Of 81 businesses receiving support from the Japanese government, 37 have decided to invest in Vietnam, while 19 have chosen Thailand. Minister and Chair of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung Speaking …
Japan government adviser pressured Harvard with talk of probe before Toshiba vote -sources
A Japanese government adviser told the Harvard University endowment fund that its vote at Toshiba Corp’s annual shareholders meeting could be subject to a regulatory probe should it vote against the …
Kitchen equipment piles up as pandemic shutters Japan’s restaurants
A truck laden with kitchen sinks, cutlery, pots and pans pulls up to a warehouse in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, and workers begin to unload the goods taken from shuttered restaurants – victims of the …
Top Japan law firm to let foreign lawyers become equity partners
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has become the first of Japan’s Big Four law firms to let foreign lawyers become full equity partners, as the quartet fights international rivals for advisory work on …
Ezra F. Vogel, Eminent Scholar of China and Japan, Dies at 90
A longtime scholar at Harvard, Professor Vogel wrote books that helped shape how the world viewed the two ascendant economic powers.
Trash pickup takes a quantum spin in Myanmar’s biggest city
What is the fastest way to figure out the best routes for garbage trucks to take while collecting trash on the bustling streets of Myanmar’s largest city? Two Japanese partner companies say quantum …
Russian and Chinese bombers conducted another joint patrol between South Korea and Japan
It appears to be the first such joint exercise since July 2019, which drew a sharp response from South Korea and Japan.
More Japanese firms opt for Vietnam after China
“Vietnam currently tops the list of potential investment destinations … Therefore, Japanese businesses expected the government to shorten and speed up administrative procedures to improve business …
Japan’s icy climate for hostile takeovers starts to thaw
When the Tokyo market was focused on a dramatic tussle for the hotel and property group Unizo in mid-2019, Stephen Schwarzman placed calls to some of Japan’s most powerful and well-connected business …
Why does Japan insist on holding the Olympics?
Holding 2020 Olympics next July — as Japan appears determined to do — is crazy. Kudos to Michael Phelps for stating the obvious: “The fact that you’re going to put ten thousand plus athletes, plus all …