Rules for obtaining or keeping a business manager visa in Japan were changed in October 2025, with a three-year grace period ...

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TOKYO, April 8 (Reuters) - The Japanese business mood worsened in March to ⁠levels ⁠not seen since the start of the ⁠Ukraine war in 2022, a government survey showed, a sign surging oil costs and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Youngstrom writes about SMBs, supply chain, eCommerce & retail. Small businesses across the U.S. now face a shifting tariff ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Confidence among big Japanese manufacturers improved for the second straight quarter and firms maintained their upbeat spending plans, a central bank survey showed, heightening the ...

TOKYO–Large Japanese manufacturers became slightly more optimistic about their business conditions in the second quarter despite tariff concerns, reviving rate-hike expectations. The main index ...

Lauren Rose Kocher, now 39, grew up in Indiana and became fascinated with Japan as a kid. She studied Japanese in college and has built her career — and started a family — in Japan. As CEO of a ...

Rei Onoda bought a $50,000 abandoned home in rural Japan while pregnant — she and her husband quit their jobs.