Category: Japan
SoftBank names Goldman alumnus Taiichi Hoshino head of investment planning department
SoftBank Group Corp said on Wednesday it has appointed former Goldman Sachs banker Taiichi Hoshino as head of a new investment planning department, as the group increases [...]
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Japan business sentiment negative for first time since 2013: survey
Confidence among Japan’s biggest manufacturers has plunged into negative territory for the first time in seven years, a key survey showed Wednesday as the coronavirus [...]
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Could do better: Japan gently chided by UN climate chief
The top UN climate official on Tuesday chided Japan over its new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which environmental campaigners say shows no real ambition to [...]
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Smoking diners to take it outside as Tokyo ban kicks in
Patrons of Tokyo restaurants and bars will be able to light up indoors for the last time on Tuesday as one of the world’s most cigarette-friendly cities starts [...]
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Apple supplier Japan Display finalises deal to raise $200 million from ‘customer’
Japan Display said on Tuesday it has finalised a deal to raise $200 million from “an overseas customer,” which sources have said is Apple. The $200 fund will come [...]
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Tokyo Olympics Rescheduled For July 2021, Economic Stress Deepens For Japan
Topline: Today the International Olympic Committee announced new dates for the Tokyo Summer Olympics: July 23 to August 8, 2021, entrenching Japan’s economic [...]
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Karaoke warning in Tokyo amid calls for Covid-19 state of emergency in Japan
Weeks after urging them to forgo cherry blossom parties, the governor of Tokyo has told residents to ditch another national pastime karaoke as calls grow for Japan to take [...]
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Japan’s Abe, deputy avoid joint meetings to cut coronavirus risk as lockdown pressure builds
Tokyo recorded more than 70 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday for its highest tally in a single day, as pressure built on prime minister Shinzo Abe to order a lockdown [...]
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Japan’s factory output slows, plunge seen as virus grips economy
Japan’s industrial output rose in February at a slower pace than the previous month and factories expect production to plunge in March, adding to growing signs the [...]
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Campaigners attack Japan’s ‘shameful’ climate plans release
Japan has laid out its plans to tackle greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris agreement in the run-up to UN climate talks this year, becoming the first large economy to do [...]
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Calls grow for state of emergency as Tokyo logs 78 more coronavirus cases
Calls are growing for prime minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus before it is too late. “I personally feel [...]
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Japan’s $500 Billion Coronavirus Bill Is Only The Start
Tokyo delaying the 2020 Olympics may be the least of prime minister Shinzo Abe’s worries. It’s hard to exaggerate the extent to which the Japanese leader thought [...]
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Japan PM advisers call for massive stimulus amid coronavirus
Private-sector advisers to Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe urged the government on Tuesday to carry out major measures to battle the coronavirus epidemic, paving the way [...]
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Japanese panel warns any possible eruption of Mt Fuji could paralyse Tokyo
A Japanese government panel has said any major eruption of Mount Fuji would rain so much ash on the capital Tokyo that its transportation network of trains and highways would [...]
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Line survey finds 7pct of users in Tokyo have at least one coronavirus symptom
A survey of Line Corp’s chat app users in Tokyo and neighbouring prefectures in partnership with Japan’s health ministry found 7.1 percent of respondents in the [...]
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