Japan’s ‘Izakaya’ Dining Bars, Wedding Halls Feeling COVID Pinch TOKYO (Reuters) – The number of Japan’s “izakaya” dining bars that went bankrupt hit a record high in the year that ended in March, a …
US, Japan to talk security in Indo-Pacific region
A list of tense topics is brewing for next week’s U.S.-Japan summit in Washington D.C. including how both democracies, who share national security interests, plan to deter aggressive acts from China …
Japan to add Tokyo, other areas to COVID-19 ‘quasi-emergency’ state
TOKYO – Japan aims to place Tokyo under a new, month-long “quasi-emergency” state to combat surging COVID-19 case numbers, a minister said on Friday, less than a month after the capital and …
Japan to raise virus steps in Tokyo, 3 months ahead of Games
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is set to strengthen anti-virus measures in Tokyo on Friday to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious coronavirus variant just three months before the Olympics begin in the …
Japan’s February core machinery orders seen rebounding: Reuters poll
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 …