Tag - group-a

 
 

GROUP A

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2016
Asahi sees yen windfall on AB InBev beer deal
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. could save about ¥30 billion ($297 million) on its purchase of European beer brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev NV because the yen has strengthened since the firms cut the deal.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2016
Mizuho profit slides 16% on negative interest rate
Mizuho Financial Group, the nation's second-largest lender, said first-quarter profit dropped 16 percent, as Japan's negative interest rate hit income from loans and investments and failed to stoke broader borrowing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2016
Mizuho to spur small-business advisory income by adding 200 more bankers
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is increasing its pool of bankers who advise small Japanese businesses on matters ranging from investing to going public as part of a push to spur fee income at the nation's third-biggest banking group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 29, 2016
Child welfare law revised but tens of thousands remain institutionalized in Japan
A baby lies in a metal-bar cot drinking from a bottle perched on his pillow in a Tokyo orphanage. There's no one to hold and feed him or offer words of comfort.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2016
Activist short-seller Glaucus ready to take on Japan
Activist short-seller Glaucus Research Group says it's planning to target Japan Inc.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 3, 2016
Past the scandals and into the songs of 2016 so far
So far this year, most of the media attention paid to the music industry has focused on scandal rather than songwriting.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 30, 2016
Mizuho CEO says higher fee income will offset negative rates
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is counting on fee businesses to make up for lower returns from lending and bond investments in the wake of the Bank of Japan's decision to adopt a negative interest-rate policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2016
G-7 a precursor for Abe's pivot on consumption tax hike
The prime minister may have tried to use the G-7 summit for his own domestic political goal: creating a pretext to break his consumption tax pledge.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2016
G-7 leaders reaffirm commitment to adopting Paris Agreement
Meanwhile, Japan managed to keep the Fukushima nuclear disaster from taking center stage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2016
G-7 vows to ease plight of middle class worldwide
G-7 leaders pledged Thursday to spur economic growth, fight corruption and clamp down on tax evasion by the rich.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 25, 2016
Tokyo highlights hospitality for media at G-7 summit while restricting access
As part of the government's plan to boost Japan's reputation among the world's journalists, it has opened an International Media Center (IMC) in Ise, Mie Prefecture, for media members covering the Group of Seven summit.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2016
G-7: talk or meaningful action?
The G-7 must turn rhetoric into action in addressing the global threats posed by war, famine and migration.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2016
Bangladesh: a new development paradigm
Bangladesh is on course to emerge as a middle-income country by 2021 when it celebrates its 50th year of independence.
JAPAN / Politics
May 24, 2016
Citizens' summit ponders whether Obama should apologize over Okinawa slaying
Questions about whether U.S. President Barack Obama should apologize over the alleged brutal murder of an Okinawa woman by an American base worker were raised Tuesday on the final day of the Citizens' Ise Shima Summit in Mie Prefecture.

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?