Headline: Japan’s Toshiba Announces Plan To Split Into Three Firms
Famed Japanese conglomerate Toshiba will split into three companies, it said Friday, following a campaign by investors to boost the firm’s shares after a period of enormous upheaval.
Famed Japanese conglomerate Toshiba will split into three companies, it said Friday, following a campaign by investors to boost the firm’s shares after a period of enormous upheaval.
Consensus builder Fumio Kishida to become Japan’s next PM after party vote. Kishida vowed to lead a transformed party in a general election due within weeks and continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic which has battered Japan’s economy.
Japan has kicked off official election campaigning for the new head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, whose winner is almost assured to become the next prime minister, replacing Yoshihide Suga.
Japan’s government says more than 50% of the population has been fully vaccinated. Its campaign before later than many other wealthy countries due to a lengthy process of required clinical testing and approval.
Japanese puzzle enthusiast, Maki Kaji, better known as the ‘godfather of Sudoku’, has died of bile cancer at the age of 69. Nikoli, his magazine which specialises in games, broke the news in a statement via its website on Monday. According to the statement, Jaki breathed his last on August […]
Japan is set to expand and extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas through May 31 as the coronavirus continues spreading and uncertainty grows about safely holding the Olympics just 11 weeks away.
Japan’s Osaka Prefecture will cancel all Olympic torch relays on public streets, Governor Yoshimura said on Wednesday. Osaka is also set to declare a state of medical emergency due to increased strain on its healthcare system.
The Japanese government said on Friday that its Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga will hold face-to-face talks with US President, Joe Biden in Washington on April 16. According to local media, the trip would hold next week, but top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said the mid-April date would give both sides […]
The International Olympic Committee said on Friday that the number of guests at the Tokyo Olympics will be reduced as well as non-essential staff. This decision aligns with that of Japan’s banning of overseas spectators from attending the summer showpiece. “The International Olympic Committee Executive Board has decided to grant […]