SoftBank is marching ahead on its ambitions to build out a major AI operation in its home market of Japan, on its own steam ...

Preliminary data from the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, showed that 760 member unions secured wage increases of 5.46% on average this year. That is higher than last year's 5.10% ...

Japanese companies are again offering workers the biggest pay increase in three decades, the nation’s largest labor union ...

A first-ever National Police Agency (NPA) survey pinpointing 40 online casinos accessible in Japanese revealed that all operate under license･･･ ...

Professor Sakurai Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career ...

A Canada-based chain of teppanyaki restaurants made its US debut in metro Phoenix. Here's where and what's on the menu at the ...

KCB Bank, the largest financial institution in East Africa, has partnered with Compass Plus Technologies to strengthen its multi-currency offering by launching Kenya’s first platinum multi-currency ...

Couche-Tard will hold its first press conference in Tokyo on Thursday since it announced a bid for Seven & i in August as ...

Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield rose to its highest since 2008 on Monday, at a time when Treasury yields ticked lower again, underscoring expectations that the Bank of Japan will keep ...

Japan's Seven & I, the parent company of the Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store chain, says it is selling its supermarket store assets to Bain Capital for about $5.4 billion ...

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a ...

March is considered one of the best months to visit Japan, thanks to its mild weather, colorful blooms, and vibrant cultural events. As winter wanes, plum and early cherry blossoms emerge in warmer ...