Browsing: Japan
Like other industrial nations, Japan has been facing massive demographic challenges in its agriculture sector. An aging population and a…
Japan’s chip companies are fighting with ski resorts for construction workers as they try to build a new plant in chilly Hokkaido
The Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. has ridden a boom in building semiconductor plants to a surge in its revenue…
Secretive government committee could get more investigation power as authorities scrutinize TikTok and U.S. Steel deal
U.S. Treasury wants to enhance the power of a little-known, secretive government committee to review deals made between U.S. firms…
A German Rust Belt? As Chinese EVs like BYD swarm Europe’s key markets, historic examples of deindustrialization pose a warning to the continent’s carmakers
European automakers are still digesting the shock from the sudden onslaught of cheap Chinese carmakers like BYD onto their shores…
‘Social order could collapse, resulting in wars’: 2 of Japan’s top firms fear unchecked AI, warning humans are ‘easily fooled’
Japan’s largest telecommunications company and largest newspaper have issued a stark warning about the artificial intelligence, saying that if it’s…
Is Japan finally out of its 30-year slump? Economists are optimistic that Japan is back—and they say they have the data to prove it
Japan’s central bank raised interest rates above zero for the first time in 17 years just under two weeks ago.…
Nippon Steel touts tech it can bring to U.S. Steel, vows to push ahead with $14.1 billion acquisition: ‘We have over 2,000 patents’
Nippon Steel Corp.’s new chief has pledged to press on with the $14.1 billion acquisition of United States Steel Corp., a…
Recruit Holdings—Japan’s $75B parent of Indeed and Glassdoor—is led by a man who wants to be ‘the most powerless CEO in the world’
Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba, chief executive officer of the company behind top job-search engine Indeed.com, doesn’t seem to place much significance…
Covid-19 Linked To Higher Risk Of Developing Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases
A recent study that included over 22 million adult patients from South Korea and Japan revealed that an acute Covid-19…
Japan’s population is getting so old that a diaper manufacturer is only making products for adults, not babies—a marker of its graying population
A Japanese diaper maker will produce diapers exclusively for older adults amid a steep decline in demand for infant diapers,…