Tag: business

Japan’s economy grew for a fourth straight quarter in the final three months of last year as a weaker yen supported exports, but tepid private consumption and the risks of rising U.S. protectionism cast doubts over a sustainable recovery. Data on Monday ... ( read original story ...)

By comparison, Japan and Germany get off easy. The focus on China is understandable: The U.S. trade deficit in goods with China ($347 billion last year) is five times bigger than any other. The U.S. trade gap with Mexico ($63.2 billion), though ... ( read original story ...)

Atsushi Kamimura, manager for demand generation and marketing department at Tokyo Metro Co. Ltd. said pursuing a plan to build a subway that would link the business centers of Makati, Pasay and Taguig would help decongest roads in Metro Manila. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Fro’s Rockin' Sushi closed at the end of January on ... fencing off access to his property and interfering with his ability to run his business. ( read original story ...)

She will meet business leaders in Tokyo and Nagasaki to promote Scotland as a place to invest and do business. The cabinet secretary said Japan was "a very important international partner for Scotland". The Scottish government said Japan was one of the top ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG - Asian stocks advanced Friday led by big gains in Japan after U.S. President Donald Trump promised that he would soon cut taxes for businesses. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index surged 2.3 per cent as the yen weakened against the dollar ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON - The Latest on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Washington and meeting with President Donald Trump (all times local): 9:05 a.m. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (SHEEN-zoh AH-bay) is making the case for Japanese business which he ... ( read original story ...)

"We are trying to make Japanese business environment better for the foreign companies through introducing a new type of green card system," Shigeki Maeda, Executive Vice President, Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) told reporters here. A ... ( read original story ...)

You look at what China's doing, you look at what Japan has done over the years. They play the money market, they play the devaluation market and we sit there like a bunch of dummies." Trump, speaking to U.S. business executives on Jan. 31. — "I think ... ( read original story ...)

... pointed to the possible market impact of Toshiba being demoted to the second section of the Tokyo stock exchange or even deslisted. The Nikkei business daily early on Thursday also reported market concerns that Toshiba could delay its third-quarter ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN MACHINERY ORDERS UP: Orders of "core machinery" that exclude ships and utilities rose 6.7 per cent in December from the month before, suggesting relative strength in business investment, though economists cautioned against reading too much into such ... ( read original story ...)

IWATA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7272) (ISIN:JP3942800008) announced today that in its fiscal 2016 year, which finished on December 31, net income increased 5.2 percent to 63.2 billion yen thanks to business expansion in ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, has chosen a Toyota Motor director as a new vice chair in an effort to keep the auto titan involved in Japan's top business lobby in the face of uncertainties brought about by Donald Trump's election as ... ( read original story ...)

The decision by Nikkei 225-listed Nisshinbo Holdings marked the first time a Japanese company has publicly abandoned a Mexico facility in response to Trump’s protectionist outbursts, the Nikkei business daily said Thursday. The announcement comes as ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Yoshihiro Masui’s growling Ford hot-rod, its sides adorned with the Stars and Stripes, attests to his love of American cars — an unusual passion in Japan, where Toyota, Honda and other domestic brands rule the roads. “Japanese cars don’t ... ( read original story ...)

CHICAGO – Two U.S. meat industry groups sent a joint letter on Tuesday to President Donald Trump, calling on the new leader of the country to launch bilateral free trade talks with Japan at his meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Washington on Friday. ( read original story ...)