If you ask him, as Business Insider did earlier this year, what his favorite destination is, he will immediately tell you it's Japan. "Japan is endlessly, endlessly interesting to me," he said. And even after going on nine filming trips there, "I don't ... ( read original story ...)
Japan demands talks with U.K. government over Brexit strategy
“Japanese companies are not leaving, they like it here and they have been operating profitably in the U.K.,” the ambassador said. The two governments “should make certain there will be a business environment that will continue to allow them to make ... ( read original story ...)
3 Japanese Shipping Companies to Merge Container Businesses
“This is a big decision, since it will create what will be the only container-shipping company in Japan,” he said. “But with the European industry consolidating and the business becoming more of an oligopoly, we need the scale that being a single ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shippers to merge container lines; Puget Sound impact unclear
Japan’s three biggest shippers agreed to combine their container operations to create the world’s sixth-largest box carrier, as the industry steps up consolidation this year amid global turmoil in the sea-cargo business. Nippon Yusen KK (NYK), Mitsui O ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan delays inflation goal in blow to 'Abenomics'
TOKYO: Japan's central bank on Tuesday (Nov 1) again pushed back the timeline for hitting its inflation goal, the latest policy change that has raised questions about attempts to revive the deflation-plagued economy. The Bank of Japan has for the past ... ( read original story ...)
Starbucks' new Willy Wonka-inspired store in Tokyo offers a glimpse into the brand's future
On Thursday, CEO Howard Schultz announced that the coffee giant would open its fourth Roastery in Tokyo in 2018. "It’s clear to the me that the universal interest in premium retail experiences is not skewed to only the US," Schultz told Business Insider. ( read original story ...)
Japanese and German cooperation on Industry 4.0
That has made Japan a more interesting place for German companies to do business. Suddenly, they're working together "Japan in some sectors makes more foreign direct investments than does China or Korea," Schürmann said from his perch in a glass-fronted ... ( read original story ...)
Capsule hotels in Japan reach out to foreign tourists
New Japan Kanko Co, which claims to have inaugurated the first ... "But we need to attract younger people as new guests to continue our business." First Cabin Inc has designed its rooms along the line of the first class cabin of a passenger airline ... ( read original story ...)
Brazilian President seeks foreign investment, access to Japan’s markets
TOKYO Brazilian President Michel Temer told a top Japanese business lobby in Tokyo on Wednesday he would like to open up Brazil's markets and promote international investment there. Temer, making the first visit to Japan by a Brazilian head of state in 11 ...http://japanbizz.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=38&action=trash&_wpnonce=3778aa113e ( read original story ...)
Japan investors in dilemma over US bonds as hedging costs bite
Japanese investors may soon be forced out of their U.S. debt investments as currency hedging costs soar on the prospect of higher interest rates and tougher U.S. money market regulations. With returns on U.S. Treasuries falling to around zero percent after ... ( read original story ...)
Business tops Abe’s talks with Brazil’s Temer
Earlier Wednesday, Temer also met with officials from Keidanren, otherwise known as the Japan Business Federation, a powerful Japanese business lobby, to seek investments. Brazil’s once rapidly-growing economy took a hit amid slowing in other emerging ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan has the best navy in Asia
Writing for The National Interest, Kyle Mizokami recently made a solid case for Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force (MSDF) as the best navy in all of Asia. While China fields a larger, ever modernizing navy with huge stores of cruise missiles and land ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Watanabe elected president of gymnastics federation
Watanabe becomes the first Asian to head FIG and is the first Japanese president of an Olympic international federation since Ichiro Ogimura headed the International Table Tennis Federation from 1987-1994. Watanabe is a sports business management professional. ( read original story ...)
Australia and Japan jointly targeting ASEAN countries
The sustained economic growth in south-east Asia is becoming a new focus for companies involved in Australia's oldest business relationship in Asia with Japan. Potential co-operation between Japanese and Australian companies in south-east Asia was a key ... ( read original story ...)
International forum on sports, art and business kicks off in Kyoto, Tokyo
An international conference on sports, arts and business kicks off in Japan on Wednesday as part of the government’s efforts to create momentum leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond. The World Forum on Sport and Culture, hosted by the Ministry ... ( read original story ...)