TOKYO: Japan’s government is not planning any tax hike to finance its 10 trillion yen (US$65 billion) plan to support domestic semiconductor and artificial intelligence projects, industry minister …
Buying Land in Japan’s Countryside: My Story
What’s it really like to buy land in Japan’s rural areas? Join me as I share my journey to owning a plot in Nikko, Japan. From managing real estate surprises to envisioning a countryside lifestyle, …
Japan’s political lynchpin Tamaki aims to unleash Yellen-inspired economic boom
Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over how best to revive a moribund deflation-entrapped Japanese economy. A former finance ministry bureaucrat,
Dozens of passengers on 2 different flights to Japan fell ill with symptoms like vomiting and stomach pain
Dozens of passengers fell ill with symptoms of food poisoning on United Airlines and Japan Airlines flights last Thursday. Both flights were traveling from Guam, an island in the western Pacific Ocean, to Tokyo Narita Airport. The Japanese national …
Carlyle, Warburg among investment firms hunting talent in Japan as deals boom
Carlyle, Warburg Pincus and a host of global investment firms plan to beef up headcount in Japan as deals here surge, but the country’s relatively low number of buyouts for much of the past two decades has made it tough to find people with expertise.
Mother of abductee Yokota Megumi urges Japan PM Ishiba to resolve issue
The mother of Yokota Megumi, who was abducted by North Korean agents 47 years ago, has urged Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru to resolve the abduction issue once and for all.
Exclusive: ADB increases climate finance after US, Japan give world’s first sovereign guarantees
The Asian Development Bank will increase its climate-related lending by up to $7.2 billion after the United States and Japan agreed to underwrite risk for some existing loans, an ADB executive said, …
Regional Revitalization Powering Japan’s Future
In Japan, regional revitalization has emerged as a cornerstone of solutions to issues such as population decline, achieving net-zero carbon emissions and rebuilding after natural disasters. Spurring …
Food, FamilyMart boost Japan’s Itochu’s H1 profit by 6%
Japanese trading house Itochu on Wednesday posted 438.4 billion yen ($2.9 billion) in net profit for the six months to end-September, up 6% from a year earlier, on non-resource items including food …
Is this the future of bookstores? At these in Japan, anyone can rent a shelf to sell books
“I’m holding an illustrated book of cheeses,” says a delighted Tomoyo Ozumi, a customer at a growing kind of bookshop in Japan where anyone wanting … some used – on everything from business strategy …