UNESCO Grants Echizen Coveted Craft and Folk Art Status
Echizen City in Fukui Prefecture has been named a UNESCO Creative City for Crafts and Folk Art, recognizing its 1,000-year craft heritage and role in sustainable cultural development.
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Leo Wealth: Avoiding Hidden Wealth Traps of Living in Japan
Navigating cross-border taxes shouldn’t be a guessing game. If you are concerned about your residency status, planning a move or simply want to ensure your portfolio is tax-efficient, the team at Leo Wealth is ready to help.
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Why Expats in Japan Need a Licensed Financial Advisor
For expats in Japan, working with a licensed financial advisor is essential to ensure regulatory protection, compliant advice, and long-term financial security.
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Investment Banking: Surge in 2026?
Japan’s investment banking sector is accelerating into 2026 as global and domestic firms expand M&A, advisory services and cross-border dealmaking amid structural market reforms.
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World’s Happiest Workplaces: Global and Japan Winners
WorkL’s World’s Happiest Workplaces 2026 reveals the global leaders in employee wellbeing. How do these results compare with Japan’s own workplace satisfaction benchmarks? From Accenture and Disney to Dentsu and Salesforce Japan, we explore how global and local standards of happiness at work align.
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Japanese SME Finance Trends 2026: Building Resilience
As Japan heads into 2026, SMEs are reshaping their financial strategies by embracing fintech treasury tools, automation, and smarter pricing models to build resilience amid currency volatility, labor shortages, and rising costs.
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Japan’s Talent Tunnel: Navigating the Labor Shortage Crisis
Japan’s labor shortage is not just a demographic crisis but a strategic turning point—one that can be transformed into an opportunity through workforce reform, flexible employment models and responsible AI integration.
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Latest UK-Japan Business News
A year-in-review of key developments shaping UK-Japan relations, from economic security and clean energy investment to AI, automotive innovation and advanced robotics collaboration.
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ANA, JAL Win Multiple Skytrax Awards
ANA and JAL secured multiple honors in the 2025 Skytrax World Airline Awards, reinforcing Japan’s strong reputation for world-class aviation service.
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Invest Smart in Japan: NISA Essentials for Residents
Discover how Japan’s revamped NISA lets residents invest smarter with lifelong tax-free benefits.
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Japan Super Store Opens in Prime London Spot
Bilateral ties have never been stronger, claim UK-Japan observers this year. First came the new British Shop grocery store in Shibuya, then 40 elite sumo stars competed at the Royal Albert Hall to help promote Japanese culture abroad, and now Japan fans in the UK are queuing for their favourite flavours, reads, fashion and lifestyle…
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Attracting Top Talent to Japan: Insights and Expert Strategies
Japan’s talent war goes global. The article explores how companies can strengthen recruitment through bilingual sourcing, culture-savvy branding and smarter hiring.
