Koike said Tokyo plans to increase capacity at day care centers for children and bolster support for female business leaders. Akira Matsumoto, chairman and CEO of snack food maker Calbee Inc., said Japan needs more leaders like Koike, who has become the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s scandal-hit defence minister, Tomomi Inada, resigns
Tokyo — Japan’s hawkish defence minister resigned on Friday ... weeks over controversies including claims that he showed favouritism to a friend in a business deal, immediately apologised to the nation over the saga. "I feel a keen responsibility ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. upbeat over 2020 Olympic Games but fret over aftermath
Japanese business executives have mixed feelings — a combination of anticipation and anxiety — about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Some have high hopes for an expected boost to economic growth, while others are concerned about a possible ... ( read original story ...)
QANTAS TO FLY DIRECT TO OSAKA! SALES FARES FROM $699 RETURN
Qantas will utilise its Airbus A330 on the route three times weekly, giving flyers access to Business and Economy Class seats. International Chief Executive, Gareth Evans, said the addition of Osaka to the Qantas network offers another gateway for ... ( read original story ...)
Mining Japan’s grey economy
An elderly man communicates with his granddaughter via the new humanoid robot called “Telenoid R1”: Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images The elderly will loom ever larger in business strategies. Japan has the largest pool of personal financial ... ( read original story ...)
Falling tech stocks pull US indexes off their record highs
The Japanese Nikkei 225 index up 0.1 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.7 percent and the Kospi in South Korea added 0.4 percent. Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed from Tokyo. Business Writer Marley Jay contributed from New York. ( read original story ...)
JPIX extends IX service to Equinix Osaka data centre
Looking back on the last 20 years, we have expanded our business by building multiple sites in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. In 2002, we built our first site in Osaka for the purpose of distributing the heavy traffic load from Tokyo metropolitan area to Kansai ... ( read original story ...)
A Flavored Kit Kat Factory Is Coming to Japan
Japan is about to break itself off a piece of that Kit Kat business. (Bad joke, but you get it ... Takagi and the newest of these shops is in Tokyo's shopping district, Ginza, and opened on Monday. The brand is the top-selling chocolate in the country ... ( read original story ...)
Besides Jeff Bezos: 6 People Who’ve Also Been The World’s Richest
An economics professor, he quit the university in 1959 and went into business, constructing office buildings in Tokyo’s Minato ward. He had 65 office buildings with 7.7 million square feet of floor space when Forbes first named his fortune the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo readies new sanctions not directly linked to Pyongyang’s nuke, missile threats
The United States has indicated it will impose additional sanctions on Chinese companies doing business with North Korea. The new sanctions by the Japanese government will be levied on five organizations, including two Chinese firms and nine individuals ... ( read original story ...)
Airfare of the Day: Delta One Suites DTW-NRT, Just for $13255 on the Inaugural Flight!
Well, they just took delivery of their first flagship Airbus A350-900 on July 13, and one week ago confirmed the rumors that the first scheduled route would be Detroit to Tokyo Narita starting ... probably a marked up Business Class price for the suites ... ( read original story ...)
World shares gain on strong earnings, dovish Fed policy
TOKYO — Global shares were mostly higher Thursday ... The euro rose to $1.1726 from $1.1637, and the British pound rose to $1.3138 from $1.3117. AP Business Writer Stan Choe contributed from New York. ( read original story ...)
Japan expected to slap higher import tariff on frozen U.S. beef
Japan is likely to impose an emergency tariff on frozen beef from the United States — starting next month — in response to a spike in imports, a government source said. The measure, designed to protect domestic farmers from sudden increases in imports ... ( read original story ...)
Qantas to launch seasonal Sydney-Osaka flights
AusBT review: Qantas Airbus A330 Business Suite business class Qantas flight QF33 will depart Sydney at 9:30am on Thursdays and Saturdays to reach Osaka at 5:25pm, while on Mondays, passengers will leave Sydney at a more leisurely 1:25pm for a 9:20pm ... ( read original story ...)
8 Best Capsule Hotels in Japan for an Out-of-the-Box Vacation
Capsule hotels are a quirky, not to mention affordable, type of accommodation whenever you are in Japan, whether it’s for business or pleasure ... Apart from its Tokyo branch, it can also be found in Kyoto and Fukuoka. This capsule hotel has been ... ( read original story ...)
Blue Prism Continues Global Expansion, Opening New Sales and Support Hub in Tokyo
LONDON & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Prism, the company delivering the world’s most successful digital workforce, today announced its further expansion into the Asia-Pacific region with a new sales and support hub in Tokyo, Japan. The company also ... ( read original story ...)