TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Japan’s Suntory Holdings, faced with a whisky crunch, is selling a rare mix sourced from around the world as premium whisky, aiming to elevate the status of young blends ... ( read original story ...)
Hunt tells Japan: We don’t want a no-deal Brexit
Speaking to Sky News after Nissan and Honda both announced production cuts at their UK-based plants, Koji Tsuruoka said Japanese companies had been cutting back on investment in the UK amid the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. & Japanese Business Leaders Convene to Discuss Raising Productivity Growth
NEW YORK, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board and The Japan Productivity Center have joined forces to address slowing productivity, which has been plaguing both economies. ( read original story ...)
Metro Seattle starts the year strong in venture funding
Lyft’s debut cloaked a weaker IPO market. Nationally, VC funding declined 36% in the ... and Delta Air Lines seasonal service to Osaka. Advertising According to Port of Seattle spokesperson Kate ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda says there is room for reducing interest rates: CNBC
(Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda told CNBC that there is room for reducing long-term and short-term interest rates. “I think there (is) still some room for further monetary easing if ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan chief: Trade is the biggest risk to the global economy
"There [is] some sort of protectionism" around global trade, Kuroda tells CNBC's Sara Eisen. "That is I think most serious risk involved in the global economy." Kuroda's comments come as China and the ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Tire receives platinum supplier award from Caterpillar
Yokohama Tire has received a Platinum Supplier Award from Caterpillar for the seventh consecutive year. The award – Platinum Level Recertification in its Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP) – ... ( read original story ...)
US, Japan to open trade talks amid China deal optimism
"I hope we can come to a very quick agreement with Japan over maybe some temporary ... provisions and hash out the many other issues that take longer in this area," Perdue told reporters in Washington ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s former coach Bajin hired by Mladenovic
Naomi Osaka's former coach Sascha Bajin has been hired by Kristina Mladenovic. Bajin became the first recipient of the WTA Coach of the Year award in 2018 after helping Osaka to her maiden WTA title ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Resona Bank Ends Partnership With Ripple-Based Payment App MoneyTap
Major Japanese bank Resona will withdraw from Ripple-powered blockchain payment project MoneyTap on May 13, the bank announced on April 11. A subsidiary of Resona Group, the fifth largest banking ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SBI Holdings Invests in Local Crypto Exchange Applicant FXCoin
The app has the eventual ambition of including a consortium of 61 institutions, representing over 80 percent of all of Japan’s banking assets, in its service. Thirteen local banks joined as ... ( read original story ...)
China says Japan should do more to seek cooperation, not competition
BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged Japan on Monday to do more to follow through on its intention of seeking cooperation with China rather than competition, warning that there was still weakness in their ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka begins trial of smartphone disaster information app for tourists from overseas ahead of G20
The service, operated by the Kinki Bureau of Telecommunications in Osaka, will ultimately provide weather news and evacuation orders in several languages, and will allow foreign embassies to issue ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Office space provider IWG soars on sale of Japan business
April 15 (Reuters) - British office space provider IWG Plc is to sell its Japanese operations to TKP Corp for 320 million pounds ($418.8 million), sending its shares up by almost a fifth. The company ... ( read original story ...)
IWG to sell Japanese office business in £320m deal
Offices provider IWG has signed a deal with a firm in Japan which will see it sell its operations in the country, as the group targets more international partnerships. The company, formerly known as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan should rely on sales tax to generate extra revenue, OECD says
Japan should rely primarily on raising the sales tax to generate ... rewarded simply because they are a member of a benchmark index, and not because of their business strategy, the OECD said. Got a ... ( read original story ...)