TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp raked in its highest-ever ... Operating profit at its music business rose to 147.1 billion yen from 39.3 billion yen as it booked a one-time gain of 116.9 billion y... ( read original story ...)
Govt. mulls road toll rise for Tokyo 2020 Games
Large and mid-sized trucks would likely be exempt from the higher rates to avoid any impact on business. The central government will work with Tokyo officials and urban planning experts to draw up ... ( read original story ...)
Avelacom Launches New PoP in Tokyo to Deliver Ultra-Low Latency
Avelacom also has a PoP in Equinix’s Tokyo (TY3) International Business Exchange data centre, which was launched in November of last year, as Finance Magnates reported. This PoP gave trading firms fas... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher helped by cheaper yen
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors took heart from a cheaper yen and rallies on Wall Street, while keeping a close eye on corporate earnings reports. Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tues... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s EU deal ‘threatens post-Brexit UK industry’
Business groups estimate that the potential benefit of the EU-Japan deal to the UK would be £3bn a year if Britain stayed in the EU. “It could be a huge lost opportunity, which is why manufacturers ar... ( read original story ...)
Pacifica Capital to Open Japan’s First “Fairfield by Marriott” Summer 2020 in Osaka
View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190203005056/en/ Exterior (Graphic: Business Wire) The hotel is just a five-minute walk from Namba Station, the favorite accommodat... ( read original story ...)
SEAG swimming qualifier for Tokyo
THE International Swimming Federation or Fina has sanctioned the Philippine 30th Southeast Asian Games as a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Fina made the declaration through a letter from ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan new X-Trail to be made in Japan instead of Sunderland
"To support this, we are taking advantage of our global assets, and with X-Trail already manufactured in Japan, we can reduce our upfront ... "While we have taken this decision for business reasons, t... ( read original story ...)
Official Nintendo Tokyo Store Opens For Business In Fall 2019
Nintendo has revealed plans to open Nintendo Tokyo, an official store that will open in the Japanese capital’s Shibuya district. Their second retail outlet, the store will be similar to Nintendo NY in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shoppers get big bargains on French and Italian wine on Day 1 of ‘cars for cheese’ trade pact
Shoppers at Tokyo supermarkets are as of Friday able to scoop up French and Italian wines for steep discounts. That's because it's the first day of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement— represe... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops bust ‘delivery health’ service in Uguisudani for prostitution
During interviews with future employees, Yamada reportedly claimed that providing full sex is “considered normal” for a fuzoku (commercial sex) business in Uguisudani. The editorial team at The Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
5 powerful productivity tips I learned in Japan transformed my life and my business
For the past 24 years, I've been lucky enough to call Japan my home. What I've learned over that time is that things are different here. I've worked with executives from multi-national corporations su... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas taps British peer Centrica’s digital prowess in tie-up
TOKYO -- Tokyo Gas plans to leverage technological assistance from U.K. energy giant Centrica under a new partnership as the Japanese utility battles to keep its turf from eroding further in a ... ( read original story ...)
Silver Peak Appoints Dean Vaughan Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific and Japan to Accelerate Business Expansion Across the Region
SINGAPORE and TOKYO, Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver Peak ®, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network™, today ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Gas CEO Says to Step Up Overseas LNG Investment
Under a three-year business plan that kicked off last April, Tokyo Gas plans to spend 260 billion yen (2 billion pounds) to boost its earnings from abroad to 20 percent of its targeted operating profi... ( read original story ...)
PHC Holdings Signs Agreement to Acquire Anatomical Pathology Business from Thermo Fisher Scientific
TOKYO — PHC Holdings Corporation (headquarters ... to acquire Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology business for approximately US$ 1.14 billion. Thermo Fisher’s Anatomical Pathology business ... ( read original story ...)