Next-gen wheelchairs vie for supremacy in Kawasaki
Eight teams from Japan and overseas participated in an electric wheelchair race in Kawasaki on Sunday, competing along a challening course.
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Novartis to buy Takeda's eyedrop unit for $5.3bn
Takeda Pharmaceutical on Thursday said it will sell its dry-eye drug business to Swiss rival Novartis for up to $5.3 billion.
Conference room lender to buy Regus' Japan office space business
Japan's leading provider of conference rooms is paying approximately 50 billion yen ($446 million) to jump into the shared office market, an intensely competitive industry now that venture capital companies like SoftBank Group are putting billions of dollars into startups like WeWork of the U.S.
International Olympic Committee chief Bach hosts 'reconstruction ambassadors' from disaster-hit Tohoku
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Monday hosted a group of students from the Tohoku region to discuss its recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, as well as preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Nestle Boosts Ruby Chocolate Range After Driving Viral Sensation
The world’s largest food company Nestle SA is expanding its ruby chocolate range a year after the pink Kitkat became a viral sensation in Asia.
Yxlon and Japanese Nagoya Electric Works announce collaboration for the Semicon Industry
YXLON International, a division of the Swiss Comet Group, have today announced a collaboration with the Japanese company Nagoya Electric Works (NEW). The collaboration includes the development and distribution of specialized X-ray systems for the semiconductor industry.
Tokushima woman on zero-waste quest gets an audience with Davos
With leaders from around the world as her audience, a young Japanese woman from Kamikatsu, Tokushima Prefecture, spoke about her small town’s “zero waste” initiatives, urging the globally influential audience to act to change society.
Abe calls for global data governance under WTO
Japan will lead the Group of 20 major advanced and emerging economies in focusing on worldwide data governance under the World Trade Organization when the country hosts the G20 summit in June, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday.
From a recycle-oriented town of 1,500, Sakano takes on challenge of co-chairing Davos summit
Akira Sakano, the 29-year-old head of an environmental nonprofit organization based in Tokushima Prefecture, is serving as one of the eight co-chairs of the annual World Economic Forum being held in Davos, Switzerland.
Japan’s Abe to call for intl agreement to reduce plastic waste at Davos summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was to express his intention to seek an international agreement on the reduction of plastic waste in his keynote speech at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday morning, according to sources.