The unit of Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will no longer look at sales of such asset management products as investment trusts, insurance and foreign-currency deposits in evaluating branches. ( read original story ...)
KANSAI AIRPORT TO OSAKA CITY CENTER: Namba, Umeda & Tennoji
Japan is one of the world’s most visited countries, whether for leisure or business. When one thinks about Japan, Osaka will most of the time, if not always, pop into people’s thoughts. Osaka is one ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has a New Emperor. Now It Needs a Software Update.
Other countries in the region, including China itself, have moved on and adopted the Gregorian calendar for official business. Japan hasn’t had to face a calendar change for a generation — and that ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo museum celebrates ‘birthplace of anime’
Tokyo's Nerima Ward is called the birthplace of the nation's anime industry. Located in the ward, home to more than 100 animation-related companies, is the Toei Animation Museum, where visitors can ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka ‘dodged bullet’ in Stuttgart as rival Halep pulls out
STUTTGART: World number one Naomi Osaka said Tuesday she had “dodged a bullet” after Simona Halep, her main pursuer in the WTA rankings, pulled out of this week’s tournament in Stuttgart. Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Game of thrones: Board battle at toilet maker Lixil a test for Japan Inc
But companies are often able to ignore minority investors given the longstanding practice of cross-shareholding, where firms hold stakes in each other to cement business ties. "If the governance of ... ( read original story ...)
Keywords Studio expands in Japan as it buys Tokyo-based Wizcorp
The company expects the Wizcorp business to achieve margins at similar levels to Keywords’ existing Engineering Service line when it is integrated with the company’s existing operations. keywords ... ( read original story ...)
Indian-origin ‘Yogi’ wins ward assembly elections in Japan
"I want to be an assemblyman who can connect everyone regardless of nationality, age, or even disabilities, through my 20 years of living in Japan," Yogi said. (This story has not been edited by ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan, Japan agree to further strengthen bilateral relations
Speaking at a working luncheon hosted in his honour by Chairman Japan-Pakistan Business Cooperation Committee Teruo Asada, Qureshi said he has invited Japanese companies to invest in the information ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis number one Naomi Osaka joins Serena Williams at Nike
Tennis world number one Naomi Osaka has agreed a deal with sportswear giant Nike. Osaka has been on an incredible run of form in the past year, which has seen her win her first and second Grand Slam ... ( read original story ...)
LDP loses both by-elections in Okinawa, Osaka prefectures
Voter turnout in the Osaka No. 12 constituency election was 47.00 percent. The two by-elections were held after the resignations of vice land minister Ichiro Tsukada, who said he did unsolicited ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Guide G20 Members on Crypto Regulations
The G20 summit of 2019 is scheduled to take place in the Japanese city of Osaka on 28 and 29 June. Finance ministers and central bank governors of 19 countries and the European Union will join to ... ( read original story ...)
G-20 expects growth pickup despite trade tension, financial vulnerabilities
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said in Washington. Aso said there's a risk that growth prospects might deteriorate if the weakening outlook of key economies feed into each other. G-20 leaders are ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s why tennis star Naomi Osaka filed motion to dismiss coach’s $2 million lawsuit
The Osaka family’s attorneys say in their motion to dismiss that the alleged agreement between the coach and the girls’ father was invalid because the sisters were minors, 14 and 15 years old, at the ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s attorneys ask for coach’s case to be dismissed by courts
The story also has accounts from other coaches, indicating that financial constraints meant the family frequently had problems paying for lessons, but the sisters' talents led to them often being ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s new move in $2.8 million legal drama
The filings also claim there were flaws in the wording of the contract, and that it didn’t represent a binding financial agreement. Last month Osaka told AFP she was “not allowed to say ... ( read original story ...)