Qantas flies direct from Sydney to Osaka's Kansai airport three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) on an upgraded two-class Airbus A330. Return economy flights start from $859 and return bu... ( read original story ...)
Mario carting in Osaka: Yes, only in Japan
Qantas flies direct from Sydney to Osaka's Kansai airport three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) on an upgraded two-class Airbus A330. Return economy flights start from $859 and return bu... ( read original story ...)
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will open in 2 years, and the heat is on
TOKYO—The 2020 Olympics will open in two years, and the heat is on. Since being awarded the games, which will be the largest ever with 33 sports and 339 events, Tokyo organizers have had to deal with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo real estate market booming ahead of Olympics
Mitsubishi Estate's property portfolio, a large proportion of which is held in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district, was worth close to 7.4 trillion yen as of March 2018 and is the most valuable in th... ( read original story ...)
Celebration Marking 2 Years to Go to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Draws Excited Crowds
TOKYO, JAPAN – 07-25-2018 (Press Release Jet) — A “2 Years to Go” countdown ceremony hosted jointly by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government was held at Tokyo Skytr... ( read original story ...)
Barclays’s Japan Profit Revival Sets Stage for Expansion Phase
Barclays Plc has turned around its Japan business after three years of losses, giving it the confidence to boost investment banking and markets operations in the country. The U.K. bank’s Japan unit po... ( read original story ...)
Shinagawa redevelopment could create Tokyo’s second CBD
retail and business facility to make Shinagawa ever more appealing for foreign companies and overseas property buyers. For more information about Tokyo residential properties, click here or contact JL... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘weaver of new ideas’ melds business with creativity
I had a deep knowledge of the craft involved in weaving, but no business knowledge whatsoever." Arai had started Nuno in 1983 and Sudo joined the following year. They set up shop in the basement of Ax... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Games venues hit by construction delays – organisers
Construction delays at two key Olympic venues could force Tokyo Games organisers into a reshuffle of test event schedules, the organising committee said. The Olympics Aquatics Centre, which will host ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign entrepreneurs pitch business ideas in Japan startup competition
Hosted by Tokyo Star Bank Ltd., seven finalists from 48 contenders for the Foreign Entrepreneurs Business Plan Competition 2018, which the bank claims is the first of its kind, presented their busines... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics echo through the city’s 2020 games
Mariko Nagai walked outside Yoyogi National Stadium — the late-architect Kenzo Tange's masterpiece from Tokyo's 1964 Olympics — and pictured the city in that era. She was a university student from nor... ( read original story ...)
Japan resumes Canadian wheat imports after Alberta GMO discovery
Prairie farmers received good news Friday as Japan, this country’s second-largest buyer of wheat, announced it would resume commercial wheat shipments from Canada one month after the discovery of a ha... ( read original story ...)
Heat wave has Tokyo residents concerned about Olympics
In 1964, the Olympics in Tokyo were held in October, mostly to avoid the scorching heat. But that was before the Olympics became big business and TV contracts determined schedules. Organizers are doin... ( read original story ...)
Inside the Tokyo temple where the ‘waving cat’ was born
While many may associate the talisman with Chinese business establishments, their origins actually reside in Japan. There's some debate as to which city holds the claim, but the most enduring legend i... ( read original story ...)
Japan cuts view on business mood, warns of trade fight damage on growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan downgraded its assessment of business sentiment and warned that global trade tensions could cloud the economy’s recovery prospects, a sign that policymakers are increasingly wo... ( read original story ...)
Japan business mood slips amid fears of trade war: Reuters Tankan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese business sentiment slipped in July, a Reuters poll found, reflecting companies’ fear of fallout from an intensifying trade dispute between the United States and China, even ... ( read original story ...)