TOKYO: Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings has asked the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) to step in to resolve a dispute over ending its business partnership with the Myanmar military, …
Kirin seeks arbitration to end Myanmar military venture
TOKYO: Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings has asked the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) to step in to resolve a dispute over ending its business partnership with the Myanmar military, …
Japan’s military, among world’s strongest, looks to build
Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers fired explosives and machine guns in drills Monday on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, a main stronghold for a nation that is perhaps the world’s …
Russia to send Japanese tycoon to ISS in return to space tourism
Russia on Wednesday will send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the International Space Station in a move marking Moscow’s return to the now booming space tourism business after a decade-long …
Major Japanese trading house embraces fintech
Major Japanese trading house Mitsui & Company is embracing financial technology, or fintech, to boost business. The firm is planning to issue security tokens through its digital asset management unit …
OIST seeks entrepreneurs from Okinawa, Japan, and the World
The OIST Innovation Square Startup Accelerator Program is now accepting applications for its 2022 intake, with the recruitment period open from Dec 6, 2021 to Feb 4, 2022. Successful applicants will …
RPT-As global costs soar, Japan’s ‘shrinkflation’ gets harder to swallow
It was a chocolate biscuit that turned Masayuki Iwasa, a self-professed penny-pincher with a sweet tooth, into one of Japan’s most scrupulous chroniclers of “shrinkflation”. Having sworn off his …
SG investment fund takes top stake in Japanese duty-free chain Laox
A Singapore-based investment fund has become the top shareholder in Laox, a Japanese operator of duty-free stores, by acquiring a partial stake from China’s Suning Commerce Group. The change in …
Omicron shelves Japan’s reopening, but in post-Chinese tourism era, businesses are back in blossom
Tokyo, Kyoto et al have been without mass tourism for two years. But after the initial post-Covid collapse, many businesses have found they can cope just fine As the new coronavirus variant delays …
In Kyoto, traditional Japanese candles and tops get Hanukkah spin
Chabad emissary in Japan gives local crafts a Jewish twist, forging a connection between cultures and boosting small businesses hurt by the pandemic …