Mystays Hotel Management in Japan has decided the only way to deal with the country's severe labor shortage is to double salaries to unprecedented levels. japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

Honda is scaling down its full-time production workforce in China, with roughly 1,700 employees having agreed to leave thus far. japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

With bankruptcies and voluntary business closures showing no signs of slowing down, the tofu industry is striving to overcome surging soybean prices, escalating utility bills, and rising labor costs. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

The U.S.-China trade war is likely to intensify ahead of the November U.S. presidential election in which being “tough” on Beijing is a crucial element of the campaign. japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

Japanese companies are increasing dividends and share buybacks at a record pace, providing support to a market that was on the verge of a correction and responding to pressure from the Tokyo Stock Exchange to improve capital efficiency and valuations. japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

Police are hunting for a group of men who robbed a woman at her home in a remote mountainous area in Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday, and probing connections to a spate of similar incidents that occurred recently in neighboring prefectures. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

An advisory panel to the education ministry is set to review the Japanese romanization system for the first time in 70 years. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

Sony Group said it expects its sales revenue to reach ¥12.3 trillion ($78.6 billion) in the year to March 2025, missing analyst expectations, amid waning demand for its PlayStation 5 hardware. japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/…

Hong Kong leader John Lee has called for full information from British authorities on the arrests of three men, including a manager at a Hong Kong government office in the U.K., who were charged with assisting Hong Kong's foreign intelligence service. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

Under Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore has held its own in an era of globalized finance and cutting-edge tech, even as he continued his venerated father's policy of muzzling free media and snuffing out dissent. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

Japan is increasingly concerned about a series of recent remarks by U.S. officials justifying the August 1945 atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

The U.S. will stand by Ukraine until its security sovereignty is guaranteed, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a visit to Kyiv at a time when Russia is mounting fresh attacks in the country's east. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

Pasona plans to use cartilage conduction technology for headsets for staff and guide earphones for visitors in its exhibition at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

North Korea laundered $147.5 million through virtual currency platform Tornado Cash in March after stealing it last year from a cryptocurrency exchange, according to confidential work by United Nations sanctions monitors. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

Singapore's next leader Lawrence Wong is a U.S.-trained economist who oversaw the country's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic — and is a pretty good blues guitarist. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…

With a rise in the number of single elderly people in Japan, local governments are offering support for their end-of-life preparations. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/0…

The heat wave that swept through Asia in April, reaching 46°C in places, was exacerbated by climate change, say scientists. japantimes.co.jp/environment/20…

Israeli tanks reached some residential areas in Rafah, where more than a million people had sought shelter, and its forces pounded the enclave's north in some of the fiercest attacks in months. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/1…