OSAKA -- Daiwa House Industry plans to launch a type of apartment where guests can enjoy hotel-style services and check out anytime, as Japan's hotel shortage worsens amid a surge of tourists into the country. While such home-sharing services as Airbnb ... ( read original story ...)
A celebrity listing crashes Japanese exchange’s party
TOKYO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - On Japan's newest exchange, fame can pay off. That may not be so great for investors though. Last month, Hikaru, a Japanese YouTube star so famous he can go by a single stage name, listed himself on Valu, a platform for people to ... ( read original story ...)
How McDonald’s Japan was saved by chocolate fries and Pokémon
When she took over McDonald’s Japan, the business was already troubled. Annual revenue was in a freefall since 2009, and would continue dropping through 2015. Same-store sales were declining, and annual operating profit hadn’t grown since 2011. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Game Show 2017: Day 3 analysis and recap with T3’s man in Japan Marco Zangirolami
OK, after analysing in detail all the latest trends and news from the firstand second day of the Tokyo Game Show 2017 ... and knows very well how easy is to lose money in this business. Hokuto ga gotoku / Fist of the North Star Sega for the first time ... ( read original story ...
Japan’s Creww foraying into coworking space business
Tokyo-based Creww, the Japanese startup behind a community platform offering open innovation opportunities to startups, announced on Wednesday that it is foraying into the coworking space business with the collaboration of major developers and real estate ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s how Japan hunts down enemy submarines
The P-3 Orion has served with the United States for a long time, but also saw wide export service. One of those export customers was Japan, which operated over 100 Orions built by Kawasaki. Like the American Orions, these Japanese planes needed to be ... ( read original story ...)
PH, Japan to firm up financing for P315-B infra projects
The Duterte administration’s economic managers and the Japanese government will firm up next week financing commitments for P315.4 billion in big-ticket infrastructure projects, the Department of Finance said yesterday. In a statement, the DOF said the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Not-so-happy Friday’ for Japan corporate chiefs
TOKYO -- Japan's Premium Friday campaign, a joint effort by the government and the business community to spur consumption and workplace reform, has not clicked with companies, leading many corporate chiefs to question its relevancy. Under the initiative ... ( read original story ...)
Companies return from WEDC trade mission to Japan, South Korea with new business
Ulrich Broeckel, founder and CEO of RPRD Diagnostics, returned home recently from a Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.-sponsored trade mission to Japan and South Korea with something that will pay dividends for years to come: a strategic partnership with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan casino hype
Speaking to Business Daily, Yasuhiro Idei, a senior journalist based in Tokyo, highlighted that there are two ‘casino-related bills’ within the process of legalizing casino gaming in Japan. The promotion bill, which was approved by the Diet in December ... ( read original story ...)
Transatel and VAIO Corporation delivering new LTE network experience in Japan
Japanese MVNO Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) takes the role of telecommunication provider, in close partnership with Transatel. Jacques Bonifay, Transatel CEO: “The laptop and tablet manufacturers’ business model is about to change, opening a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to expand service sector work for foreigners
Japan has been welcoming foreign researchers and business people as highly skilled labor. But strict salary, academic qualifications and work experience requirements have kept many skilled foreigners from working in Japan. The government may also relax its ... ( read original story ...)
WeWork Japan set to debut in February with three central Tokyo locations
It’s also announced a $500 million investment with SoftBank and Hony Capital to expand its business in China. Demand for co-working spaces are growing in Japan driven by trends toward more flexible work styles, an expanding startup community and ... ( read original story ...)
Call for Applications for Tokyo Metropolitan Government Accelerator Program ‘New Tech Business Camp Tokyo’
TOKYO, Sept. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has been actively working to attract foreign companies to raise the city's international competitiveness and bring about its further growth by promoting the creation of a more ... ( read original story ...)
TD re-enters Japan with Tokyo fixed-income sales desk
"We can't afford not to be in Japan, in Tokyo," TD Securities chairman and CEO Robert Dorrance ... TD said last month it was expanding its operations in Ireland to strengthen its European business. ( read original story ...)
Apple-backed group to buy Toshiba chip business for $18 billion
Toshiba is selling its prized memory chip business for $18 billion to a group of buyers that includes Apple. The Japanese conglomerate is offloading major assets to try to deal with a crippling financial crisis. The memory chip business is its crown jewel ... ( read original story ...)