Tag: business

“We’ll be watching to see how risks to Japan’s corporate sector -- such as the U.S.-China trade war and potential negatives for business in Europe from politics, including Brexit -- impact the domesti... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Tokyo is still a smoker’s heaven. Despite tougher laws enacted last year, smokers can light up in some restaurants and bars. Tobacco advertising is allowed on television, cigarette ... ( read original story ...)

An Indigenous photographer from Saskatoon is getting the chance to show the beauty of her culture to audiences in Japan this summer ... additional opportunities for growth as Indigenous small business ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - French auto equipment supplier Faurecia SA said on Friday shareholders of Japan's Clarion Co Ltd have tendered 95.28 percent of the car equipment maker's shares in its offer. The French co... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A Japanese court says lawyers for Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman detained for more than three months in Tokyo, have requested his release on bail. The request for Ghosn's ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 27, 2019--Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will host a special “ Spring Cherry Blossom (Sakura) Fest... ( read original story ...)

Photo: BUSINESS WIRE Located in Tokyo's vibrant and creative neighborhood of Nakameguro, the Roastery's enchanting design was inspired by the famous cherry blossom trees lining the Meguro River. The b... ( read original story ...)

It’s important however to keep an eye on recent economic data: overseas orders for machinery fell the most in more than a decade in December, and business sentiment soured to a two-year low. Spending ... ( read original story ...)

Naosuke Sugihara runs a business that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Since 2016 he’s been recruiting Filipinos, Vietnamese, and Chinese for low-skilled jobs at Japanese hotels, nurs... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo is a place where you can find millennia-old traditional ... their owners masters of their traditional trades from knife making to paper production. Men and women in business attire can be seen v... ( read original story ...)

The Vietnam-Japan economic dialogue is part of a working visit to Vietnam by a Japanese business delegation led by Yoichi Kobayashi, Chairman of the Japan-Mekong Business Cooperation Committee, from F... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday tracking rallies on overseas markets on optimism over US-China trade talks, after US President Donald Trump said the discussions were in an “advanced stage ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese table tennis has gone on a war footing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, vowing to dock coaches their ... (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syn... ( read original story ...)

“Japan needs foreign executives,” said Seth Sulkin, chief executive officer of Pacifica Capital, a real estate developer in Tokyo. “There really are only two major growth industries in Japan, and that ... ( read original story ...)

... would get busier than my main business but that’s what happened. Thornburgh: And now you’re the go-to guy for very elite-level food-fixing. There’s only one of you and there are thousands of resta... ( read original story ...)

"Sentiment is not bad but we need fresh positive factors before seeing shares rise further," Shinichi Yamamoto, broker at Okasan Securities in Tokyo, told AFP. The dollar fetched 110.64 yen in Asian a... ( read original story ...)