Loading
Search
Women Bear Brunt Of Recession As Pandemic Unravels Abe's 'Womenomics'
- Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has long made creating jobs for women central to his economic policy, but now women are suffering a bigger share of the pain as the country heads for its worst economic slump since World War Two.
Helped by a worker shortage, female labour p...
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has long made creating jobs for women central to his economic policy, but now women are suffering a bigger share of the pain as the country heads for its worst economic slump since World War Two.
Helped by a worker shortage, female labour p...
- June 14, 2020
- Comment (1090)
- Trackback(0)
Hello Kitty Founder Shintaro Tsuji Steps Down As CEO Aged 92
- Category:Other
BBC
The founder of the Japanese company that created Hello Kitty has announced he is stepping down as CEO aged 92.
Shintaro Tsuji said he would hand over control of Sanrio to his 31-year-old grandson, Tomokuni Tsuji.
It marks the first change in leadership in the company's six-decade history.
H...
The founder of the Japanese company that created Hello Kitty has announced he is stepping down as CEO aged 92.
Shintaro Tsuji said he would hand over control of Sanrio to his 31-year-old grandson, Tomokuni Tsuji.
It marks the first change in leadership in the company's six-decade history.
H...
- June 13, 2020
- Comment (6)
- Trackback(0)
Japan's top billionaire Tadashi Yanai says the image of America is breaking
- Category:Other
CNN
The race relations crisis is changing how the world sees America, according to Japan's richest man.
"The very image of America is breaking," Tadashi Yanai, CEO of Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing, told CNN Business in an exclusive interview. "I truly hope that this will have a positive impact in...
The race relations crisis is changing how the world sees America, according to Japan's richest man.
"The very image of America is breaking," Tadashi Yanai, CEO of Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing, told CNN Business in an exclusive interview. "I truly hope that this will have a positive impact in...
- June 12, 2020
- Comment (22)
- Trackback(0)
Founder Of Software Company Who Turned Down Softbank Joins Ranks Of Japan’s Billionaires
- Category:Other
JAPAN TIMES
At 23, Shunji Sugaya had what he calls a “life-changing episode.”
It was March 2000, and Sugaya had just won an award at a business contest where Masayoshi Son, the founder of what was then called SoftBank Corp., was a judge. He sent Son an email to thank him, the two met up, and be...
At 23, Shunji Sugaya had what he calls a “life-changing episode.”
It was March 2000, and Sugaya had just won an award at a business contest where Masayoshi Son, the founder of what was then called SoftBank Corp., was a judge. He sent Son an email to thank him, the two met up, and be...
- June 12, 2020
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan MPs Pass Record Coronavirus Budget
- Category:Other
BANGKOK POST
TOKYO: Japan's powerful lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget worth nearly $300 billion Wednesday, doubling the scale of measures to pep up the world's third-biggest economy after the coronavirus tipped it into recession.
Consumer spending has slowed to a crawl des...
TOKYO: Japan's powerful lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget worth nearly $300 billion Wednesday, doubling the scale of measures to pep up the world's third-biggest economy after the coronavirus tipped it into recession.
Consumer spending has slowed to a crawl des...
- June 10, 2020
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan's Music Industry Explores Online Concerts To Cure Virus Blues
- Category:Other
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW
Livestreaming readies to storm onstage as pandemic plays on
For concert promoter Hiromichi Hayashi, the live music business this year has been all but dead due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Concert cancellations began to roll in on February 26, the day Japanese Prime Minister...
Livestreaming readies to storm onstage as pandemic plays on
For concert promoter Hiromichi Hayashi, the live music business this year has been all but dead due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Concert cancellations began to roll in on February 26, the day Japanese Prime Minister...
- June 8, 2020
- Comment (2)
- Trackback(0)
Japan's 1st-Quarter GDP Shrinks Less Than Initial Estimate But Still Faces Deep Recession
- Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO
Japan's economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter but the broad impact from the coronavirus crisis is still expected to send the country deeper into recession.
A series of recent April data including exports, factory output and jobs figures suggested Ja...
TOKYO
Japan's economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter but the broad impact from the coronavirus crisis is still expected to send the country deeper into recession.
A series of recent April data including exports, factory output and jobs figures suggested Ja...
- June 8, 2020
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan Household Spending Drops 11.1 Percent In April
- Category:Other
JAKARTA POST
Japan's household spending slumped again in April, falling 11.1 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Friday, as the world's third-largest economy struggled with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The figure released by the internal affairs ministry was largely i...
Japan's household spending slumped again in April, falling 11.1 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Friday, as the world's third-largest economy struggled with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The figure released by the internal affairs ministry was largely i...
- June 6, 2020
- Comment (1)
- Trackback(0)
New Uniqlo Flagship Soon To Open In Tokyo’s Ginza Area
- Category:Other
THE JAPAN NEWS
Fast Retailing Co. will open Uniqlo Tokyo, one of the largest domestic stores for that brand, on June 19, the company has announced.
The store had been scheduled to open on May 15, but preparations were delayed due to the declaration of a state of emergency to curb the spread of ...
Fast Retailing Co. will open Uniqlo Tokyo, one of the largest domestic stores for that brand, on June 19, the company has announced.
The store had been scheduled to open on May 15, but preparations were delayed due to the declaration of a state of emergency to curb the spread of ...
- June 6, 2020
- Comment (411)
- Trackback(0)
Japan Airlines Eyes Halving Summer Bonuses Due To Coronavirus
- Category:Other
JAPAN TIMES
Japan Airlines Co. plans to halve bonuses for its employees this summer due to sharp deterioration in business over the spread of the new coronavirus, according to sources familiar with the issue.
The airline operator has informed employees about the plan and intends to secure a lab...
Japan Airlines Co. plans to halve bonuses for its employees this summer due to sharp deterioration in business over the spread of the new coronavirus, according to sources familiar with the issue.
The airline operator has informed employees about the plan and intends to secure a lab...
- June 3, 2020
- Comment (692)
- Trackback(1)