Companies
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Honda, Nissan Partnership Has Potential to Change Market Share amid Competition from China
The Japanese automobile industry has reached a turning point. Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co...
March 16, 2024
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Japan FTC Names 10 Firms for Rejecting Subcontractor Price Hikes
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Fair Trade Commission on Friday published the names of 10 companies that...
March 16, 2024
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McDonald’s Japan: System Failure Causes Suspension of Operations at Many Outlets
McDonald’s Japan had a system failure Friday afternoon, causing many outlets around the country t...
March 15, 2024
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Honda, Nissan Announce Strategic Partnership is Under Consideration; AI Development, Component Standardization Being Mulled
Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. announced Friday that they have officially started consideri...
March 15, 2024
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Rakuten Mobile Temporalily Experienced Data Communication Failure in Some Areas; Service Restored (UPDATE1)
Rakuten Mobile, Inc. announced Friday that data communication has been unavailable or difficult t...
March 15, 2024
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Wage Hikes At Big Firms a Key Step Toward Real Wage Growth; Will Small, Medium Companies Do Likewise?
Many major companies have taken a big stride toward real wage increases for their employees, and ...
March 15, 2024
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Nissan, Honda Eye Collaboration for Key EV Components; Envisioned Partnership Would Mainly be for Japan Market
Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. have started considering collaborating to reduce production ...
March 14, 2024
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Test Facility for Thermal Power Generation Using Ammonia Unveiled
Hekinan, Aichi Pref. (Jiji Press)—Power generation company Jera Co. and engineering firm IHI Corp...
March 14, 2024
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Major Japan Firms Agree to Labor Unions’ Pay Demands; Hopes for Higher Wages to Spur Virtuous Economic Cycle
Many major companies offered Wednesday to provide the full amount requested by their unions in th...
March 13, 2024
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Mercedes-Benz Japan Ordered to Pay Over ¥1.2 Billion for Misleading Representation for SUVs
The Consumer Affairs Agency on Tuesday ordered Mercedes-Benz Japan Co. in Chiba to pay more than ...
March 13, 2024
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JFTC Finds Costco Violated Subcontract Law; Cut Agreed Upon Payments to Suppliers
The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a recommendation to Costco Wholesale Japan, Ltd...
March 13, 2024
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“Monster Hunter: World” Hits 25 Mil. Units Sold, a Capcom Record, on Strong Download Sales in Emerging Markets
Global sales of action game “Monster Hunter: World” have surpassed 25 million units, Capcom Co. s...
March 12, 2024
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Keidanren Chairman: BOJ’s Monetary Policy Likely to Normalize in the Not-Too-Distant Future
The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Chairman Masakazu Tokura expressed on Monday his expect...
March 11, 2024
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2 Major Japanese Firms Collaborate to Develop New Mosquito Spray; Kao, Earth Hope to Fight Spread of Dengue Fever in Thailand
Kao Corp. and Earth Corp. will begin selling a mosquito spray in Thailand in July in a bid to fig...
March 10, 2024
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JBIC to Support Latin America’s Decarbonization Efforts
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has set up a credit line of up ...
March 10, 2024
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