According to a Japan Tourism Agency survey, more than 40% of respondents in the hotel business said reservations dropped by over 70% between January and ...

Sumitomo Chemical chief Masakazu Tokura will lead Keidanren, Japan's biggest business lobby, from June 1.

BANKING COULD be called the business of time travel. When savers deposit money in a bank, they postpone consumption. When borrowers take out loans they pull future consumption forward. Banks facilitate this by the magic of interest. When they make loans and charge interest, or pay interest on deposits, they ...

Nissan announced that cumulative sales of vehicles with its e-POWER electrified powertrain had surpassed 500,000 units as at the end of March.

Finance ministers from the three countries pledged to achieve inclusive recovery, preserve long-term fiscal sustainability and maintain financial stability.

Negative GDP growth is forecast to continue into the first quarter of fiscal 2021.

For the 12 months to March 2022, ANA forecast operating profit of ¥28 billion after a ¥464.7 billion loss in the last business year.

With the state of emergency dealing a further blow to on-site sales, tapping into the growing market of home drinkers and health-conscious consumers has become ...

Mitsubishi Chemical chief Jean-Marc Gilson says in the absence of government intervention, he’ll push internally and actively promote women when faced with candidates of equal ...

The company made Line a wholly owned subsidiary for business integration March 1. The move pushed up the revenue by ¥24.9 billion.

TOKYO: Japan's parliament approved on Wednesday the world's largest free trade deal, signed by 15 Asia-Pacific countries including China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, raising the possibility for the pact to enter into force later this year.

Yoshimitsu Kobayashi headed the Japan Association of Corporate Executives for four years through 2019 and now serves as chairman of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership deal will create a huge free trade area accounting for some 30% of global gross domestic product and trade.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has welcomed confirmation by the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) that the Thai economy's outlook is stable despite the economic impact of Covid-19.

The move could be the world's first legislation to regulate digital advertisements if measures aimed at securing transparency and fairness in the industry are added.

Many ongoing infrastructure projects have been suspended in the Southeast Asian country since the military ousted an elected government in a coup in February.

Asakawa, a former Japanese vice finance minister for international affairs who took office in January last year, is likely to win, sources say.

GDP data for January to March is scheduled to be released next month, but economists are already pessimistic enough to forecast a contraction in the ...

GDP data for January to March is scheduled to be released next month, but economists are already pessimistic enough to forecast a contraction in the ...