KOBE, Japan — Pantene Japan (Headquarters: Kobe City) launched the adverting campaign “#HairWeGo My Hair Moves Me Forward” in the Japanese national newspaper “Asahi Shimbun” on January ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei ends firmer on positive trade talks; Olympus jumps 8.4 pct
TOKYO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei ended higher on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street on signs that the United States and China were inching closer to a detente in trade tensions, while a weaker yen l... ( read original story ...)
Japanese baby who went viral for luscious locks scores modeling gig
A Japanese baby girl whose impressive full head of hair caught ... Katherine Lam is a breaking and trending news digital producer for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @bykatherinelam ( read original story ...)
Boone officials court Japanese business
Boone County officials expect Japanese companies, six of which have chosen to locate in the county, will play an even larger role in the community's economic life in 2019. Boone County Economic Develo... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Younger Watanabes Seek More Diverse Portfolios
TOKYO — For years, Japan's retail currency investor were known as "Mrs Watanabes", a reference to the metaphorical housewife who invests family savings mostly in foreign exchange. Now, a younger gener... ( read original story ...)
The Mom’s Guide to Tokyo
Bunk up at the Hilton Tokyo Bay if you’re planning a few days at Tokyo Disney. The large property, located outside the city’s center, has an indoor and outdoor swimming pool as well as five restaurant... ( read original story ...)
Boulevard Partners plans 68-unit TOC project in Little Tokyo
Boulevard purchased the property four-and-a-half months ago for ... The site is less than 1,000 feet away from the Metro’s existing Little Tokyo/Arts District Orange Line station, making it ... ( read original story ...)
What the world can learn from Japan
For example, Western business schools teach students to explore, to challenge, to do more and to expand business. Japanese, on the other hand, define success more in terms of collective survival. Soci... ( read original story ...)
Seven Bank ATMs go biometric for account opening
Japan’s Seven Bank will equip its ATMs with face recognition capabilities to let users open bank accounts on the spot. According to Japan Today and sources close to the matter, the tech could be comin... ( read original story ...)
Japan bank to let users open accounts via ATMs
TOKYO — Seven Bank Ltd. will allow customers to open accounts through ATMs at convenience stores and other places as early as autumn 2019, it has been learned. The bank will equip ATMs with new ... ( read original story ...)
Nomura to switch to merit-based pay for Japan-based brokers
Competition for skilled workers is intensifying in Japan, where the labour market is the tightest ... SEE ALSO: Nomura focuses on expansion of investment banking business in US Tokyo-based Nomura's ne... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Seven Bank taps facial recognition tech for ATM-based account opening
Japan's Seven Bank is planning to add facial recognition technology to its ATMs, enabling users to open accounts through the machines, according to local press reports. The bank, a subsidiary of retai... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Nissan chairman Ghosn’s lawyers to give news conference Tuesday – FCCJ
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lawyers of ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd (Tokyo:7201.T - News) chairman Carlos Ghosn are scheduled to give a news conference on Tuesday, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) ... ( read original story ...)
Meet Tokyo’s Subway Robots
As thousands of Olympic organizers, Tokyo city administrators, and local and foreign volunteers scurry to prepare for the upcoming 2020 Summer Games, another, somewhat less anxious, worker named ARISA ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo businessman pays record £2.5m for bluefin tuna at city’s new fish market
A Japanese businessman paid a record £2.5 million for a tuna in the first auction of the new year in Tokyo's new fish market. The winning bid of 333.6 million yen was paid by Kiyomura Corp, whose owne... ( read original story ...)
Pakistani Businessmen Participate in Joint Business Dialogue Forum in Japan
Pakistan Japan Business Forum (PJBF) took a business delegation comprising several business groups and Small Media Enterprises (SME)’s to the 8th Joint Business Dialogue in Tokyo, followed by ... ( read original story ...)