Tag: business

TOKYO — Japan reports its core inflation rate rose 0.8 per cent in October, a slight increase from the month before, while the jobless rate remained steady at a very low 2.8 per cent. The data reported Friday add to indications of a stable recovery ... ( read original story ...)

The head of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) has accepted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s request for corporations to help the country expand child care services, to the tune of about ¥300 billion ($2.7 billion). Sadayuki Sakakibara ... ( read original story ...)

Dr. Nelson Marquina RICHMOND, VA, UNITED STATES, December 1, 2017 — Dr. Nelson Marquina, MSc, PhD traveled to Japan to teach the first US university-certified laser therapy training program for Japanese dentists. While there, he visited the dental clinic ... ( read original story ...)

A look into why Japan’s once sterling corporate reputation has taken such a hit amid a number of high-profile scandals in recent years. Also in the programme, a deep dive into why the nation's efforts to make it easier for women to return to work after ... ( read original story ...)

The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Japan-based bitFlyer ... Sarah Kocianski, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has put together a report that compiles various fintech ... ( read original story ...)

Its business also includes the Mocha Clubs (www.mochaclubs.com ... Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.For media enquiries, please contact:Japanese media ( read original story ...)

We need a new experiment, one that allows the possibility of failures. "In order to take the Japanese society forward younger people, or those who experienced foreign business or the intellectual world, [should be able to] voice more freely to senior people." ( read original story ...)

Osaka is known all over the world as the home of Universal Studios, Japan - among other things - but it is also home to bustling businesses, which makes it a familiar place for many business travelers. If you’re traveling to Osaka for the first time, you ... ( read original story ...)

bitFlyer, the largest bitcoin exchange in Japan, is launching in the US. The firm's US Chief Operating Officer told Business Insider the expansion will provide new liquidity to the US market, which will entice institutional investors to dive into the ... ( read original story ...)

Its former chief executive, Sadayuki Sakakibara, is now the chairman of Keidanren, the influential business organization that lobbies on behalf of Japan’s largest companies. On Monday, before Toray’s revelations, Mr. Sakakibara warned at a news ... ( read original story ...)

Map showing the proximity between Akita prefecture, Sado, and North Korea. Google Maps/Business Insider Last week, Japanese police also found eight men who claimed to be North Korean fishermen in Yurihonjo, a nearby city in Akita prefecture, 50 miles from Oga. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — This is a compliant city ... Still, as strong as the impulse is to follow the rules, the culture of smoking is also ingrained. And smoking is big business. A law completely banning indoor smoking is “a totalitarian idea,” said Motoki Takeda ... ( read original story ...)

held this year at a new venue near Tokyo Tower, is an event styled to present young, entrepreneurial-minded individuals and their startup business concepts that will contribute to society with global impact in genres like technology, communications ... ( read original story ...)

Three subway cars that operated in Japan and Argentina for some 60 years in total were shown to the media in Tokyo on Monday after undergoing a thorough refurbishing. It is unusual for a train car to mark a 60-year anniversary, well beyond the standard ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks snapped a three-day winning streak Monday with profit-takers paring early gains ahead of the release of key economic data in the US and China. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened higher, lost 0.24 percent, or 54.86 points, to ... ( read original story ...)

Served hot or cold, jam-packed with fillings or toppings, this crazily popular Taiwan-born drink has taken Tokyo by storm. Many of the top Taiwanese chains have been opening outposts around the city, while trendy cafés also serve up Instagram-worthy boba ... ( read original story ...)