We dig into the Japanese guitar industry of the 1960s and ’70s and find notable brands, mischievous copies, diligent makers and original designs that led to the instrument’s renaissance in the 1980s a ...

While Shiseido’s sales were relatively stable in 2024, boosted by an uptick on the domestic market, its operating profit ...

Asahi Super Dry, the premium Japanese beer popping up in Asian restaurants and a growing number of pubs across Europe, has quietly made much bigger waves in the region thanks to its parent company’s ...

It stands to reason that a spike in Google searches will track with a spike in sales, but you can ask Tesla and Nissan if ...

There are more expansion plans to come from Asahi. Its famous whiskey brand Nikka has largely been confined to Japan owing to a long-running shortage of a vital liquid, meaning only 10% of its ...

The three Japanese car brands still sit in the top three, but there's a catch. This automaker is the most reliable car brand, but so is Lexus. You may be wondering how two brands can both sit in ...

When the Japanese designer Ryota Iwai, 41, founded his clothing brand Auralee in 2015, he didn’t intend it to end up on a catwalk. “My idea was to make customers notice the distinctiveness of our ...

Then the world realized that Suntory also makes some very fine whisky, with its Hakushu brand becoming one of the flagbearers for Japanese whisky. And then some very smart people at Suntory said “Hey, ...

The growth missed expectations of a 4.5% rise from economists polled by Reuters, and was lower than the 11.4% jump in ...

The announcement came during a formal event held at a restaurant in Dhaka, where top executives from Best Electronics and Rancon Electronics shared the stage to unveil the partnership and its future ...

This Japanese hybrid SUV may come as a surprise to you for being the most reliable one. Bonus: it comes with one of the most ...

The RAV4 is safe, reliable and has sharp styling - three qualities that have made it America's best-selling model of 2024. It ...