Prospects for the Japanese economy have brightened at the start of 2017. Business conditions in Japan continued to improve following a pick-up late last year, adding justification to upgraded growth forecasts from the central bank. Nikkei PMI v GDP While ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Business Conditions Strengthen, Optimism Grows
Prospects for the Japanese economy have brightened at the start of 2017. Business conditions in Japan continued to improve following a pick-up late last year, adding justification to upgraded growth forecasts from the central bank. While survey data showed ... ( read original story ...)
How Japan can solve its huge sex problem, according to a political scientist
"The Mommy penalty is big," Rosenbluth tells Business Insider. In response, women have begun choosing their careers over children. Men, in turn, have receded from the dating scene, too. Japan's work-heavy culture developed in the aftermath of World War II ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Abe heads to D.C. this week to meet with Trump, bearing pledges of jobs
Separately, Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest with $1.2 trillion in assets, is preparing to invest $150 billion in the United States. It will buy debt issued by American companies, the Nikkei business newspaper reported. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s banks pin hopes on Trump-ordered review of Dodd-Frank law
Facing a tough business environment at home, where the Bank of Japan adopted a negative-interest-rate policy last February, Japan’s banks are hoping to boost earnings from their operations in the United States and other overseas markets. ( read original story ...)
JETRO to push Japan-India business collaboration in Africa
NEW DELHI – The Japan External Trade Organization plans to promote partnerships between Japanese and Indian companies looking to expand their presence in Africa by leveraging their mutual expertise, JETRO officials said. The move is aimed at reducing ... ( read original story ...)
Downtown launches new company in Japan, partners with Avex
The business also runs a neighbouring rights division. MBW caught up with Downtown founder and CEO Justin Kalifowitz to ask why his independent publishing company had made the uncommon leap to launch its own HQ in Japan… Japan’s recorded music market ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has a Word for ‘Working to Death’
Matsuri Takahashi’s death sparked a chain reaction in the business world that came to be known as “Dentsu Shock.” The company is one of the most well-known in Japan, and its fall from grace garnered much publicity. The Ministry of Health, Labor and ... ( read original story ...)
Mattis: US will defend Japanese islands claimed by China
Japan also has an ADIZ over the islands ... A statement on Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency said deployment of THAAD is pushing the Korean peninsula to the "brink of a nuclear war." The statement said THAAD was part of an offensive strategy between ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Promotes Tourism In India, Expects 20% Growth In Indian Arrivals In 2017
Masahiko Sakamoto outlined that Tokyo is as good as a tourist city as it is for business. It is a great shopping haven in India market with theme parks, traditional culture, heritage and Japanese cuisine. There are new hotel projects being developed in ... ( read original story ...)
Bản in : Vietnamese midfielder to play for Japan’s Yokohama
Hoang Anh Gia Lai have agreed to let their best midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh play for Japan’s Yokohama for a year, following a loan contract. The V-League side did not reveal more information about the deal, but said the future of the player would be ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's delivery network feeling the strain
TOKYO -- A swelling volume of parcels and an acute labor shortage are making Japan's delivery services increasingly difficult to operate. In mid-December last year, customer service representatives at a major online mail order company were busy answering ... ( read original story ...)
Nanjing Massacre-denying Japanese hotel boss sparks Tokyo protest
TOKYO (Reuters) - About 200 protesters marched through the streets of Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Sunday carrying banners to protest a hotel chain under fire for books its president wrote denying the Nanjing Massacre in wartime China ever happened. Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Honesty is the best policy for lost property
People often say how honest Japanese people tend to be and how often lost items are returned (umbrellas, of course, being the only exception — I think we can safely say they’re communal property). I’ve heard stories of shop staff chasing customers ... ( read original story ...)
Cameco Corp will fight after Tokyo Electric cancels $1.3 billion contract
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. issued a termination ... “For the past six years, we have been working in good faith with Tepco and with other customers to help relieve financial challenges resulting from the 2011 nuclear accident at Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)
Japan – It's Finally Happening
But into that panic a crazy thing happened. Worried its bonds would trade at negative yields and pressure the financial system, the Bank of Japan pegged its 10 year yield at 0%. In doing so, the Bank of Japan moved from a set rate of balance sheet ... ( read original story ...)