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Giappone
Weak Japan data offer latest bad news for Abenomics
TOKYO - Japan on Friday published a string of mostly weak data, the first major figures since news that world's number three economy had slipped back into recession.
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Giappone
MoU spells bright prospects for Thai animation industry
Tokyo: Thailand's animation industry is set to thrive through a partnership between Thai and Japanese animation and computer graphic developers to develop digital content and human resources.
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Giappone
In LED push, Japan to effectively ban fluorescent, incandescent lamp output
The government plans to tighten its energy-efficiency standards for lamps to effectively ban production and imports of fluorescents and incandescents, sources said Thursday. The move is aimed at promoting the replacement of such lamps with light-emitting diode ones, in an effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. According to the industry ...
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Giappone
Blow to Abenomics: Prices keep easing as consumers spend less
Japan on Friday published a string of mostly weak data, the first major figures since news that world’s number three economy had slipped back into recession. A key inflation gauge showed prices fell in October from a year ago, while spending by households also dropped in a double blow for ...
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Giappone
Despite regulatory issues, Airbnb looks to boost listings in Japan, its fastest-growing market
Airbnb Inc. is seeking to increase its number of short-stay listings in Japan, its fastest-growing market. The number of guests for its home rental service has surged 529 percent this year from a year ago, while listings are up 373 percent to 21,000. That has created a shortage of supply, ...
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Cina Giappone
China labor groups chide Uniqlo over continued worker abuses, pollution
Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo has failed to improve abusive working conditions or stop environmental pollution in its supplier factories in mainland China, despite having acknowledged the problems months ago, labor rights groups in the country said Thursday. Four clothing factories manufacturing goods for the fashion chain were alleged to have ...
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Colombia
Alianza del Pacífico busca consolidar las inversiones
La Alianza del Pacífico, formada por Perú, Chile, México y Colombia, gana terreno como bloque económico y comercial en China, como evidenció su cuarto foro de inversion
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Cipro
Cyprus peace talks ‘last chance’ for deal
Turkey’s foreign minister said ongoing talks aimed at findign a solution to Cyprus issue are the “last chance” to reach a peace accord
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Australia
Turkish films win awards in Australia
“Turkish Waves,” a cultural event organized by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy in collaboration with the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry and the Australia Foreign and Trade Ministry in the Australian city of Brisbane, left its mark on the 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), known as the Oscars of ...
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Brasile
Deep impact
Trying times for Esteves AS THE founder and boss of BTG Pactual, a Brazilian investment bank, André Esteves has been a shrewd and hyperactive dealmaker. But on November 25th some of those deals appeared to sour, when he was arrested in Rio de Janeiro as part of a vast bribery investigation ...