Honda Airways becomes Authorized Sales Representative for Honda Aircraft Company in Japan

GREENSBORO, N.C., May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Honda Aircraft Company announced that, beginning in April 2025, Honda Airways will serve as its Authorized Sales Representative (ASR) in Japan. Pursuant to this change, parties interested in the …

Japan’s electric car battery bet is running out of juice

3 Major Japan banks' net profit hits record high for 2nd year

For the year that ended this March, the combined net profit of the three megabanks plus two other banking groups--Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. and Resona Holdings Inc.--surged 30.5 % to 4,397.3 billion yen. All five banking groups projected rises in …

Memorial honors aborted babies at site of Japan rest home for WWII returnees

Attendees including people connected to the Saiseikai Futsukaichi Hospital place their hands together in prayer during the "mizuko kuyo" memorial ceremony for the souls of aborted fetuses, at the Musashien nursing home, on the grounds of the …

Japan drives Dentsu’s modest Q1 growth, APAC and global markets stumble

Dentsu Group’s earnings for the first quarter of 2025 reflect modest overall growth, driven primarily by strong performance in Japan, while all other regions reported negative organic growth.   The company posted a slight positive organic growth of 0.2%,   …

Japan rubber futures snap 10-day winning streak on trade uncertainty, supply outlook

SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures snapped a 10-day winning streak on Thursday, as market uncertainty surrounding China-U.S. trade relations weighed on sentiment, while seasonal supply prospects also pressured prices. The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber …

Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan

There is little argument that the spread of baseball in Japan began with Horace Wilson, a native of Gorham, Maine, who fought in the U.S. Civil War and later moved to Tokyo as a foreign teacher hired by the Meiji government. The question of when the game …

Japan’s Gunze FY25 profit jumps 22.9% despite apparel setback

Japanese clothing brand Gunze Limited has reported consolidated net sales of ¥137,117 million (~$882 million) for the fiscal ended March 31, 2025, marking a year-over-year (YoY) increase of 3.2 per cent. Operating profit rose 16.9 per cent to ¥7,921 …

R/GA Japan and Fengkun Bai Win Best of Discipline Honors at ADC 104th Annual Awards

Representatives from 11 countries and regions across Asia Pacific were recognized at the ADC 104th Annual Awards, held as part of The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week 2025. Among them, R/GA Japan and Fengkun Bai earned Best of Discipline honors. …

Editorial: Japan needs rules to deal with rising number of unclaimed remains of the dead

Funeral urns are seen in storage at a cemetery ossuary in Tokyo's Nerima Ward in this partially modified image taken in December 2024. The urns have gone unclaimed by surviving family. (Mainichi/Akiko Yamazaki) The number of elderly people living …