Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida slid to the lowest level since he took office last October, with voters questioning his decision to hold a state funeral for former premier ... ( read original story ...)
This small Japanese town is a vintage vending machine paradise
Japan has long had a thing for vending machines ... Saito, 50, says he didn't expect to start a business around his love of vending machines and their inner workings. He realized that those ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese top egg firm Ise Foods enters India, wants to be sector’s game-changer
Aiming to be a “game-changer” in India’s egg sector, Japan’s No 1 and world’s fifth largest egg producer Ise Foods Inc has begun producing and selling its quality eggs — Ise Premium — by forming a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Electron ‘concerned’ about U.S. tech curbs on China
Tokyo Electron said on Monday that it is "very concerned" about U.S. moves to expand high-tech export curbs against China, a key market for the Japanese chip equipment maker, as the competition for ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto business leaving Japan due to high tax: Entrepreneur
Crypto lobbying groups in Japan are asking the government to ease corporate tax rules that are seen to be stunting the local digital asset industry’s growth.
Crypto Market Turmoil Highlights Personal Risks for Compliance Chiefs
Compliance chiefs at crypto firms contending with a price crash, hacks and bankruptcies now face the prospect of increased personal liability for issues at their firms.
SoftBank-backed OfBusiness defers IPO plans by 3 months on weak market cues
CEO Asish Mohapatra also said the last round that OfBusiness raised in December 2021 was the company’s last private market fundraise ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei closes at 4-month high, U.S. inflation data in focus
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index closed on Monday at its highest level in more than four months as stocks reporting solid earnings and the yen's retreat against the U.S. dollar attracted buying.
Japan Life Insurers Dump Record Foreign Debt in Volatile July
Japan’s life insurers and pension funds sold record amounts of foreign bonds in July as heightened volatility in global debt markets damped appetite.Most Read from BloombergR Kelly Has $28,000 in His ...
Japan’s Jan.-June current account surplus shrinks to 3.51 tril. yen
Japan's current account surplus shrank 63.1 percent in the first half of 2022 from a year earlier to 3.51 trillion yen ($25.9 billion), the Finance Ministry said Monday. Among key components, the ...
Tokyo reports 17,884 coronavirus cases
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 17,884 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday -- the first time in nearly three weeks the daily number was under the 20,000 mark. ( read original story ...)
Pair of state-run Tokyo universities to consider merging
The two universities are aiming to integrate operations and apply for financial assistance from a planned state fund designed to support research institutes. ( read original story ...)
Strategic Partnership Between Art Tokyo Global and Shanghai Film Co. Ltd
Leveraging The Artworks And Contents From Both Companies To Create Digital Arts with Location-Based Entertainment And Promote Asian Artists To The World SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 8 August 2022 - ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Tech Giant SoftBank Posts $23 Billion Quarterly Loss
Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted a $23 billion loss in the April-June quarter as the value of its investments sank amid global worries about inflation and interest rates. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank reports record quarterly net loss
Japan's SoftBank Group on Monday reported a record quarterly net loss of $23.4 billion, after central bank interest rate hikes caused tech shares to tank. ( read original story ...)
Crypto.com expands in South Korea, looks beyond the market route
Crypto.com, a digital currency platform has announced acquisitions in South Korea continuing its expansion in the hope that the collapse of the digital asset market this year can be reversed, as ...