Vietnamese employee wins Japan's 7-Eleven customer service contest
TOKYO -- A Vietnamese employee has won Seven-Eleven Japan's national contest on customer service.
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Yen's wild ride reflects Japan wage growth anxiety
TOKYO -- Japan's currency remains under pressure after two days of sharp gains triggered speculation that authorities had intervened to support the yen.
Japan's Saizeriya earns shareholder ire by abolishing meal perks
TOKYO -- Shares of Japanese budget Italian restaurant chain Saizeriya plummeted Thursday as retail investors rebuked the company's decision to stop giving out shareholder meal coupons.
Japan fintech tapped to build Palau's first bond issuance platform
TOKYO -- A Japanese financial technology company that helped create Cambodia's digital currency will build the Pacific island nation of Palau's gateway to the bond market, Nikkei has learned.
North Korea's Kim talks up economy amid closer Russia ties
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed greater confidence in the country's economic trajectory at a meeting of top officials as Pyongyang leans on Russian help to escape its sanctions-driven slump.
Japan to subsidize antibiotics supply chain to reduce China exposure
TOKYO -- Japan will soon move to support the domestic antibiotics industry as part of public and private efforts to reduce the supply chain's heavy exposure to China.
China's BYD to invest $1bn in Turkey for EV plant
ISTANBUL -- Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD will invest $1 billion in Turkey to set up an EV and plug-in hybrid vehicle factory with an annual capacity of 150,000 units, creating a second European production and export hub after the one it is building in Hungary.
Australia's Guzman y Gomez plans big expansion after splashy IPO
SYDNEY -- Australian fast-food chain Guzman y Gomez, which recently listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and reached a market capitalization of 3 billion Australian dollars ($2 billion), plans to continue growing through ambitious expansion. But questions about its profitability linger.