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Uniqlo chief regains spot as Japan's richest
Kyodo News, Published on 01/06/2022
» Tadashi Yanai, founder and chief of Japanese clothing retail chain Uniqlo, has regained his title as the richest person in Japan even as a global economic slowdown has eroded his wealth sharply, according to international business magazine Forbes Asia's latest list of the 50 richest people in Japan.
Hong Kong applies to join RCEP trade agreement
Kyodo News, Published on 23/02/2022
» Hong Kong has submitted an application to join the 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, a mega trade agreement involving countries such as Thailand, Japan and South Korea, the government said on Wednesday.
Thailand brings 'boys' love' back to Japan with homegrown dramas
Kyodo News, Published on 22/02/2022
» Once an importer of "boys' love" (BL) media from Japan, Thailand has now brought the genre full circle with its growing range of dramas themed on romances between impossibly beautiful young men.
PTT, Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions to set up JV
Kyodo News, Published on 06/10/2021
» A subsidiary of state-owned energy group PTT Public Co and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions Corp will set up a joint venture to enter the on-site energy business involving liquefied natural gas supply in Thailand.
Mitsubishi invests in Laos wind farm project, biggest in SE Asia
Kyodo News, Published on 26/09/2021
» Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp has invested in a massive wind power plant project in Laos to deliver electricity to Vietnam, in what would be the biggest onshore wind farm in Southeast Asia.
India urged to return to Asia-Pacific free trade talks
Kyodo News, Published on 14/10/2020
» Ministers from 15 Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a sprawling free trade agreement urged India on Wednesday to return to the talks as they are aiming to sign a deal by the end of the year, a Japanese official said.
Isuzu expects Thai sales of light trucks to fall 35% in 2020
Kyodo News, Published on 27/05/2020
» Japan's Isuzu Motors Ltd forecasts that demand for pickup trucks and other light commercial vehicles in Thailand is likely to fall 35% this year as the coronavirus outbreak dampens sentiment.
Nissan pulls the plug on Indonesian production
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 19/03/2020
» Tokyo: Nissan Motor Corp would pull out of local production in Indonesia due to falling sales and as part of global restructuring measures to revamp battered earnings, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday.
China, Japan, S. Korea trade ministers vow to accelerate free trade
Kyodo News, Published on 22/12/2019
» Chinese, Japanese and South Korean trade ministers pledged Sunday to step up ongoing negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement and a wider Asia-Pacific deal.
Fund targeting Asia's plastic waste crisis launched
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2019
» An investment fund targeted at waste management and recycling projects in Asia was launched Wednesday by a Singapore-based capital fund management firm, backed by some of the world's biggest consumer products and chemical makers.