By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Sarah Wu TOKYO/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Shares of Taiwan’s Foxconn and its display affiliate Sharp Corp fell on Friday after the Japanese firm reported a surprise $1.9 billion loss …
Want to buy a cheap house in rural Japan? This millennial farmer offers his advice
If you can’t speak the language, you can’t get along with your neighbors … communication is very difficult,” said Lee Xian Jie.
Media: Japan to provide $1 billion to Ukrainian refugee aid
Japan’s Finance Minister announced on May 11 that his country would provide $1 billion in financial aid to Ukraine’s neighboring countries that have taken in refugees, CNN reported.
Fast Retailing Closing All Grameen Uniqlo Stores in Bangladesh
Uniqlo’s decade-old social business experiment in Bangladesh has come to a close. By June 18, the Japanese retailer will be winding up its 10 remaining Grameen Uniqlo stores, most of them in the South Asian nation’s capital of Dhaka. At its peak …
Hong Kong’s Gaw Eyes More Japan Property Deals on TSMC Push
Hong Kong-based private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners is keen on real estate deals in Japan’s western island of Kyushu, citing the opportunity that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. factories …
Why Chinese carmakers are eyeing Thailand
S IX DECADES ago, when Japan’s carmakers were minnows outside their home market, the future giants of global car manufacturing—Toyota, Nissan and Honda among them—began to expand production in …
Analyst’s Vote of Confidence: Arcturus’ COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts Set to Pay Off in Japan and Beyond
Tuesday, the company released its Q1 earnings and reported that data from an interim analysis of an ongoing Phase 3 booster study conducted in Japan are expected in 2Q23, which are expected to support …
Rising Military Power Japan Warns of Nuclear Threats Before G7 in Hiroshima
“People have been wise enough not to use nuclear weapons for the 77 years since Hiroshima. We want to keep it that way,” a Japanese official tells Newsweek.
Akiko Nakajo of YouTube Japan Talks Accelerating Change for Equality: Billboard Japan Women in Music Interview
Billboard Japan launched its Women in Music initiative last year, highlighting various trailblazing women in the music industry in a string of projects, including interviews by leading figures in …
Japan Poised For Digital Transformation?
Despite a well-earned reputation for high-tech hardware – think robots, automobiles and high-speed trains – Japan had fallen behind in the digital era. Will their new momentum to digitalize be …