KYOTO, Japan — Naomi Hasegawa’s family sells toasted mochi out of a small, cedar-timbered shop next to a rambling old shrine in Kyoto. The family started the business to provide refreshments to weary travelers coming
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Japan corporate capex, profits sag as COVID impact bites
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese companies cut spending on plant and equipment in July-September for a second straight quarter as the coronavirus pandemic hit private sector demand.FILE PHOTO: An employee wearing a protective face mask and
Read moreJapan's ramen bars struggle to stay open as COVID hammers small firms
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sixty-year-old Yashiro Haga is folding his Tokyo noodle ramen shop after 15 years in December, unable to overcome the prospect of a lasting customer slump due to the coronavirus crisis.FILE PHOTO: Sixty-year-old
Read moreJapan welcomes South Korean intelligence chief visit as chance to talk
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Monday welcomes the visit of South Korea’s intelligence chief Park Jie-won as an opportunity to discuss frosty ties between Seoul and Tokyo, the government’s chief spokesman said. South Korea’s National
Read moreJapan to open English-speaking support office to lure foreign asset managers
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan will open an English-speaking support office for foreign asset management firms seeking to do business in the country in January, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday (Nov 6), as it
Read moreJapan household spending, wages slump as Covid-19 pain lingers
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s household spending slumped in September from a year earlier and real wages slid for the seventh straight month, data showed on Friday (Nov 6), a sign sluggish domestic demand will continue
Read moreOlympics: Security outside hotel lifts, shopping requests handled by staff, Tokyo gymnastics meet preps for Games test run
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Tokyo’s ability to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and stage next year’s Olympic Games safely will undergo a major test this weekend, with gymnasts from four nations gathering in the Japanese capital
Read moreJapan factory output rises for 4th month on jump in car, machinery production
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s industrial output rose for the fourth straight month in September as the world’s third-largest economy continued to shake off the drag from the Covid-19 crisis largely thanks to improving external demand.
Read moreJapan export decline slows in September as shipments recover
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s exports in September fell at a slower pace than in the previous six months as US-bound shipments of cars started to recover from Covid-19 lows, suggesting the pandemic’s pressure on the
Read moreJapan PM Suga's rating falls to 55% in second poll since took office: NHK
FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga waves after a debate organized by the Liberal Democratic Party, Youth Bureau and Women’s Bureau at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan September 9, 2020. Philip Fong/Pool
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