Japan regional banks to help businesses spread wings in Asia
TOKYO -- Japanese regional banks will pool financial and human resources to help smaller businesses find customers and establish sales...
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Japan business sentiment dives to 11-year low in April to June
TOKYO -- Business sentiment among large Japanese companies in the April-to-June period fell to minus 47.6, the worst result in...
Shorthanded Japan restarts skills tests for foreign workers
TOKYO -- Japan is offering work visa qualification exams for foreign nationals once again as the reopened country seeks the...
UK seeks swift Japan trade deal and TPP membership
LONDON -- The U.K. is looking to accelerate trade deals with countries and blocs across Asia, as the country's transition...
Japan to seek contact information from those enjoying nightlife
TOKYO -- Japan plans to issue guidelines for night spots, such as hostess bars and host clubs, where close contact...
Japan will give e-signatures stamp of approval: DocuSign chief
PALO ALTO, U.S. -- San Francisco-based electronic signature provider DocuSign has seen an acceleration in its business as the coronavirus pandemic...
Bankruptcies in Japan fall but outlook bleak due to coronavirus
TOKYO -- The number of bankruptcies in Japan in May fell from a year ago, bucking eight months of increases,...
Ads touting quack coronavirus cures rampant in Japan
TOKYO -- Dubious cures for the novel coronavirus have popped up on e-commerce sites in Japan, prompting a government watchdog to warn...
Resource-poor Japan unearths metal riches in its trash
TOKYO -- As mines around the world slow output in response to the coronavirus pandemic, threatening tighter supplies of precious...
Japan to block coronavirus bargain hunters seizing key companies
TOKYO -- Japan's former Economic Revitalization Minister Akira Amari, a confidant to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, posits a nightmare scenario...
