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APEC forum in Hong Kong highlights global supply chain cooperation

STORY: APEC forum in Hong Kong highlights global supply chain cooperation SHOOTING TIME: April 21, 2024 DATELINE: April 23, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:22 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the forum 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PAUL CHAN, Financial secretary of the HKSAR government STORYLINE: The APEC China Business Council Hong Kong Forum opened on Monday in Hong Kong with participants discussing the stabilizing and smoothing of global industrial and supply chains and promoting sustainable development. Around 300 representatives from the political, business, and academic circles of APEC economies attended the forum. They pointed out that the current geopolitical tensions and rising protectionism will inevitably impact the global economy and industrial development, and there are new adjustments in global supply chains. More and more enterprises are shifting from offshore outsourcing to nearshore outsourcing in the global industrial and supply chains, showing the development trend o

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Renesas Electronics to expand tie-up with Taiwan firm

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Iwamoto (R), senior vice president of Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp., and Lin Cheng-Ming, a senior official of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on May 28, 2012. Renesas Electronics said it will expand its business tie-up with the Taiwan firm by outsourcing production of its mainstay microcontrollers as the struggling Japanese company tries to improve its financial standing.

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JT to cut outsourcing of frozen food production to China

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Tobacco Inc. President Hiroshi Kimura tells reporters in Tokyo on March 4 that the company will increase its own production of frozen foods while cutting back on outsourcing to China. Kimura made the remarks in the wake of food poisoning cases in Japan involving dumplings made in China.

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Panel calls for outsourcing public services

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), who heads a government advisory panel, the Council for Regulatory Reform, presents a report on updating Japan's three-year deregulation program to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the premier's office Dec. 12. The program features proposals that public services be outsourced to the private sector.

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NEC, HP tie up to offer computer outsourcing services

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Koji Nishigaki (R) and Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina shake hands at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 12. They announced the two companies will cooperate to offer computer outsourcing services to corporate clients in Japan, China, the United States and elsewhere.

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Amazon Japan delivery drivers form union, claiming overwork

A group of 10 people working as freelance delivery drivers for Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit have unionized and handed over a letter to the online shopping giant's Tokyo headquarters demanding that their poor working conditions be corrected, union members said Monday. The union claimed that, despite working as freelance drivers, Amazon Japan G.K. effectively controls their work hours by sending delivery instructions via smartphones and that outsourcing of delivery operations is a way to avoid signing labor contracts. Lawyers and supporters of the group said this is the first time Amazon delivery drivers have unionized in Japan.

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JT to cut outsourcing of frozen food production to China

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Tobacco Inc. President Hiroshi Kimura tells reporters in Tokyo on March 4 that the company will increase its own production of frozen foods while cutting back on outsourcing to China. Kimura made the remarks in the wake of food poisoning cases in Japan involving dumplings made in China. (Kyodo)

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FEATURE: Japanese firms hiring more people with mental health issues

Photo taken in June 2017 in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward shows a man with a schizophrenic condition, Kazuaki Hagiwara, working as a back-office section chief at Transcosmos Inc., an outsourcing service company known as active in hiring people with mental health issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renesas Electronics to expand tie-up with Taiwan firm

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Iwamoto (R), senior vice president of Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp., and Lin Cheng-Ming, a senior official of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on May 28, 2012. Renesas Electronics said it will expand its business tie-up with the Taiwan firm by outsourcing production of its mainstay microcontrollers as the struggling Japanese company tries to improve its financial standing. (Kyodo)

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Panel calls for outsourcing public services

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Corp. Chairman Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L), who heads a government advisory panel, the Council for Regulatory Reform, presents a report on updating Japan's three-year deregulation program to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the premier's office Dec. 12. The program features proposals that public services be outsourced to the private sector. (Kyodo)

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NEC, HP tie up to offer computer outsourcing services

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. President Koji Nishigaki (R) and Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina shake hands at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 12. They announced the two companies will cooperate to offer computer outsourcing services to corporate clients in Japan, China, the United States and elsewhere. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo venture to set up call center in China for Japan firms

DALIAN, China - Masterpiece Inc. (MPC), a venture firm offering answering and other outsourcing services for companies, said Dec. 3 it will set up a call center (release photo) in Dalian, China to offer answering services for Japanese companies at competitive prices from February. (Kyodo)

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Fujitsu to set up outsourcing firm for regional banks

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. on Feb. 8 announces it will set up a firm to offer outsourcing services for regional banks on the management and operation of their computer systems. Photo shows Fujitsu President Naoyuki Akikusa (R) shaking hands with Toshio Seya, president of Toho Bank, at a press conference in Tokyo. Seya said Toho Bank, based in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, will become the first bank to participate in the services.