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Hydrogen engine project between Japanese and Belgian firms

Princess Astrid of Belgium poses for a photo with Daihatsu Infinearth MFG Co. President Yoshinobu Hotta (2nd from R) at the Belgian Embassy in Tokyo on June 6, 2025, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Japanese and Belgian companies over the development and sales of hydrogen engines for ships.

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L.A. Dodger Hideo Nomo in ads

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Hideo Nomo, the Japanese pitcher of the Los Angeles Dodgers, appearing in advertisements for various Japanese firms. (Kyodo)

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Japan's economy contracts annualized 2 pct in January-March

STORY: Japan's economy contracts annualized 2 pct in January-March SHOOTING TIME: April 30 & May 4, 2024 DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Tokyo 2. various of banks in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's economy shrank by an annualized 2.0 percent in the January-March period from the prior quarter, marking the first contraction in two quarters amid sluggish consumer spending, the latest GDP figures showed Thursday. Real gross domestic product (GDP) in this year's first quarter, adjusted for inflation, fell 0.5 percent from the previous quarter, according to preliminary data released by the Cabinet Office. Private consumption, which accounts for more than half of Japan's GDP, dropped 0.7 percent. It was the fourth straight quarter of decline, the longest streak since 2009, underscoring sluggish domestic demand. Capital spending fell 0.8 percent, down for the first time in two quarters, as Japanese firms curbed investment in mach

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[Breaking News]Nikkei rises for 6th day to new 34-year high on retailer earnings

TOKYO, Jan. 15 Kyodo - Tokyo stocks rose Monday, with the Nikkei index up for a sixth trading day to end at a fresh 34-year high, as robust retailer earnings spurred hopes for solid performances by other Japanese firms. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firms

Plaintiffs and others celebrate in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court upheld decisions by lower courts ordering Japanese companies Hitachi Zosen Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay the plaintiffs damages over wartime labor.

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[Breaking News]Korea court upholds wartime labor damages order for Japan firms

SEOUL, Dec. 21 Kyodo - South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld decisions by lower courts ordering two Japanese firms, Nippon Steel Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., to pay damages to South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule.

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Japanese drugmaker sees opportunities at China import expo

STORY: Japanese drugmaker sees opportunities at China import expo SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 9, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Takeda's exhibits at the sixth CIIE 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SHAN GUOHONG, Senior vice president of Takeda and president of Takeda China STORYLINE: Takeda Pharmaceutical, one of Japan's biggest drugmakers, is a "frequenter" at this year's China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. Over the past six years, China has grown to be Takeda's third largest market globally. And the company's Chinese subsidiary has developed into one of the best-performing transnational pharmaceutical firms in China. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SHAN GUOHONG, Senior vice president of Takeda and president of Takeda China "We are very pleased to be able to participate in the CIIE every year. This platform enables us to swiftly bring our global innovation achievements to China. In the future, we will continue to strengthen our coop

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Foreign business leaders upbeat on China's economic outlook in 2023

STORY: Foreign business leaders upbeat on China's economic outlook in 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:51 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of city views of Shanghai, Beijing, Xiamen and Shenzhen 2. various of BMW's factory in Shenyang 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FRANZ DECKER, President and CEO, BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RAJ OSWAL, CEO & founder, O'Interface 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): OHASHI NOBUO, General manager of Electric Glass (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): STEFAN METZ, Head of trinamiX Asia 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): JAN LAEGAARD BRONI, Executive Vice President of Meyra Group and general manager of Alu Rehab Xiamen Ltd 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): RAJ OSWAL, CEO & founder, O'Interface 9. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): RAJ OSWAL, CEO & founder, O'Interface 10. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): STEFAN METZ, Head of trinamiX Asia STORYLINE: A survey by China's top trade-facilitating body shows that the majority of foreign firms in China are upbeat abo

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2 Japanese food firms to set up instant noodle JVs in India, Nigeria

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Ito (L), president of Ajinomoto Co., and Kazuo Obata, president of Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd., shake hands after a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. They announced that their companies have agreed to set up instant noodle joint ventures in India and Nigeria as they aim to meet growing demand and catch up with foreign rivals.

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FTA with Chile helps Japan firms gain ground in S. America: Bachelet

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the presidential palace in Santiago on Aug. 29. Japan's free trade agreement with Chile will help Japanese companies to gain ground in other Latin American countries, Bachelet said ahead of her official visit to Tokyo in September.

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Exhibit in Shanghai of Japan's food firms in Shikoku

SHANGHAI, China - People look around various food items at the official residence of the Consul General of Japan in Shanghai on Dec. 15, 2014, as 36 Japanese firms in Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima and Kochi prefectures, all on the western Japanese island of Shikoku, exhibited their products in a promotional event.

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More firms adopting internships for housewives

TOKYO, Japan - Rai Okamoto works as an intern at an accessory maker in Tokyo as seen in this photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014, amid an increasing number of Japanese companies adopting internship programs for housewives to address a labor shortage.

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Sadayuki Sakakibara, head of Japan's largest business lobby Keidanren, speaks with reporters after arriving in Beijing on Sept. 22, 2014. Sakakibara is a member of a delegation of around 200 executives from major Japanese firms to the Chinese capital.

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Fujio Cho, Toyota Motor Corp. honorary chairman, speaks with reporters after arriving in Beijing on Sept. 22, 2014. Cho is the leader of a delegation of around 200 executives from major Japanese firms to the Chinese capital.

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20 bil. yen fine imposed on Japanese auto parts firms

BEIJING, China - A woman walks past a Nissan dealer's office in Beijing on Aug. 20, 2014, amid news of fines totaling some 20 billion yen ($190 million) being imposed recently by China's antimonopoly authorities on 10 Japanese auto parts suppliers for alleged price-fixing practices. Some European companies are also likely to be fined on similar grounds.

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Popular Indian industrial zone for Japanese firms

NEEMRANA, India - The surroundings of a Japan External Trade Organization-led industrial zone (back) in Neemrana in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan developed exclusively for Japanese companies are seen in this photo taken in June 2014. The zone has nearly 50 major Japanese companies operating there.

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Kansai airport concession sale draws 150 firms

OSAKA, Japan - Representatives from about 150 Japanese and foreign companies and organizations participate in a briefing session by New Kansai International Airport Co. in Izumisano, western Japan, on its plan to sell the management rights to Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport (also known as Itami airport) on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Quake-affected firms introduce post-disaster undertakings

SENDAI, Japan - An official of one of the Japanese companies affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami explains some of their post-disaster business undertakings during an academia-business symposium on regional reconstruction held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 27, 2014.

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Quake-affected firms introduce post-disaster undertakings

SENDAI, Japan - Kamaishi Hikari Foods, one of the Japanese companies affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, exhibits fresh fish frozen with specially developed ice at an academia-business symposium on regional reconstruction held in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 27, 2014, to introduce post-disaster business undertakings.

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Japanese gas firms unveil new fan heater with air purifier

OSAKA, Japan - Tokyo Gas Co., Osaka Gas Co. and other Japanese companies take the wraps off a jointly developed new gas fan heater with an air purifier on April 23, 2014, before its release this summer.

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Forced labor lawsuit against Japanese firms

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in February 2014 in front of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court shows a group of Chinese who filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., formerly known as Mitsui Mining Co., seeking compensation and a public apology for forced labor in Japan during World War II. The court has decided to take up the lawsuit against the two Japanese companies, a plaintiff lawyer said March 18, 2014.

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Japanese firms unveil fashionable farm work clothing

OSAKA, Japan - Kubota Corp. and Mont-Bell Co. display fashionable clothing for agricultural work in Osaka, western Japan, on March 13, 2014, before they begin joint marketing.

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Chinese group sues Japanese firms over wartime forced labor

BEIJING, China - Kang Jian, a lawyer representing a group of 37 people suing two Japanese companies over wartime force labor, holds up a copy of charging documents during a press conference in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014, after filing a lawsuit with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to seek compensation of 1 million yuan (about $163,000) for each victim of wartime forced labor in Japan.

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Chinese group sues Japanese firms over wartime forced labor

BEIJING, China - A man, one of 37 people suing two Japanese companies over wartime force labor, is surrounded by reporters in front of the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014, after filing a lawsuit with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to seek compensation of 1 million yuan (about $163,000) for each victim of wartime forced labor in Japan.

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Chinese group sues Japanese firms over wartime forced labor

BEIJING, China - A man, one of 37 people suing two Japanese companies over wartime force labor, is surrounded by reporters in front of the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014, after filing a lawsuit with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to seek compensation of 1 million yuan (about $163,000) for each victim of wartime forced labor in Japan.

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Chinese sue Japan firms over forced labor

BEIJING, China - The relatives of victims of wartime forced labor are pictured outside the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014. A group of Chinese experts and citizens filed a lawsuit with the court against Japanese companies to seek compensation for the victims.

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Chinese sue Japan firms over forced labor

BEIJING, China - A relative (4th from L) of a victim of wartime forced labor heads to the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014. A group of Chinese experts and citizens filed a lawsuit with the court against Japanese companies to seek compensation for the victims.

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Chinese sue Japan firms over forced labor

BEIJING, China - The relatives of victims of wartime forced labor head to the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014. A group of Chinese experts and citizens filed a lawsuit with the court against Japanese companies to seek compensation for the victims.

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Chinese sue Japan firms over forced labor

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Feb. 26, 2014. A group of Chinese experts and citizens filed a lawsuit with the court on Feb. 26, 2014, against Japanese companies to seek compensation for victims of wartime forced labor.

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Japanese law firms scurrying to set up shop in Asia

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyer Yusuke Yukawa, the representative of Nishimura & Asahi LPC's office in Yangon, works at the office on June 10, 2013. The biggest law firm in Japan established the office in the largest city in Myanmar in May 2013.

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JETRO official supports Japan firms in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - Toshihiro Mizutani, an official at the Japan External Trade Organization's Yangon office, speaks on March 12, 2013, at the office about his job. Since 2011, Mizutani has provided information and support to Japanese companies considering advancing into Myanmar.

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Tanzanian president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on May 30, 2013. They confirmed plans to start preliminary talks for a bilateral investment accord in light of increasingly active business operations by Japanese firms in the East African country.

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Tanzanian president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands ahead of their talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on May 30, 2013. They confirmed plans to start preliminary talks for a bilateral investment accord in light of increasingly active business operations by Japanese firms in the East African country.

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Renesas shareholders' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the entrance of the venue in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2013, of a shareholders' meeting of struggling chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp. The shareholders approved a 150 billion yen investment plan from a Japanese government-backed fund and eight private-sector firms to accelerate restructuring measures.

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Renesas to receive up to 200 bil. yen bailout

TOKYO, Japan - Yasushi Akao, president of Renesas Electronics Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2012. Struggling Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said the same day it will receive up to 200 billion yen in aid from a government-backed fund and private-sector firms to turn around its faltering business.

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More Japanese firms add fall initiation ceremony for non-April hires

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. holds an initiation ceremony in fall for the first time this year on Oct. 1, 2012 at its headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

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More Japanese firms relocating functions to Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Shunsuke Sato, the chief executive officer of Satisfaction Guaranteed, speaks at the company's head office in Singapore on June 26, 2012. The company that markets quality Japanese fashion brands online moved its head office from Japan to Singapore in November 2011 because Sato finds the business environment in Singapore more vibrant and conducive for smaller companies like his.

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Japanese firms in Singapore water conference

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Booths of Japanese companies are seen on July 1, 2012, at an international water conference and expo that opened in Singapore the same day.

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Japanese firms in Singapore water conference

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Booths of Japanese companies are seen on July 1, 2012, at an international water conference and expo that opened in Singapore the same day.

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Hello Kitty promotes cervical cancer awareness

NEW YORK, United States - United Nations Population Fund Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin (C) stands next to an actor dressed as Hello Kitty (L) while giving a speech during an event in New York on May 10, 2012, to raise public awareness on the prevention of cervical cancer. The Japanese feline character has been selected by a group of Japanese firms for use in promoting a campaign for the cause.

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N.Y. trade fair features textile makers from quake-hit area

NEW YORK, United States - A buyer examines a product at a trade fair opened in New York on Jan. 18, 2012, featuring 16 textile and knitting firms from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Trade minister Edano meets Thai PM

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano shake hands in Bangkok on Jan. 11, 2012. Edano pledged Japan's support for Thailand's recovery from recent flooding that affected Japanese firms in the Southeast Asian country and also called for the implementation of effective countermeasures against flooding. (Pool Photo)

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N. Young, Will.i.am in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - CHANGING WORDINGS IN 2ND, 3RD SENTENCES Veteran rocker Neil Young (L) speaks during an event at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2011. Young and Will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas (R front), a popular hip hop group, expressed their desire to support a public-private partnership led by the U.S. and the Japanese governments to aid reconstruction of areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The initiative named ''Tomodachi'' (friends) was forged to support companies and people affected by the disaster through cultural exchange and other events in cooperation with private firms.

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Fukushima firms advised to put safety labels on products

NEW YORK, United States - Visitors view products from Fukushima Prefecture at the official residence of the Japanese consul-general in New York on Dec. 1, 2011. During a meeting earlier in the day, internationally active Japanese companies advised Fukushima Prefecture firms to put labels on food and other products to show they had passed safety tests to reassure overseas consumers worried by the impact of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Fukushima firms advised to put safety labels on products

NEW YORK, United States - A businessman from Fukushima Prefecture speaks on damage caused by the March tsunami during a meeting in New York of Fukushima business leaders and representatives of Japanese companies operating in the United States on Dec. 1, 2011. Internationally active Japanese companies advised Fukushima Prefecture firms to put labels on food and other products to show they had passed safety tests to reassure overseas consumers worried by the impact of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Japan, Thai premiers meet in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of regional summits in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 18, 2011. Noda asked Yingluck to help facilitate the early resumption of operations by Japanese firms affected by the massive flooding in Thailand.

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Japan, Thai premiers meet in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of regional summits in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 18, 2011. Noda asked Yingluck to help facilitate the early resumption of operations by Japanese firms affected by the massive flooding in Thailand.

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Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (upper L, standing) speaks during a breakfast meeting hosted by Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Takeshi Maeda at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 2, 2011. Dung offered to proactively accept Japanese firms' investment in Vietnam's infrastructure projects, meeting participants said.

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Kan meets senior Vietnamese official

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Truong Tan Sang, a permanent member of the secretariat of the Vietnamese Communist Party's Central Committee, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 2, 2011. Kan told Sang, who is expected to replace President Nguyen Minh Triet, that Japan would cooperate with Vietnam on safety improvements of atomic power generation as Hanoi will place an order with Japanese firms to construct two nuclear power plants.

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GE, Hitachi vow long-term support

TOKYO, Japan - Jeffrey Immelt (R), chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Co., and Hiroaki Nakanishi, president of Hitachi Ltd., hold a press conference after talks with Japanese industry minister Banri Kaieda at the industry ministry in Tokyo on April 4, 2011. The chiefs of the U.S. and Japanese firms, which supplied reactors at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, vowed to offer long-term assistance to help bring the emergency under control and later clean up the radiation-contaminated site.