Tag: business

The Japan Times newsroom selected the following business news stories as the most important of 2018. 1. Going, going, Ghosn: Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s November arrest sent shock waves w... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese business lobby stressed on Tuesday the importance of structural reforms while pushing for actors in the political and corporate spheres to drive the innovation they say will help overcome ... ( read original story ...)

Infrastructure building is not a million dollar business; it is about trillions of dollars of spending and not least in Asia. If Japan and China can combine their expertise and financial muscle in pur... ( read original story ...)

Carlos Ghosn will remain in detention for another 10 days after a Japanese court approved a prosecutors’ request to continue questioning the former Nissan chairman over allegations of financial miscon... ( read original story ...)

Although Japan's greater motives aren't known, there's potential that they intend to wind down their whaling operations, possibly for good. After all, the business, with diminished demand ... ( read original story ...)

Infrastructure building is not a million dollar business; it is about trillions of dollars of spending and not least in Asia. If Japan and China can combine their expertise and financial muscle in pur... ( read original story ...)

Various locations around Japan report significant problems with wildlife destroying millions of dollars’ worth of agricultural crops. To combat this, one Japanese city is trying to interest people in ... ( read original story ...)

"We'll reinvigorate Osaka and make the city more exciting," said Hideaki Kawai, president of the subway operator, which took over the city-run business in April. The total investment for the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings and Osaka Gas are among the major utilities considering an investment in Japan's top new power provider, Nikkei learned Friday, a development that could ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING - Most global stock markets advanced Friday while Japan edged down following Wall Street's rally after a turbulent week. KEEPING SCORE: In early trading, Germany's DAX rose 0.7 per cent to 10, ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo prosecutors declined to comment ... and Bahrain but the scope of the business has since been reduced to Kuwait and Bahrain for reasons that weren't immediately clear, one of the sources said. Ke... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan announced Wednesday that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts for the animals for the first time in 30 years, but said it would no longer ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Nissan Motor Co Representative Director Greg Kelly was set to be released after more than a month in detention after a Tokyo court late on Tuesday rejected prosecutors ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A Japanese court approved a bail request Tuesday for Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly, who was detained and charged with underreporting the income of his boss, former Nissan chairman Car... ( read original story ...)

Pre-meeting meetings sound like bureaucracy gone mad to Westerners, but the Japanese method of decision-making means everyone is brought along together. From the moment you first arrive in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics say they have secured another $1 million in domestic sponsorships and that the operating budget for the games remains at $5.6 billion. The organizing committee, a... ( read original story ...)