Thatched roofs were once a common sight in the Japanese countryside, but they started to disappear in the 1950s, when people began migrating en masse to the cities. You can still see them in ...

Costco Wholesale Japan reduced its payments to the subcontractors for these events, resulting in a total loss of 33.5 million yen ($227,000) for the suppliers, according to the FTC. The company ...

TOKYO, Japan — A key quarterly survey of Japanese businesses showed on Tuesday no significant change in confidence levels among the country’s biggest manufacturers, while large non ...

In the room with the wood stove, I laid a hearth of big black tiles made from the same material as Japanese roofing (I ...

TOKYO--Sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers held steady during the three months to September, with optimism levels stable as they weighed the impact of China's economic slowdown and the ...

TOKYO—Sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers held steady during the three months to September, a Bank of Japan survey showed, indicating that uncertainties over the global economy kept ...

A closely watched survey in Japan shows that business sentiment among large manufacturers was flat for the last quarter. The Bank of Japan's "Tankan" puts the index at plus-13 for the July through ...

2022 By Ambar Warrick Investing.com-- Sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers grew worse in the fourth quarter amid rising cost pressures, a survey by the Bank of Japan showed on Wednesday ...

The field of skateboarders for the 2024 Paris Olympics is dominated by heavy hitters from the United States, Japan and Australia. And with nearly all of the medalists from the Tokyo Olympics returning ...

The US men’s national team’s penultimate game before competing at the Qatar 2022 World Cup has arrived, meeting Japan on Friday morning in Düsseldorf, Germany. Since finishing third in the ...

A positive figure means more businesses are optimistic. Tuesday's headline reading among large manufacturers was plus 13, unchanged from three months earlier. It beat market expectations of plus ...

JAPANESE big manufacturers’ business sentiment was steady in the three months to September, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Tuesday, a sign the economy continues to recover despite ...