For Livia Yap's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
The "old boys club" in the boardroom is alive and well — and most prevalent among the biggest Japanese and Chinese companies. French businesses meanwhile offer the most gender diversity on their boards of directors, according to a Bloomberg analysis of the boards of the ...
As Amazon.com Inc. pushes into Southeast Asia with a new venture into Singapore, the online retailer is facing some tough hurdles. Shopping in air-conditioned malls is practically a national sport, and e-commerce rivals moved in long ago. Delivery delays also marred Amazon's debut in July, ...
It's still early, but there are signs Japan's equity market is approaching escape velocity when it comes to a force that has entranced it for years. It's the yen, whose level against the dollar has generally been all you needed to know to tell where ...
