expectations of an interest rate cut this year by the U.S. Federal Reserve, but the gains were ca ... ( read original story ...)