TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core machinery orders are expected to have recovered in February from the previous month’s drop, a Reuters poll of economists showed, as firms shored up capital spending …
Japan beermaker Asahi looks to halve debt after buying Australia assets
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings said it will aim to halve its debt and forego overseas investments after spending $11 billion to buy the Australian operations of Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Japan’s Olympic committee confirms accidents during torch relay
RELATED Korean man died uncompensated after serving in Japan’s wartime military On March 27, a car used to carry an Olympic torch crashed into another car, while backing out of a parking lot of a …
Why Japan can’t shake sexism
Gender equality keeps making headlines in Japan for all the wrong reasons. Why is that and what will it take for things to change? A day after former Tokyo Olympics boss Yoshiro Mori made global …
Japan’s Sumitomo to enter CO2 storage business with US partner
TOKYO — Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. will collaborate with U.S agricultural startup Indigo Ag in the greenhouse gas emissions allowance business utilizing agricultural land to store …
Japan’s March economy watcher sentiment rises as virus emergency ends
Business sentiment among workers with jobs sensitive to economic trends in Japan continued to rise in March, as the government ended a state of emergency for the Tokyo region and some other areas over …
Here’s a great opportunity for foreign investors to acquire Vietnamese consumer finance business
In early 2018, Shinhan Card acquired Prudential Vietnam for $150 million. The merged business started operating in May 2019. Japanese firms have also entered Vietnamese consumer lending market such as …
Japan’s Sumitomo to enter CO2 storage business with US partner
TOKYO — Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. will collaborate with U.S agricultural startup Indigo Ag in the greenhouse gas emissions allowance business utilizing agricultural land to store …
Japan’s March economy watcher sentiment rises as virus emergency ends
Business sentiment among workers with jobs sensitive to economic trends in Japan continued to rise in March, as the government ended a state of emergency for the Tokyo region and some other areas over …
Japan’s Nomura to investigate Archegos-related loss: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nomura has set up an internal team to investigate a possible $2 billion loss relating to Archegos Capital Management, two people familiar with the matter said. Archegos, a …