Elizabeth Beattie

The donut had a cameo in “2012,” where it is seen rolling down the street as an enduring symbol of end-time. Now the brand looks to tackle the tough Japanese market.

According to Similarweb, monthly active user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October, while figures for X were down over that time.

Tactics allegedly employed by the retailer involve the squeezing of business partners in exchange for visibility.

It says it is considering legal action against the agency, which has continued to publish unsolicited ratings of the company over the past several years.

Female presidents tend to be found at smaller companies, with 11.9% of companies with less than ¥50 million in annual sales having a female boss. For companies with ¥10 billion in sales or more, the ratio is 2.0%.

Tokyo stocks opened flat and the yen was little changed from a day earlier, when the South Korean president declared martial law in a late-night address.

In the first 11 months of this year, 203 of these establishments went out of business. That's more than the 189 that went under in the whole of 2020 when COVID-19 became a pandemic.

Both carmakers are facing overcapacity and the need for huge investments related to electric-vehicle and self-driving technologies.

Nissan Motor and Honda Motor are discussing a merger that could create the world’s No. 3 carmaker and leave Japan with just two auto-manufacturing groups. A combination of some sort has been under consideration for some time as the companies work to stay competitive in the face of overcapacity and the need for huge investments …

Sake is coming into style in the United States, going from being an also-ran of boozes to a niche craze in its own right.