Sony announces PlayStation 5 price hikes

The prices of PlayStation 5 consoles will be going up around the world, Sony Interactive Entertainme...

August 26, 2022

Making English an official language to make the company stronger

It has been 10 years since Rakuten Group Inc. made English its official internal language. While the...

August 26, 2022

Kose offers virtual makeup try-on at Ginza store

Major cosmetics company Kose Corp. has introduced a so-called “color machine,” which uses projection...

August 25, 2022

Sumitomo Mitsui to enter online banking biz in U.S.

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will shortly announce a plan to launch an ...

August 24, 2022

Hino Motors shares plunge more than 6％ as data scandal widens

TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Shares of Japan's Hino Motors 7205.T, Toyota Motor Corp's 7203.T truck and...

August 23, 2022

Hino reveals further data fraud

Scandal-hit Hino Motors announced Monday that new cases of data fraud have been detected in the prod...

August 22, 2022

Classic ’80s, ’90s sports cars soar in price, some nearly quadrupling

Prices of some used Japanese classic sports cars, particularly models that leading Japanese automake...

August 22, 2022

Mitsui to notify Russia of keeping rights and interests in Sakhalin-2 project

Mitsui & Co. plans to notify the Russian government of its intention to maintain its rights and inte...

August 20, 2022

Honda to release Acura brand’s 1st EV

NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that it will release its first mass-produced e...

August 19, 2022

ANA considers luxury tours to lure super-rich

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Major airline group ANA Holdings Inc. and others in Japan are thinking of offer...

August 18, 2022

istyle, Amazon join forces

NEW YORK — istyle Inc., the Tokyo-based operator of @cosme, one of Japan’s largest cosmetics and bea...

August 17, 2022

Southeast Asia LCCs see business taking off

BANGKOK — Low-cost carrier (LCC) airlines in Southeast Asia are regaining momentum after having str...

August 15, 2022

J&J to end sales of baby powder with talc globally next year

Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same i...

August 13, 2022

Shimizu develops AI fire-extinguisher system to protect historical structures

Shimizu Corp. has developed technology that uses artificial intelligence to protect wooden cultural ...

August 12, 2022

SoftBank posts $17 bil. Vision Fund loss on tech slump

TOKYO (Reuters) — SoftBank Group Corp 9984.T on Monday posted a ¥2.33 trillion ($17.23 billion) loss...

August 8, 2022

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