Tag: business

TOKYO Nomura Holdings Inc (8604.T), Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, turned around its overseas business after six years of losses and swung to a fourth-quarter profit as strong revenues from bond trading helped drive its wholesale business. ( read original story ...)

For Terre Haute to recruit future business development from Japan, it must foster relationships. So says Larry Ingraham, president of Carmel-based consulting firm Ingraham & Associates. Steve Witt, president of the Terre Haute Economic Development Corp ... ( read original story ...)

And it begins, the long awaited travel hacking trip report taking Asia by storm with mi familia in the summer of 2016. Did this get you excited? You won’t believe what comes next, lets do this! ( read original story ...)

Though Japan would have virtually no defense against a surprise nuclear attack, experts contacted by Business Insider maintain that a first strike from North Korea seems incredibly unlikely, as the Kim regime would face quick retaliation from a much more ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Post Holdings said on Tuesday it will book its first annual loss in at least a decade, after unveiling a $US3.6 billion ($4.7 billion) writedown on its Australian logistics arm Toll Holdings. Japan Post estimated its loss at 40 billion yen ($470 ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN Post has plunged into the red after writing billions ... Germany’s DHL has beefed up operations here and Singapore Post has invested heavily in its Couriers Please business in recent years. Australia Post tipped $2 billion into its package-handling ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese companies' owner-managers often have no incentive to improve profitability, because that would increase the inheritance tax incurred when their business is passed on to the next generation, Sasaki says. Non-owner managers, meanwhile, lack ... ( read original story ...)

Analysts say the revocations were unlikely to be a direct response to Trump’s plan, but rather a part of China’s reform measures aimed at reducing surplus steel capacity that many estimate at around 300 million tonnes, about three times Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO & OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KDDI CORPORATION (TOKYO:9433) (KDDI) and Japan Internet Exchange Co., Ltd. (JPIX) have agreed to establish a JPIX connection point (PoP [1]) within the TELEHOUSE OSAKA 2 data center operated by KDDI in Osaka ... ( read original story ...)

Beyond hotel rooms, Intercontinental Osaka provides guests with an option for serviced residential suites. This is perfect for long-term business travelers and families staying together in one suite. The top 4 floors hold the one to three bedroom ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- Sawai Pharmaceutical will buy the generics business of U.S. drugmaker Upsher-Smith Laboratories for $1.05 billion, the Japanese company said Thursday, eager to make up for lost time after its first push into the American market stalled. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japan's government raised its assessment of business sentiment in April, the first upgrade in four months, after the Bank of Japan's tankan survey showed this month that the corporate mood brightened. However, the government left unchanged for the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports rose at a faster-than-expected 12 percent pace in March, while imports jumped nearly 16 percent from a year earlier, the government said Thursday. The data suggest relatively strong foreign demand could lift growth for the world's No. 3 ... ( read original story ...)

Sidestepping the political difficulties back in Washington, Vice President Mike Pence told Japanese business leaders Wednesday that President Trump is working “around the clock” on tax reform that will benefit Japanese-owned businesses in the U.S ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea regularly threatens to destroy Japan, South Korea and the United States and it ... intercepting cargo ships and punishing Chinese banks doing business with Pyongyang. They also say greater Chinese cooperation is vital. "DIPLOMACY FIRST CHOICE ... ( read original story ...)

Metrotvnews.com, Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday as a weaker yen lifted exporters following reported remarks by the US treasury secretary that a strong dollar is 'a good thing' over the long term. Investors also got relief from solid gains on ... ( read original story ...)