Panasonic

Panasonic Corp. said Wednesday its group net profit in the six months to September fell 4.5 percent from a year earlier, citing weakening investment in China and sluggish sales of consumer electronics. The electronics maker posted a group net profit of ¥113.62 billion ($1.00 billion) ...

Japanese housing manufacturers have been strengthening their overseas businesses, tapping into potential growth in China and other Asian countries as demand for new construction declines in the shrinking domestic market. Property developers such as Panasonic Homes Co. and Daiwa House Industry Co. have been trying ...

In Haidilao International Holding Ltd.'s hot pot restaurants, robots are replacing chefs and waiters. Asia's biggest listed restaurant chain by market value is partnering with Panasonic Corp. to open what the two companies say is the world's first eatery with a fully automated kitchen on ...

Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other Japanese firms have made it into a 2018 global brand ranking while Apple Inc., based in the United States, maintained its top spot for the sixth straight year. The report is the first since 2007 to include eight Japanese ...

There's no shortage of transformative ideas in Japan, particularly in the field of design. This year's Good Design Awards showcased many surprising examples of innovation from Japan and abroad.

JTB Corp., Japan's leading travel agency, and global electronics giant Panasonic Corp. have teamed up to offer hands-on assistance in English via teleconferencing to Malaysians planning to travel to Japan. A double-screen monitor device located at a JTB outlet in the Aeon Mall complex in ...

Maintaining concentration is key to getting your work done efficiently, but it can be hard to achieve sometimes. Sitting in your chair at the office, other coworkers may be constantly walking around nearby. Someone behind your desk could be chatting with their colleagues. That's where an ...

After a February meeting between U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and 19 Japanese business chiefs, Tokyo's ambassador to Britain warned what might happen if Brexit took an unfavorable turn for foreign investors. "No private company can continue operations" in the U.K. if it becomes unprofitable, ...

Japanese companies are looking to tap India's medical market with funding and technological solutions to make health care more accessible in the world's second-most populous country. Japan-based venture capital firms like Spiral Ventures and India Japan Partnership Fund LLP are either funding local health tech ...

The move was prompted by fears Tokyo could treat the U.K. as a tax haven and impose back taxes after Brexit if London tries to attract firms with lower rates.