Tag: business

The recent opening of Festival Tower West (2) (festival-city.jp/english), the second tower of Japan’s highest twin towers development, in Osaka’s Nakanoshima district has lent the sandbank sandwiched between the city’s business districts a buzzy feel. ( read original story ...)

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I have no regrets.” Sakaguchi, a Tokyo native, is the daughter of popular actress Ryoko Sakaguchi. She began appearing in a number of television series after entering the entertainment business in 2008. “I enjoyed happy things, but I was crying a lot ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The top Japanese business lobby will urge companies to maintain worker pay at current levels even if overall work hours are reduced, arguing that smaller paychecks will crimp consumption and productivity. The Japan Business Federation, or ... ( read original story ...)

Undergoing a major revamp last year, what had been a showcase for consumer electronics such as TVs and washing machines had reinvented itself as a business-to-business exhibition ... system co-developed with Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup ... ( read original story ...)

* Says it signed a contract to take over commodity futures trading business from a Tokyo-based firm EVOLUTION JAPAN for 1.15 billion yen ( read original story ...)

Last week, an Osaka tattooist was found guilty of breaking this rarely ... Mr Kuboki said he was worried about the impact the ruling would have on his business. Some other Japanese artists don’t have the same sympathy for Mr Masuda. ( read original story ...)

which cost 22,600 yen/23,000 yen for round trip to Kyoto/Osaka, as follows. You have to exchange your E-voucher to your Shinkansen tickets at JR Tokai's Office at Tokyo or Shinagawa Stations at their business hours written here. You can use the 7 day JR ... ( read original story ...)

In October 2002, Emirates became the first airline to link Japan and the Gulf region with non-stop flights when it introduced its four-times-per-week service to Osaka. Now serving ... Bento box and Sushi platter in Business Class, along with Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Business confidence is riding a 10-year high in Japan as the economy enjoys its longest stretch of growth in more than a decade, a central bank survey showed, less than three weeks before a national election. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is ... ( read original story ...)

The class is jointly taught by CIA instructor Chef Martin Matysik and Chef Hiroki Murashima of the world-renowned Tsuji Culinary Institute in Osaka, Japan ... foundation for the future growth of Suntory business.” CIA President Dr. Tim Ryan was ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka's first self-styled makerspace is open for business, joining FabLab and the electronics workshops of DenDen Town as part of Osaka's maker landscape. Makerspaces and hackspaces around the world provide tools and space for members to work on their own ... ( read original story ...)

Business conditions in Japan are at their strongest for a decade as the closely watched Tankan index hit its highest level since 2007. The reading for large manufacturers rose by five points to +22 in September, fuelled by strength in chemicals and ... ( read original story ...)

Big manufacturers' sentiment index +22 versus forecast of +18 Service-sector sentiment index +23 versus forecast of +23 Big firms expect business conditions to worsen Big firms' capex seen +7.7 percent in fiscal year 2017 versus forecast +8.3 Big ... ( read original story ...)

* Big manufacturers' sentiment index plus 22 vs f'cast +18 * Service-sector sentiment index plus 23, matches f'cast * Big firms' capex seen +7.7 pct in FY2017 vs f'cast +8.3 * More firms complain of labour shortages - tankan (Adds detail, background) By ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Big manufacturers have more confidence in Japan’s business conditions than they have had for a decade as a weak yen and robust global demand add momentum to the economic recovery, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)