* Says the new unit will be mainly engaged in business which is able to improve the convenience for bank users through technologies * Says the new unit will be capitalized at 50 million yen ( read original story ...)
Japan tries light touch in bringing cryptocurrencies out of regulatory limbo
TOKYO -- Japan has officially registered its first 11 exchanges for ... Tokyo has sought to create a safety net for users venturing into this emerging field of finance, hitherto free from the kind of industrywide rules binding other areas like banking ... ( read original story ...)
Lexus LC 500 review: German soul in the heart of Japan
Yokohama, Japan sits more than 5,500 miles to the east of Berlin, but locals need only look to the district of Motomachi to feel as though they’ve been whisked away to Germany. There, in the same Toyota plant that produced the fabled Lexus LFA seven ... ( read original story ...)
Capcom’s latest ‘Monster Hunter’ has slick Hollywood feel
Osaka-based Capcom seems to have pulled off this trick ... It is the fruit of engineers' efforts to make virtual reality less virtual and more real. Chairman Tsujimoto's business strategy has focused on building a solid financial foundation for creating ... ( read original story ...)
What I Learned About Sexism as an Office Lady in Japan
It was my first job out of college, and I was working at a company in Osaka. Office Lady is a traditional Japanese ... would make use of my native English skills for its overseas business, while I would experience the culture and hone the Japanese I ... ( read original story ...)
Inside Tokyo’s wildly popular 74-year-old bakery that only makes two types of bread
A bakery in Tokyo has survived for 74 years while selling only two items: white bread loaves and dinner rolls. Japan’s consumption of bread increased after the end of the World War II, resulting in more bakeries and increased retail competition. ( read original story ...)
Asian fintech IPOs get investors fired up
TOKYO -- A pair of Asian fintech startups made big splashes ... The roughly 2.8 billion yen raised in the IPO will go toward advertising, investment in subsidiaries and other needs. Menmers of ZhongAn Online P & C Insurance pose for the photo session ... ( read original story ...)
Overseas tourists bring more traffic accidents to Japan
15, 45 days earlier than last year, according to the Japan Tourism Agency. Meanwhile, renting cars is expected to become even more popular among tourists. To ensure better experiences, they will need better guidance -- and to drive safely. Nikkei staff ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Koike reaches deal with opposition party ahead of Japan poll
western Japan, at a news conference with Hideaki Omura, governor of Aichi prefecture in central Japan and the head of a tiny local party. “In a situation where ‘Abenomics’ is stalled, we must proceed with reform in each region,” Koike told the ... ( read original story ...)
Poll shows Tokyo governor Koike’s party threat to Abe
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's lead in next month's election ... smaller opposition groups to explore possibilities of cooperation. A survey in the leading business daily Nikkei last weekend had showed 44 percent of Japanese plan to vote for the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Express announces replacement flights for travellers hit by cancellations
It transpired on Friday that the flights – from Hong Kong to Osaka and Nagoya, in Japan, and Seoul, South Korea – during next week’s “golden week”, were cancelled. An initial count of 18 cancellations was later lowered to 14. Up to 2,000 people ... ( read original story ...)
‘Chronicle’ agrees to muzzle its reporting on Sleep-In owner
Yesterday the Application for injunctions in the legal proceedings filed by Bacchus of Sleepin Hotel, Pasha Global Inc. and Yokohama Trading Company Inc., against the Guyana National Newspapers Limited, the publishers of the Guyana Chronicle and its Editor ... ( read original story ...)
Sushi groups merge to capitalise on Japan’s cheap dining trend
Both the Sushiro IPO and the merger, say bankers and other advisers involved in Japanese dealmaking, point to broader acceptance in the country about the use of private equity groups to restructure businesses and push consolidation in fragmented industries. ( read original story ...)
Bain is said to aim for Toshiba chip IPO as soon as 2020
The Bain group also plans to institute a stock option program at the memory business so employees will have an opportunity to profit in any IPO, they said ... Apple Inc., Dell Inc., SK Hynix Inc. and Japan’s Hoya Corp., while Toshiba itself will maintain ... ( read original story ...)
ARIPO, Japan Government To Train 1,000 People In IP Systems In Africa
You may also offer additional support with your subscription, or donate. The government of Japan, in partnership with the African Region Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO), has begun implementation of a project meant to train 1,000 people across ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s The Straits Trading Company To Buy Property In Japan For S$5.41 Mln
SINGAPORE (Sep 29) -- The Straits Trading Company, Singapore's real estate company, said Friday it has entered into an agreement to buy a rental residential apartment in Japan for S$5.41 million ($3.98 million). Under the terms of the deal, The Straits ... ( read original story ...)