06-11-2019 09:24
Fujifilm said Tuesday (Nov 5) it will make Fuji Xerox a wholly owned subsidiary, buying Xerox's stake in the firm and ending a 57-year-old partnership between the Japanese and US companies.
05-11-2019 16:15
UNIQLO, the Japanese global apparel retailer, today officially announced its launching date in Vietnam. The brand’s first store, UNIQLO Dong Khoi, will open on December 6 in Ho Chi Minh City.
04-11-2019 15:30
After some "very good conversations" with automakers in the European Union, Japan and elsewhere, the United States may not need to impose new tariffs on imported automobiles, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Sunday.
02-11-2019 09:07
Japanese retailers including supermarkets and convenience stores will be required to charge for plastic bags from next summer ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, a government panel agreed Friday (Nov 1).
01-11-2019 13:31
Newly-crowned world rally champion Ott Tanak signed a two-year deal to drive for Hyundai on Thursday (Oct 31), just four days after wrapping up his maiden title with Japanese manufacturer Toyota.
01-11-2019 08:00
New investments worth billions of US dollars from Japan are expected to be poured into Vietnam in the time to come, creating a new Japanese investment surge in the Southeast Asian nation.
31-10-2019 09:51
Exports of beer from Japan to South Korea fell 99.9 percent year-on-year in September, Japan's finance ministry said Wednesday (Oct 30), as a boycott spurred by a bilateral dispute drags on.
29-10-2019 17:40
The increasing number of elderly people, as well as the shrinking young population in Japan, may be the main reasons pushing fast-fashion brand UNIQLO to look into other markets, including Vietnam.
28-10-2019 08:53
Over 80 per cent of Japanese firms said they were willing to receive foreign workers, and 95 per cent of them were interested in Vietnamese IT engineers, according to a survey conducted by the Vietnam Software Association (VINASA).
25-10-2019 09:37
Tiger Woods got off to a horrific start before roaring back with nine birdies in 15 holes to share the inaugural Zozo Championship lead in Japan on Thursday (Oct 24) as Rory McIlroy struggled.
24-10-2019 09:50
Renault drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg were disqualified from the Japanese Grand Prix on Wednesday (Oct 23) after their team was punished for breaching regulations over brakes, the governing body FIA announced.
23-10-2019 10:53
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed SoftBank – the largest financial services group of Japan – to expand investment in Vietnam, which has an increasingly improved business environment and the fastest economic growth in the region and the world.
22-10-2019 08:47
Japan-based SoftBank is ready to buy a controlling stake in WeWork, providing the shared office space startup desperately needed funding at a slashed valuation, a source told AFP on Monday (Oct 21).
19-10-2019 08:46
The governor of Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture, Satoshi Mitazono, and a group of delegates consisting of 22 local officials and media representatives have just visited and held a working session at An Phat Bioplastics JSC, a member of privately-held An Phat Holdings.
16-10-2019 14:48
More welfare policies are needed to attract workers to the southern province of Binh Duong and persuade them to stay, a meeting between province authorities and Japanese business executives working locally heard on Tuesday.