Forget surviving just 2020. Some 19 businesses in Japan have been in operation for 1,000 years. Here’s what we can learn from them.
Covid-19 Surge Hits South Korea and Japan, After They Had Contained Virus
Some Asian countries that have been among the world’s most successful at containing Covid-19 are now struggling to beat back a winter resurgence, a sign of how elusive sustained progress can be until …
Chinese and South Korean companies are buying lots of land near Japanese military bases, and Japan is suspicious
“We do not have a clear understanding of the buyer’s objective, but we do not believe it can be a coincidence,” a Japanese official said.
Japan to Sell Record New Debt Exceeding $960 Billion as Pandemic Hits Tax Revenues – Nikkei
The huge debt will add strains to Japan’s already tattered finances and could constrain its ability to keep battling the lingering pain from COVID-19 on a fragile economic recovery. Japan announced a …
Japan to Sell Record New Debt Exceeding $960 Billion as Pandemic Hits Tax Revenues – Nikkei
The huge debt will add strains to Japan’s already tattered finances and could constrain its ability to keep battling the lingering pain from COVID-19 on a fragile economic recovery. Japan announced a …
Japan firms’ winter bonus payments face biggest fall since 2009, Nikkei survey says
Winter bonus payments by Japanese companies for 2020 are set to fall 8.55% from a year earlier, the biggest drop since the global financial crisis in 2009, a survey by Nikkei newspaper showed on …
Japan’s Takeda says drug pipeline to lift sales to $48 billion in next decade
Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Wednesday its drug pipeline is poised to drive annual sales up by more than 50%, to 5 trillion yen ($48.01 billion) in the next decade. Japan’s biggest …
Concern over high number of ‘lonely deaths’ in Japan
Dementia linked to many instances of people dying at home among family but remaining undiscovered for days …
Most Japan firms say government unlikely to meet carbon neutrality goal by 2050: Reuters poll
Japan is unlikely to meet its goal of eliminating greenhouse gases by 2050, a majority of firms in the country said in a Reuters poll, underscoring the challenges Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga faces …
Mitsubishi to Supply Myanmar With Train Cars for Two Railway Line Upgrades
The Japanese company has inked deals worth 69 billion yen to supply carriages for the Yangon Circular and Yangon-Mandalay railway projects.