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BUSINESSES

Finding capital needed to start a business can be challenging. But for many women in the Global South, it¡¯s not just difficult ¡ª it¡¯s often impossible.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2024
Women entrepreneurs could make the world $6 trillion richer
When a woman walks through the door with a good idea, a smart business plan and a dream to improve her future, lenders too often see only risk.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2018
Japan Inc. happy with publicly unpopular Abe despite cronyism scandals
The public approval ratings of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have plunged to record lows amid scandals over suspected cronyism, but a Reuters poll shows the Japanese business community has a much more positive view of him.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2018
Vietnam bumps Thailand down to third place in survey of interest among Japanese businesses
Interest in Vietnam among Japanese companies continues to grow, boosting the Southeast Asian country to the second spot, right behind China, for the first time in the Japan External Trade Organization¡¯s ranking of countries and areas favorable for business expansion, according to a fiscal 2017 survey...
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2016
U.S. companies bet on stable China relations
In the more than four decades since President Richard Nixon¡¯s historic trip to China, the United States has become China¡¯s largest export and China is one of the largest markets for U.S. exporters and a source of supply for everything from smartphones to spark plugs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 3, 2016
Nearly 90% of companies expect economy to grow in 2016: poll
Nearly 90 percent of 101 major Japanese companies expect economic expansion in 2016, with many projecting private consumption and capital spending to recover from their 2015 doldrums, a Kyodo News poll found Saturday.
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2015
Tokyo to open ¡®one-stop¡¯ office to help foreigners launch businesses
Aiming to make it easier for foreigners to invest in Japan, the central government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will launch a ¡°one-stop¡± office in April that will guide them through the entire process of starting a company here.
60% in Japan give up activities due to sweat, survey finds
The summer heat hits Tokyo's Ginza District on July 23.
JAL and ANA to coordinate flight schedules for first time
An All Nippon Airways airplane flies past an oil refinery as it approaches to land at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
Takaichi¡¯s punishing workload draws renewed scrutiny after 6?-hour checkup at hospital
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Thursday
China¡¯s Unitree unveils ¡®Superman¡¯ robot as fervor builds ahead of Shanghai debut
A Unitree Robotics R1 humanoid robot on display at the company's booth during the Embodied Intelligent Robot Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on Aug. 12
Â鶹´«Ã½ Summer Koshien baseball tradition comes face-to-face with new climate reality
Ariake High School players greet their cheering section after winning their first game on Aug. 7.
The new world of collectible design
Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design ¡°a free, authorial language¡± that goes beyond function.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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