Japanese drinks giant Kirin said Thursday it has agreed to a buyout of its shares in a Myanmar joint venture with a junta-linked conglomerate, completing its exit from the market over the 2021 coup.

Factory output slumped a seasonally adjusted 7.2% in May from the previous month, official data showed on Thursday.

Strong consumption is expected to lead an economic rebound this quarter, although rising inflation poses a risk to household spending for the rest of 2022.

Of all Japan’s carmakers, Honda had thrown itself most aggressively into EVs, targeting a full phase-out of combustion-engine vehicle sales by 2040.

Business experts, an environmentalist, a freelance newscaster and an Olympic medalist were among new female outside directors welcomed to corporate boards this year.

Cautious about a full exit, many companies only suspended operations in the hope of resuming business sometime in the future.

A judge ordered Mitoshi Matsumoto to hand his store, which he opened in 2012, over to the company and pay damages for lost business.

With new versions of popular models strapped with years-long wait times, average used-car transaction prices are being driven up at the company’s 19 auction sites ...

Department store sales in Japan in May surged 57.8% from a year before on a same-store basis thanks to growing customer traffic as COVID-19 infections ...

The company, headquartered in the city of Sakai, in Osaka Prefecture, plans to expand its overseas business by strengthening human resource development.

People can use points earned at certain shops toward things like online purchases, airline mileage points or even, in some cases, investments.

Japan's Fair Trade Commission said media companies would not be violating the antimonopoly law by asking to see the revenue IT firms generate from operating ...

The tennis star, who has struggled on the court of late, is behind an entertainment company called Hana Kuma in partnership with Mr. James’s fast-growing SpringHill.

For Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan's biggest drugmaker, a weaker yen helps because 80% of its sales are overseas, said the firm's CFO.

(Teleborsa) - Giornata di forte ribasso per la borsa giapponese, dopo che la banca centrale del paese ha confermato la propria politica monetaria ultra-espansiva. "Il caso del Giappone è diverso da...

The growing trade deficit underscores the headwinds the world's third-largest economy faces from a slide in the yen and surging costs of fuel and raw ...

Some bankers, who have long advocated for shorter marketing periods, are stepping up calls for a change.

TOKYO - The yen plunged to its lowest level against the dollar since 1998 on Monday as sky-high US inflation fuels a widening monetary policy gap between Japan and the world's largest economy.

The figures are calculated by subtracting the percentage of firms reporting worsening conditions from those observing improvements.

Japan on June 10 eased its borders for foreign tourists and began accepting applications, but only for those on guided package tours who are willing to follow mask-wearing and other antivirus measures as the country cautiously tries to balance business and infection worries.