Japanese brokerages are amping up the speed on the free stock-trading revolution – though only the young need apply.
Japan ramps up delayed COVID vaccination drive as Olympics near
With a nervous population just weeks before the opening ceremony, Japan is finally getting its coronavirus inoculation program into gear.
Japan expects G7 members to support Olympics, Japan says
Japan’s expectation is that other G7 leaders will share Tokyo’s determination that the Olympic Games go ahead as planned, the Japanese delegation to the G7 said on Friday. “It is Japan’s expectation …
Report: TSMC mulling plans to build semiconductor foundry in Japan
Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC is reviewing plans to build a plant in Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture, according to a Japanese press report.
Japan pushes COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of Tokyo Olympics
With the Tokyo Olympics a little over a month away, its host city is still under a state of emergency. Japan is looking to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination effort ahead of the upcoming Summer Games.
SoftBank’s PayPay surges ahead in Japan’s digital payments race
For six decades, shoppers at Mikawaya, a rice dealer in eastern Tokyo, paid in cash – until sales staff from payments app PayPay swept through the low-lying district, persuading the store to give …
SoftBank’s PayPay surges ahead in Japan’s digital payments race
For six decades, shoppers at Mikawaya, a rice dealer in eastern Tokyo, paid in cash – until sales staff from payments app PayPay swept through the low-lying district, persuading the store to give …
SoftBank’s PayPay surges ahead in Japan’s digital payments race
For six decades, shoppers at Mikawaya, a rice dealer in eastern Tokyo, paid in cash – until sales staff from payments app PayPay swept through the low-lying district, persuading the store to give …
Business sentiment among large Japanese firms drops for 2nd straight quarter due to chip crunch
Sentiment among large businesses in Japan fell in the April-June period, marking the second straight quarter of decline owing to the global chip crunch and a third emergency virus period, the …
Japan city uses tsunami lessons for COVID-19 vaccinations
Tamio Hayashi, 77, doubted he could ever navigate the internet systems set up to register for COVID-19 vaccines across most of Japan.