Japan
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
Japan's Bullet Trains Replace Smoking Rooms With Zooming Rooms
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Also offers free mice, power bricks, lap pillows and fast WiFi in cars rated to allow 300km/h video chat The Central Ja... Read more
TN Notifies Renault Nissan Industrial Dispute Arbitration
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The Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Ltd and its workers union have created a history by going in for an arbitrat... Read more
Japan To Dangle As Many Yen As It Takes To Lure Chipmakers To Its Shores, Because Everyone Else Is Doing It Too
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National growth strategy also prioritises low power distributed data centres Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga has... Read more
Sloppy Data Compliance Sees Japanese Government Cut Out Its Own Use Of LINE Messaging App
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May! crush! super-app! dreams! of! the! company! formerly! known! as! Yahoo! Japan! Less than a year after selecting t... Read more
Fire Takes Out Japanese Chip Plant, Owner Renesas Warns Of More Silicon Shortages
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Five percent of clean room cooked, hopes to be back in a month A fire has damaged a fabrication plant belonging Japanes... Read more
Bridgestone India Launches New Axle Tyre For Commercial Vehicles
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Tyre maker Bridgestone India on Friday launched a new tyre, V-Steel Mix M721, for commercial vehicles to establish a str... Read more
Nike's New Advert Receives Backlash In Japan For Highlighting Issues On Racism.
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Comments on social media accused Nike of exaggerating the scale of discrimination in Japan Read more
