14-04-2021 11:10
Toshiba's president Nobuaki Kurumatani has resigned, the firm announced Wednesday, as a buyout offer from a private equity fund reportedly stirs turmoil inside the Japanese company.
09-04-2021 14:51
A British hedge fund's buyout offer for Toshiba faces a long road, including seeking regulatory approval and additional financing, the chairman of the Japanese firm's board warned Friday.
05-04-2021 13:28
Toppan Cosmo Inc., a trading arm of Japan's Toppan Printing Co., has set up a joint venture in Ho Chi Minh City with two Japanese partners to provide high-quality 3D computer graphics content, Kyodo News reported.
25-03-2021 14:00
Vietnam is seen as one of the most important investment destinations for Japan. Ikenaga Azusa, representative for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in Hanoi, told VIR’s Nguyen Thu about the trend of Japanese investors through its newly-released report on overseas business operations by Japanese manufacturers.
17-03-2021 09:32
Many Japanese businesses investing in Vietnam have been seeking cooperation in joint-surveys, research and human resources exchange with local universities as a crucial step to expand in Vietnam beyond Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
16-03-2021 16:46
About 36.1 percent of Japanese enterprises doing business in Malaysia intend to further expand their operations in the next one to two years, mainly in the food, precision medical equipment and transportation, according to an annual survey by the Japan External Trade Organization.
16-03-2021 10:00
Fierce competition in the market is seemingly destroying the prospects of well-known Japanese TV brands like Sharp and Toshiba, as their popularity plunges and availability in some showrooms becomes scarcer.
09-03-2021 11:29
Acting as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Vietnam since September 2019, Naomi Kitahara, a kind and friendly Japanese woman with more than 23 years of experience in international development, has been spreading the message of international solidarity and giving essential support to women in Vietnam.
15-02-2021 15:53
Vietnam recorded one imported COVID-19 case on February 15 morning, raising the total count in the country to 2,229, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
08-02-2021 10:45
More than half of Japanese businesses in Vietnam and India have plans to expand their in-country operations, Kyodo News cited a recent survey.
05-02-2021 14:00
More Japanese pharma and healthcare companies are heading to Vietnam as drug demands in the local lucrative market are on the rise.
02-02-2021 11:30
Vietnam has for the first time surpassed China to become the nation with the highest number of labourers working in Japan, according to 2020 statistics from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
20-01-2021 14:08
Japan and Vietnam are fostering bigger cooperation in building up an efficient e-government in the Southeast Asian nation, with the former expected to share its experiences and know-how with the latter as it realises its national strategy on Industry 4.0.
12-01-2021 16:32
Dang Van Lam looks set to be the first Vietnamese player to compete in Japan’s J1 League after reportedly signing a deal with Cerezo Osaka FC.
08-01-2021 16:42
A Japan Film Week 2021 will kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on January 16 to promote Japanese cinema to Vietnamese audiences.