Financial leaders from the Group of Seven advanced economies will hold a teleconference later on Tuesday to issue a joint communique, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said. Aso, speaking to …
Hunting for unicorns: Japan start-ups see hope on horizon
Hampered by cautious investors and a rigid corporate culture, Japan has produced just a handful of major start-ups. But there are signs that could be changing, industry insiders say.
Japan May Not Attend Summit in Korea Due to Wartime Forced Labour Dispute: Media
Not Attend Summit in Korea Due to Wartime Forced Labour Dispute: Media Ties between the two Asian neighbours soured after South Korea’s Supreme Court ordered a Japanese steelmaker to pay compensation …
Japan manufacturers struggle to shake gloom in October: Reuters Tankan
The pessimism hanging over Japan’s manufacturers lifted slightly in October, suggesting businesses were emerging from the coronavirus pandemic’s heavy blow to activity and earnings but at a glacial …
Softbank stake is a true test of Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
On the face of it, targeting Japan as a source of entrepreneurial growth companies might seem a little incongruous (Miles Costello writes). The country remains locked in a long-term battle to …
NEC Selects NXP RF Airfast Multi-chip Modules for Massive MIMO 5G Antenna Radio Unit for Rakuten Mobile in Japan
NXP RF Airfast multi-chip modules support NEC and Rakuten Mobile in the rollout of 5G NXP Image NXP’s RF Airfast multi-chip modules offer a common footprint across frequency and power for different …
Japan’s New Leadership Has A Lot To Do
Aside from helping the economy claw its way back from the effects of the pandemic, Japan must at last begin to deal with its aging demographics.
Japan must revise BOJ law to speed digital yen, enshrine inflation goal: senior official
Japan must swiftly revise laws to allow the central bank to issue a digital currency, a move that could provide a chance to reform the Bank of Japan’s existing mandates and enshrine its inflation …
3 cities emerge as front-runners to become Japan’s global finance hub
TOKYO — Three cities — Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka — will compete to become Japan’s next international financial center under a plan developed by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Japan “can expect a …
Vietnam, Japan to allow resumption of short-term business trips
The Governments of Vietnam and Japan are set to come to an agreement to allow businesspeople to resume travelling between the two countries for short work-related trips as early as this month, …