Financial leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are focusing on ways to fortify ever more complicated financial systems and supply chains during meetings in Japan ahead of a summit next week.
Shares of Japan’s Sharp tumble after $1.9 billion full-year loss
Shares of Sharp Corp, the Japanese electronics maker owned by Taiwan’s Foxconn, tumbled 7% on Friday after it reported a $1.9 billion loss on write-downs of its panel display business and other assets …
Toyota flags possible leak of more than 2 mln users’ vehicle data in Japan
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday the vehicle data of about 2.15 million users was left publicly available in Japan because of setting errors in the cloud environment, for about a decade from November …
Chinese warships sail around Japan as tensions rise ahead of G7 summit
A Chinese naval flotilla led by a powerful destroyer has been on a 12-day circumnavigation of Japan’s main islands in a display of military power as tensions simmer over Taiwan and as Japan prepares …
Foxconn, Sharp shares slide after Japan firm’s surprise writedown
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 …