Japan saw the highest number of bankruptcies since 2013 in the six months through September, as companies were increasingly hit by rising costs. Some 4,990 firms went bankrupt in that …
One of the few benefits of inflation is that the Internal Revenue Service recently announced the annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for tax year 2024. Revenue …
As 2024 approaches, three issues are likely to generate a good deal political and economic concern and debate in Hokkaido. These include the impact of the so-called 2024 problem on …
Osaka – The organizer of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is raising its estimate of the venue’s construction cost for the second time to about ¥230 billion ($1.5 billion) …
Workers at a demolition site near the meltdown-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant took and sold iron scraps from waste possibly contaminated with radioactive materials, Environment Ministry officials said …
Two workers were killed and three others were injured after an accident at a construction site for a 51-story building near Tokyo Station on Tuesday. One of the injured workers …
Take a walk through a random neighborhood in any major Japanese city and you’ll more than likely see the signs: numerous buildings no more than a couple of decades old, …