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SoftBank's Son explains $50b US investment

SoftBank's Son explains $50b US investment

Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, says he decided to invest $50 billion in the US because President-elect Donald Trump wil...

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Corporate ritual gets extreme makeover

Corporate ritual gets extreme makeover

An ambitious online shoe store in central Japan gives a stale corporate ritual a makeover by greeting recruits with a zi...

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Lower house passes casino bill

Lower house passes casino bill

A bill to legalize casinos for the first time in Japan passes the Lower House of parliament.

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Japan's Otani could move to MLB in 2018

Japan's Otani could move to MLB in 2018

Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Otani renews his contract with a reported Major League posting option in 2018.

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Abe's Pearl Harbor visit not to apologize: spokesman

Abe's Pearl Harbor visit not to apologize: spokesman

Japan's top spokesman says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming Pearl Harbor visit is to pray for the war dead, not to a...

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