Keeping consumers active has been a long, unfulfilled priority of the Japanese government. "The economy remains our top priority," Abe told a news conference after the reshuffle. This should bring a new push on the so-called "third arrow" of Abenomics. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe sticks to tax hike plan for October 2019
Shinzo Abe changes foreign minister, but successful Japanese diplomacy really comes down to him According to the latest Kyodo News poll conducted after the cabinet reshuffle, the approval rating for Abe’s cabinet has risen 8.6 points since mid-July to 44 ... ( read original story ...)
Rangers take out ad in Japanese newspaper to thank Darvish
Readers of Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun may notice some extra MLB content ... In the Aug. 3 edition of the Dallas Morning News, Darvish took out his own full-page ad to thank the Rangers and their fans for their support, as well as apologize for giving up ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sansan raises $38M from Toyota- and Sumitomo Mitsui-backed fund for Asia expansion
The Nikkei reported early this morning today that Tokyo-based Sansan, the company that operates the business card-based CRM (customer relationship management) solutions, has secured 4.2 billion yen (about $38 million) from Mirai Creation Investment Limited ... ( read original story ...)
AfDB and African Ambassadors host 2nd Japan-Africa Business Forum in Tokyo
They attended series of encounters organized by the Japanese ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs ... The first Forum was held in June 2014, one year after the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) with the goal of ... ( read original story ...)
Will Aramco sale save the kingdom?
In the West, the record-breaking initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco is viewed as a fees-fest ... of unprecedented scale that has got stock exchanges from New York to Tokyo salivating at the prospect of the biggest prize in flotation history. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s hotel room crunch might be a glut
And most of the rooms that will be added over the next few years are expected to be in business hotels. Japan's APA Group, for example, plans to open 47 hotels with a combined 14,500 rooms through 2020. In Tokyo, many hotels are suffering stagnant ... ( read original story ...)
Umbilical: Linking friends with fine food and wine
Tokyo is a tough place to open any business, especially your first restaurant. Along with kitchen skills and front-of-house nous, you need the right location, good connections and a strong underlying raison d’etre. A catchy name and some funky background ... ( read original story ...)
Deep learning startup Preferred Networks raises $95M from Toyota for self-driving tech
Tokyo-based Preferred Networks (PFN), the Japanese startup ... technologies in autonomous driving and other mobility business fields. Since its launch back in March of 2014, PFN has been proposing Edge Heavy Computing, the distributed data processing ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota, Mazda plant in U.S. may bring 4,000 jobs
Toyoda denied that Trump’s views influenced his decision. “We have been reviewing the best production strategy for our business,” he told reporters at a Tokyo hotel, after shaking hands with Mazda President Masamichi Kogai. Trump welcomed the announc ... ( read original story ...)
George Tokoro: ‘An unreliable vintage car will teach you patience’
Tokoro is giving The Japan Times a tour of his expansive Setagaya Base compound, a massive man cave nestled in the prestigious Seijo neighborhood among some of Tokyo’s most prestigious homes, including his own. A creative way to mix business and pleasure ... ( read original story ...)
Canon Electronics-led team hopes to develop low-cost rocket
TOKYO -- Canon Electronics is leading a venture that will work ... The three other parties will have stakes of 10%. The business is not expected to get underway until at least the end of fiscal 2017. When it does begin operating, it will try to meet ... ( read original story ...)
GREE INC NPV (NASDAQ:GREZF) has been downgraded to Hold in a report by Zacks Investment Research today.
In addition, the company invests Internet business related technology services companies. GREE, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Receive News & Ratings Via Email - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily ... ( read original story ...)
From Privilege to Ragpicker: The Life of Servant of God Satoko Kitahara
It was during this time of reflection that she traveled from Tokyo to Yokohama to see a friend and literally chanced upon Sacred Heart Church. In the left transept stood a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. There was nothing special about it. In fact ... ( read original story ...)
Amsterdam shines as financial groups seek EU access
MarketAxess and Tradeweb, two of the world’s largest fixed income trading venues, have been joined by MUFG, the Japanese bank, and possibly Royal Bank of Scotland’s NatWest Markets division. They may not be the last. Senior executives are going public ... ( read original story ...)
US unveils tougher new UN sanctions on North Korea
The proposed resolution would add North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank, which manages foreign exchange ... The US and its European allies, as well as Japan and South Korea, have argued that tougher sanctions are needed to force North Korea to come to the ... ( read original story ...)