Japan


Conventional Energy Investment Still Critical For Years To Come

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The energy transition – the world’s efforts to replace fossil fuels with low carbon energy sources – is well und... Read more

Japan's NTT Sees India Business Growing To $1 Bn, Commits Investments

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The company currently has 11 operational data centres with six more soon to be added and three are under construction Read more

Merger With Sony Will Get Stuck On Insolvency Proceedings, Says ZEEL

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The comments came as Zee's chief executive, Punit Goenka, on Thursday said in a statement that he expected a timely comp... Read more

T-Hub, Suzuki Motor Pact To Help Indian Start-ups Access Japan's Ecosystem

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T-Hub, an innovation hub and ecosystem enabler on Monday announced its partnership with Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), ... Read more

JCB To Enter Mass Segment To Achieve 30-fold Spike In Card Base In 5 Years

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The firm has reached the milestone of issuing one million Rupay JCB cards in India Read more

After Twitter Blue Rollout, All Legacy Blue Badges To Be Removed Soon: Musk

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Earlier this month, the Twitter CEO had said that all legacy verified accounts will soon lose their Blue badges as those... Read more

Japan's SoftBank Group Logs $5.9 Bn Loss As Tech Investments Tumble

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Japanese investor SoftBank Group reported Tuesday that it sank into a deep loss for the October-December quarter, slamme... Read more

Global PC Demand Down Amid Recession Fears, Steepest Decline Since Mid-90s

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For the entire year, PC shipments reached 286.2 million units in 2022, a 16.2 per cent decrease from 2021 Read more

Revealed: These Are The Worlds Most (and Least) Powerful Passports In 2023

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The most powerful passports give their holders visa-free access to the largest number of destinations around the world. Read more

Discriminatory Practices: China Suspends Japan And South Korea Visas In COVID Rules retaliation

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China says entry rules that require Chinese visitors to show a negative COVID test have no scientific basis. Read more

Apple's Japan Unit Gets $105 Mn Tax Bill For Sale Of IPhones To Tourists

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Tokyo unit of US technology giant Apple has been slapped with $105 mn (14 bn yen) in additional taxes over bulk duty-fre... Read more

Rakuten To Hire 1,000 Staffers In India Over Next Two Years

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The company, which already has around 2,000 employees in India, opened a new office in Bengaluru, which is its largest o... Read more

Japan's Toshiba Boosts Profit In June Qtr On Devices, Auto Sector Demand

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Toshiba reported a 44 per cent improvement in profit in the last quarter as the Japanese technology giant worked to reva... Read more

Relocation Startup HappyLocate To Hire 600 Employees This Financial Year

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Tech-based one-stop relocation platform HappyLocate on Tuesday said it is planning to hire over 600 employees this finan... Read more

Sony Ex-CEO Nobuyuki Idei, Who Led Brand's Global Growth, Dies At 84

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Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan's Sony from 1998 through 2005, steering its growth in the digital and entertainment busines... Read more

Japan's Recruit Sees More Female Executives As Key To Growth

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Although three-quarters of Japanese firms have one or two female directors, only 5% have three or more, according to ind... Read more

Exclusive-Netflix Inks Japan Studio Deal In Anime Push

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The Asia-Pacific region was the lone bright spot in Netflix's first-quarter earnings Read more

IMF Warns Asia Faces 'stagflationary' Economic Outlook

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In its latest forecast issued this month, the IMF said it expects Asia's economy to expand 4.9% this year Read more

Toshiba To Become Threeshiba – Company Split To Spur Growth As Strife Persists

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One company for devices, one for office kit, another for infrastructure, batteries & tech services, Kioxia stake to... Read more

Apple To Let Reader Apps Steer Users Towards Out-of-App-Store Purchasing Following Japanese Watchdog Probe

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Regulator says it's happy book, music, newspaper programs can now whisper of the universe beyond the iOS walled garden ... Read more