which operates the hybrid online and offline used item purchase support service “Cocoul,” announced on the 3rd that it has raised approximately 100 million yen in a seed round. CyberAgent Capital, ...

(Mainichi/Ryotaro Nishimoto) MAEBASHI -- A 64-year-old man in this east Japan city was deceived out of about 97.8 million yen (around $655,000) through a romance scam, the local police announced ...

Mars, Inc. has partnered with Berry Global to transition the pantry jars for its M&M’s, Skittles, and Starburst confectionery brands to 100% recycled plastic packaging, exclusive of jar lids. Says ...

They also received additional investment from existing investor SMBC Venture Capital, bringing their total funding to 2.44 billion yen. The funds raised will primarily be used to strengthen SAKE ...

Delaware Water Gap, Pa -- Sango Kura, located in Delaware Water Gap, PA, is Pennsylvania's first and only sake brewery. Owner Jason Cooper developed a passion for sake while living in Japan ...

The gobsmacking success of Chinese animated feature “Ne Zha 2,” which recently topped $2 billion in China to become the first ever to break that record in a single market, has got toon-makers ...

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The yen strengthened some 0.3% to 147.605 per dollar, while the franc firmed 0.2% to 0.8780 per dollar. European markets offered a bright spot though, with pan-European STOXX 50 futures pointing ...

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- The Japanese yen's recent outperformance has caught the attention of global money managers, who are taking a wait-and-see approach for now. In a reversal from last year ...

Japanese economic data is gaining importance among yen traders for the first time in almost a decade, as expectations grow of further interest-rate hikes by the central bank. That marks a mindset ...

NIIGATA—Young brewers are trying to breathe fresh air into the struggling local sake industry here that once ... and invested tens of millions of yen (hundreds of thousands of dollars) annually.