MetaPlanet plans to use Bitcoin as a hedge against the yen's declining value. ・Japanese economic conditions are concerning, ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Established in 2004, FROM JAPAN operates a proxy bidding and shopping service that connects thousands of shoppers from 196 different countries to Japanese e-commerce sites, ...

Proxy advisers are a new phenomenon in Japan, where companies are only now beginning to treat shareholder interests as a serious priority. In an exclusive Nippon.com interview, Executive Director ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. On a heaving weekend afternoon in early January, a large truck plastered with the image of a bow-tied albatross ...

Young professionals in Japan are seeking help from specialised agencies to quit their jobs. Momuri, a Tokyo-based agency, has reported a major spike in demand ever since it began offering proxy ...

Simply sign up to the Central banks myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A popular monthly proxy of GDP confirmed what we already knew about the Japanese economy in late 2015 – it ended ...

In Tokyo, Shota Shimizu quietly dialled the HR department at a nursing care company. His client, too anxious to quit herself, had hired him to do it. “There was a mismatch between her expectations and ...