Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy calls on brands to join critical work to increase recovery of valuable small-format plastic ...

In America, the average age of a demolished building is 67 years, while in Japan, it's 32, per Jiro Yoshida, a business professor at Pennsylvania State University. This isn't just a result of ...

some business operators will have to scale back on giving out disposable plastic items--including the ubiquitous cutlery handed out at convenience stores and elsewhere across Japan. The plastic ...

Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in ... writing on Japanese politics, business, labor, gender and culture. More about Hisako Ueno ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

LONDON : Japan Tobacco on Thursday reported a 9.7 per cent increase in annual adjusted operating profit from its tobacco business, thanks to selling more higher-priced packs of tobacco and its ...

However, a small tech company in Osaka, Japan, is breaking the mould with an unusual approach to employee satisfaction. According to a report by Oddity Central, Trust Ring Co., Ltd. is offering a ...

In my videos about Japan I'll often get comments about the amount of plastic used. Does Japan have a plastic problem? What time does the Super Bowl start and end? How Did Bernard Arnault Become ...

President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work” and don't last very long. “It’s a ridiculous situation. We’re going back ...

Many multinational companies have moved away from plastic straws and have made reducing plastic use across their operations central to their sustainability goals, making Trump's decision an outlier in ...

The packaging company, which International Paper is in the process of acquiring, shed its plastic business in 2021 and is now an all-fiber company, said Marc Chiron, director of sales, marketing a ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December, the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed earlier on Friday, in a sign rising fuel and food prices continue to push up ...