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In June, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry issued a booklet listing 69 new measures to encourage start-ups. These include a loan program and several tax credits for both start-ups ...
Warner Entertainment Japan has upped William Ireton to prexy-representative director, a newly created post. Ireton will oversee the studio's businesses there, including theatrical production and ...
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan raised the crisis level at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to a severity on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing high overall radiation leaks that have contaminated ...
Japan has ambitious plans to become a basketball powerhouse but a row involving star player Rui Hachimura and disagreements over the domestic league's direction mean success is anything but a slam ...
Japan's top liquefied natural gas buyer JERA will invest $300 million in green technology-focused start-ups through a newly created in-house unit, it said on Friday, as part of the country's ...
Japan's government upgraded its view on business sentiment for the first time in two months in December as a central bank survey showed broad recovery in the corporate mood thanks to upbeat profits.
Berkshire’s Japan investments, which date back to July 2019, have sparked interest among investors about how to get exposure to Japanese stocks.
Last month, Japan's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years. That is a really big deal, because it means that one of the spookiest stories in modern economics might ...
Japan Expo Paris is the largest Japanese pop culture convention outside of the country it honors, so you can always expect some incredible cosplay from the four-day convention.
Late last month brought two news items that could hardly be called positives for China-Japan relations. First, a Japanese pharmaceutical executive was detained in China on suspicion of espionage ...
Japan's top liquefied natural gas buyer JERA will invest $300 million in green technology-focused start-ups through a newly created in-house unit, it said on Friday, as part of the country's ...