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Japan marks three years to go until Tokyo 2020 Olympics Japan also observed a national exercise to encourage tens of thousands of commuters to work from home, in a bid to ease rail and road congestion before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and reform the country's ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures fell in thin trade on Wednesday, despite an overnight rally in oil prices, as investors were adjusting their positions after the new January contract started trading earlier in the session ... ( read original story ...)

Last month at the E3 in Los Angeles, Tokyo RPG Factory gave fans an early taste of the ... Liability Company has invested 0.05% in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). The business had revenue of $7.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts ... ( read original story ...)

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., which teamed up with India’s leading rooftop solar solution provider CleanMax Solar in May to tap emerging business opportunities ... at Hitachi High-Technologies, based in Tokyo. “Our plan is to achieve a 50-megawatt ... ( read original story ...)

People walk past an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. Reuters Published by the Editor for International Publications Limited from Tropicana Tower (4th floor), 45, Topkhana ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp's (6502.T ... Toshiba is scrambling to sell its flash memory unit to cover losses from its bankrupt U.S. nuclear business Westinghouse. But it has struggled to close a 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) deal with the group it ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Investors seem to be seeking out small- and midcapitalization ... Companies that had reported strong earnings the previous day gained sharply, including business and home software developer Solxyz, which added 11%, and Japan Pure Chemical, which ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged up early on Wednesday ... back from a two-year high of $1.1712 hit on Tuesday on a stronger-than-expected German Ifo business survey. Expectations that the European Central Bank would begin phasing out its easy monetary ... ( read original story ...)

After Meiji Co.’s decision to pull its long-selling corn puff snack Karl from shelves in eastern Japan, avid fans have flocked to stores to buy stockpiles of the treat. Summit Inc., a Tokyo-based supermarket chain operator, said sales of Karl tripled ... ( read original story ...)

“At this point, we are planning to expand our business to many locations including Fukuoka and Osaka, however the exact location and time is not decided yet,” a Lotte source told TRBusiness. “Even though we are planning to expand our business in the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Monday launched a scheme to promote "telework ... president of the Ricoh Institute of Sustainability and Business. "The lifestyles of younger generations are changing, so firms should offer alternative work styles to maintain ... ( read original story ...)

The International Monetary Fund upgraded the economic outlook for Europe, Japan and China this year. But the fund left its forecast for global growth unchanged from an April forecast, partly because the United States is unlikely to get much help from tax ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese commuters are being encouraged to work from home ... president of the Ricoh Institute of Sustainability and Business. But the upcoming Olympics are not the only reason for the experiment. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently introduced policies ... ( read original story ...)

Many venture capital funds are also getting their financial resources from banks, says Takao Fujiwara, a professor of business administration at Toyohashi University of Technology. In addition, "the Japanese government is eager to support start-ups," Mr ... ( read original story ...)

HIROSHIMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hiroshima Television will release English version of documentaries about the Hiroshima atomic bombing via the internet free of charge on our own website on August 6 th, 2017, an anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - The surge of foreign visitors to Japan in the first half of this year to a record 13.76 million is primarily attributable to a rise in South Korean tourists, particularly those arriving on low-cost carriers. "More young (South Korean) people are ... ( read original story ...)