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CEO Who Failed In Silicon Valley Spurs 4,500% Stock Gain At Home In Japan
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JAPAN TIMES
Takanori Nakamura pulled out of Silicon Valley in 2015 after his mobile marketing software flopped and decided to focus everything on his home country, Japan.
Now those efforts are paying off. His company, Rakus Co., has surged more than 4,500% since going public in Tokyo that yea...
Takanori Nakamura pulled out of Silicon Valley in 2015 after his mobile marketing software flopped and decided to focus everything on his home country, Japan.
Now those efforts are paying off. His company, Rakus Co., has surged more than 4,500% since going public in Tokyo that yea...
- July 6, 2021
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Suga Adviser Calls For 3% Hike In Japan's Minimum Wages
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JAPAN TIMES
Japan’s minimum wages must be raised by at least 3% in fiscal 2021, which started in April, said David Atkinson, a member of the government’s growth strategy panel.
In a recent interview, the 56-year-old Atkinson, who is known to be a key adviser to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, st...
Japan’s minimum wages must be raised by at least 3% in fiscal 2021, which started in April, said David Atkinson, a member of the government’s growth strategy panel.
In a recent interview, the 56-year-old Atkinson, who is known to be a key adviser to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, st...
- July 5, 2021
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Japan’s Green Push Opens Path To Talent Outside Old Men’s Club
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JAPAN TIMES
The growing importance of sustainable investment could help diversify the old men’s club mentality of Japan Inc. boardrooms, as companies look to draw from a nontraditional talent pool for senior positions.
From Recruit Holdings Co. to Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japanese firms are...
The growing importance of sustainable investment could help diversify the old men’s club mentality of Japan Inc. boardrooms, as companies look to draw from a nontraditional talent pool for senior positions.
From Recruit Holdings Co. to Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japanese firms are...
- July 4, 2021
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Japanese Government Suggests Companies Offer Four-Day Work Week
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THE GREAT COURSE DAILY
Japan has proposed that businesses let employees opt for a four-day work week. Exhaustion, illness, and even suicide plague the country’s overworked working class. The solution may also fix Japan’s declining birth rate.
Japanese family life has changed greatly in structu...
Japan has proposed that businesses let employees opt for a four-day work week. Exhaustion, illness, and even suicide plague the country’s overworked working class. The solution may also fix Japan’s declining birth rate.
Japanese family life has changed greatly in structu...
- July 3, 2021
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Hiroaki Nakanishi, Ex-Keidanren Chairman, Dies At 75
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Hiroaki Nakanishi, former chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, died at the age of 75 on Sunday, it was learned Thursday.
Nakanishi resigned as head of the largest Japanese business group on June 1 to concentrate on treatment for his illness after a possible re...
Hiroaki Nakanishi, former chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, died at the age of 75 on Sunday, it was learned Thursday.
Nakanishi resigned as head of the largest Japanese business group on June 1 to concentrate on treatment for his illness after a possible re...
- July 3, 2021
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3 Weeks Before Tokyo Olympics, Japan Still Unsure About Spectators
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BUSINESS STANDARD
Japan PM Yoshihide Suga was still uncertain whether fans can be allowed at the Tokyo Olympics because of growing concern about rising Covid-19 cases only three weeks before the games
Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was still uncertain whether fans can be allowed at the To...
Japan PM Yoshihide Suga was still uncertain whether fans can be allowed at the Tokyo Olympics because of growing concern about rising Covid-19 cases only three weeks before the games
Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was still uncertain whether fans can be allowed at the To...
- July 2, 2021
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Japan Business Mood Improves In Q2 To 2.5-Year High: Survey
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CNA
Japanese big manufacturers' business confidence improved in the second quarter to hit a two-and-half-year high, a central bank survey showed, a sign solid global demand was helping the economy emerge from the coronavirus pandemic-induced doldrums.
Service-sector sentiment also turned positi...
Japanese big manufacturers' business confidence improved in the second quarter to hit a two-and-half-year high, a central bank survey showed, a sign solid global demand was helping the economy emerge from the coronavirus pandemic-induced doldrums.
Service-sector sentiment also turned positi...
- July 1, 2021
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Japan Eyes ‘Asia’s Hub In Space Business’ With More Spaceports
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SPACE NEWS
Japan’s government says it will build more spaceports in an effort to make the country “Asia’s hub in space business.”
This was one of the space-related initiatives endorsed June 18 during an economic growth strategy meeting hosted by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at his office in To...
Japan’s government says it will build more spaceports in an effort to make the country “Asia’s hub in space business.”
This was one of the space-related initiatives endorsed June 18 during an economic growth strategy meeting hosted by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at his office in To...
- July 1, 2021
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Starbucks To Serve 47 Regional Frappuccino Flavors Across Japan
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. will roll out 47 exclusive Frappuccino flavors inspired by iconic regional sights and cuisines starting on Wednesday, as the coffee chain celebrates its 25th anniversary in Japan.
The first Starbucks in Japan opened in Tokyo’s Ginza district in 1996. T...
Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. will roll out 47 exclusive Frappuccino flavors inspired by iconic regional sights and cuisines starting on Wednesday, as the coffee chain celebrates its 25th anniversary in Japan.
The first Starbucks in Japan opened in Tokyo’s Ginza district in 1996. T...
- June 30, 2021
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'Demon Slayer' Attraction To Open At Universal Studios Japan
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JAPAN TIMES
A new attraction based on the popular “Demon Slayer” manga series will open on Sept. 17 for a limited time at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, the park’s operator said Sunday.
The attraction, which will mark the first time the western Japan theme park has recreated the global hit s...
A new attraction based on the popular “Demon Slayer” manga series will open on Sept. 17 for a limited time at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, the park’s operator said Sunday.
The attraction, which will mark the first time the western Japan theme park has recreated the global hit s...
- June 28, 2021
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