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Business Leader of the Week: Meet Hisae Morii, Starbucks Japan’s first female CEO

IFM CorrespondentMarch 28, 2025

by IFM CorrespondentMarch 28, 2025

Starbucks Japan is expected to continue growing under Hisae Morii’s leadership, with a focus on digital innovation, sustainability programmes, and regional store concepts...

Industry Magazine

Japan’s over-tourism dilemma

IFM CorrespondentSeptember 18, 2024September 19, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentSeptember 18, 2024September 19, 2024

According to immigration authorities, 25.8 million foreign visitors were drawn to Japan last year by these and other attractions, a six-fold increase from 2022...

Banking Featured

BOJ will approach inflation-targeting frameworks cautiously, clarifies Governor Kazuo Ueda

IFM CorrespondentMay 31, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentMay 31, 2024

According to Kazuo Ueda, the long period of nearly zero short-term interest rates in the Bank of Japan over the previous three decades makes it particularly difficult to determine a neutral interest rate...

Featured Markets

IF Insights: Investors bullish as Japan’s Nikkei registers massive peaks

IFM CorrespondentFebruary 29, 2024

by IFM CorrespondentFebruary 29, 2024

London Stock Exchange data showed that one-third of Nikkei 225 companies trade below book value, compared to 3% for the S&P 500...

Economy Featured

Will United States economy stay superior to Chinese economy?

WebAdminOctober 3, 2022

by WebAdminOctober 3, 2022

Researchers argue the significance of GDP rankings and wonder if anything will change even if China overtakes the United States...

Featured Technology

Human jobs in danger as robot arms take centerstage in Japan

IFM CorrespondentAugust 23, 2022

by IFM CorrespondentAugust 23, 2022

One of the fundamental management issues for FamilyMart to retain stable store operations is the fall in Japan's labor population....

Economy Featured

Tokyo consumer prices rise at the fastest pace in seven years

IFM CorrespondentMay 9, 2022May 9, 2022

by IFM CorrespondentMay 9, 2022May 9, 2022

The increase in the Tokyo core consumer price index (CPI) was quicker than the median market prediction of 1.8%....

Oil & Gas

Saudi Aramco favours Tokyo for international listing of its IPO

International Finance DeskAugust 30, 2019December 17, 2019

by International Finance DeskAugust 30, 2019December 17, 2019

London and Hong Kong, considered previously for the listing, have been eliminated owing to political uncertainties...

In the News

Avelacom expands low latency connectivity services in Tokyo

International Finance DeskFebruary 5, 2019

by International Finance DeskFebruary 5, 2019

The deployment of this new point of presence enables Avelacom to deliver ultra-low latency access and increase reliability to firms trading in Japan's capital markets...