Tag: business

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's financial regulator will step up scrutiny of the country's struggling regional banks, it said on Friday, as it aims to force lenders straining for profitability to shore up potentially risky business models. The Financial Services ... ( read original story ...)

To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Amazon has released its Echo smart speakers in Japan, continuing its expansion of the family of devices beyond the US and Europe, reports TechCrunch. The company will also make the Alexa voice assistant ... ( read original story ...)

He told a group of American and Japanese business leaders: the United States was open for business, but he wanted to reshape the nations' trade relationship, though he did not say how he would cut the trade deficit with Japan, which totalled nearly $70 ... ( read original story ...)

"I would like to express my apologies to customers, business partners, dealers and all the people who have been supporting Nissan," he said. Japan's second-largest carmaker suspended local production for about three weeks after it revealed uncertified ... ( read original story ...)

While the extent to which he deserves credit for the economic indicators he cites is up for debate, his presence has had a tangible effect on at least one business — but it's not American. During his recent trip to Japan, Trump dined with Japanese Prime ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese automakers are also major employers in the US, as Business Insider's Bryan Logan reported. Trump has a real problem understanding the global auto industry, and it doesn't seem that anyone who works for him gets it, either. On top of his ... ( read original story ...)

I will be travelling from Busan to Osaka on the 14th of May. Prior to that I will be going to Malaysia and Shanghai before a 2 weeks holiday in Seoul/Busan. We will be travelling via business class which gives us 40kg luggage. However we are planning to ... ( read original story ...)

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Japan over trade and said he would push for a fairer economic relationship between the two countries. Speaking to business leaders in Tokyo on Monday he said Japan "has been winning" on trade in recent decades. ( read original story ...)

Reporters were unable to hear the conversation. 10 a.m. President Donald Trump has raised the touchy issue of trade with Japanese business leaders. Trump says in remarks to business leaders in Tokyo that the U.S. and Japan will have “more trade than ... ( read original story ...)

Reporters were unable to hear the conversation. 10 a.m. President Donald Trump has raised the touchy issue of trade with Japanese business leaders. Trump says in remarks to business leaders in Tokyo that the U.S. and Japan will have "more trade than ... ( read original story ...)

In another positive sign, the index for business sentiment rose to a fourth-month high of 55.5 from 53.3 in September. "The Japanese service sector made a strong start to the fourth quarter, with the headline business activity index hitting a 26-month high ... ( read original story ...)

Trump also told Japanese business leaders Washington wants to make the United States the most attractive place to hire, invest and grow. The U.S. leader, who met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday for golf, lunch and dinner, will hold a more ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Asia (all times local): 10 a.m. President Donald Trump has raised the touchy issue of trade with Japanese business leaders. Trump says in remarks to business leaders in Tokyo that the U.S. and ... ( read original story ...)

many years," Trump said at the start of a meeting with Japanese business leaders. "We have to negotiate," he said, adding it would be done in a friendly manner. Trump also said Washington wants to make the United States the most attractive place to hire ... ( read original story ...)

US President Donald Trump, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose after they signed hats reading "Donald and Shinzo, Make Alliance Even Greater" at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, near Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. Franck ... ( read original story ...)

US President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying that the US and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and that “no dictator" should underestimate US resolve. Trump kicked off a 12 ... ( read original story ...)