Companies
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Japanese Housemaker Daiwa House Industry Provides 50 Temporary Units for Maui Wildfire Survivors
Daiwa House Industry Co. has provided 50 temporary housing units for people who lost their houses...
August 22, 2024
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NTT Opens Tokyo Capsule Hotel to Collect Sleep Data; Company to Collaborate with Manufacturers to Develop Products to Improve Sleep
NTT Data Japan Co. has opened a capsule hotel equipped with its technology to analyze guests’ sle...
August 21, 2024
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Summer Sales Heat Up with Hotter Temperatures; Consumers Buy Up Portable Air Conditioners, Parasols
The summer shopping season is reaching its peak amid scorching daily temperatures. In addition to...
August 20, 2024
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Kobayashi Pharma Starts Accepting Compensation Requests
Osaka (Jiji Press)—Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Monday started accepting requests for compensa...
August 20, 2024
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Completion of Aomori N-Reprocessing Plant May be Postponed to 2027; 27th Postponement Since Construction Began in 1993
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL) is considering postponing the completion of a spent nuclear fuel r...
August 19, 2024
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Mos Burger Operator Opens 1st Drink Stand to Reduce Food Waste; Expects to Reduce Food Waste by 4 Tons per Year
The operator of the Mos Burger chain has launched a new business; a drink stand that offers juice...
August 18, 2024
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Japanese Firm Hitachi to Release Vacuum Using AR That Turns Cleaning Into a Game; Stressful Cleaning May Become More Enjoyable
Taking advantage of augmented reality, a Hitachi vacuum cleaner lets people feel as if they are p...
August 16, 2024
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Kobayashi Pharma Fails to Report 11 More Suspected Deaths
Osaka, Aug. 13 (Jiji Press) — Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday it has newly found 11 mor...
August 14, 2024
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Financial Institutions Offer Products Covering ‘Pair Loan’ Mortgages if Spouse Dies
Financial institutions have begun offering products that guarantee reducing the housing loan bala...
August 13, 2024
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Mitsui Fudosan Targets Wealthy Seniors with Ultra-Luxurious 36-Story Residence in Tokyo’s Minato Ward
Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co. plans to open a luxury senior living facility in Nishi-Azabu, Mina...
August 6, 2024
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Self-Driving Bus Service to Start at Facility near Haneda Airport; Hoped to Serve as Model for Coping with Driver Shortage
Major construction company Kajima Corp. has announced that it will begin in August operating pas...
July 31, 2024
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Mitsubishi May Join Honda-Nissan Camp on EVs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is considering joining the camp of Honda Motor Co. a...
July 29, 2024
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Hitachi to Withdraw from Home Air Conditioner Business; Will Focus on Core Businesses, High-Growth Areas
Hitachi, Ltd. has announced the company would withdraw from manufacturing air conditioners for ho...
July 28, 2024
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Regular-Sized Yoshinoya Gyudon Price to Rise to ¥498; 4th Consecutive Year Hike
Gyudon beef-on-rice restaurant chain Yoshinoya will raise the price of its beef bowls at 2 p.m. M...
July 27, 2024
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Toyota Shows Off Fuel Cell Bike in Paris; Freezer on Front Wheel Holds Ice Cream for Spectators
Toyota Motor Corp. will distribute ice cream chilled with hydrogen power to spectators of the Par...
July 26, 2024
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