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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Buying products from Japan is notoriously difficult. Many Japanese websites won’t accept international credit cards and choose not to ship internationally. If they do, the online registration can be a ...

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 ...

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 ...