29-01-2021 10:48
Three-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka of Japan has become an investor in the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the American squad announced Thursday.
22-01-2021 12:50
The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the pandemic reversed years of progress combatting a stubbornly high suicide rate.
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.
13-01-2021 17:59
Dong Nai People’s Committee has recently granted investment certificates for three foreign-invested supporting industry projects with a combined investment capital sum of $190 million.
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.
11-01-2021 13:45
Young adults dressed to the nines in kimonos gathered at venues in Japan on Monday to celebrate reaching the age of majority, although many of the usually jubilant events were cancelled over coronavirus fears.
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.
07-01-2021 16:12
As the world struggles with surging COVID-19 cases, Vietnam, along with Taiwan (China) and Singapore, has succeeded in limiting local transmissions to almost zero, said Japan’s Nikkei Asia on January 6.
30-12-2020 11:28
Japanese businesses have deployed a number of new business models in Vietnam in 2020 in an effort to shelter from the storm of COVID-19. Takeo Nakajima, chief representative of the Japan External Trade Organization in Hanoi, discussed with VIR’s Bich Thuy its performance during the year and plans in 2021 in the context of digital transformation and free trade agreement impacts.
28-12-2020 09:55
Once the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) comes into effect, it will contribute to promoting trade liberalisation and investment capital inflows from Japan to Vietnam.
25-12-2020 10:23
Japanese developer Tokyu Corp. will build a large-scale shopping centre featuring an outlet of major Japanese retailer AEON in Binh Duong, near Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam.
24-12-2020 09:00
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) was the first Vietnamese partner of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Since the donor community resumed aid for Vietnam, the MPI has been the Vietnamese government’s focal point in official development assistance (ODA) mobilisation, utilisation, and management. As such, a close relationship between JICA and the MPI has been fostered since 1992.
23-12-2020 08:00
Khang Duc Investment and Construction JSC, an experienced civil engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor in Vietnam, is looking for opportunities to team up with investment funds, contractors, and design consultants from Japan.
22-12-2020 16:02
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is allegedly going to acquire Asian banks in Vietnam, the Philippines, or India.
21-12-2020 19:16
Japanese precision chemistry firm Fujifilm Corp. will produce novel coronavirus antigen testing kits in Vietnam for the global market by expanding its local production facilities.