You can retire at 80 if you work for Japanese company Nojima

Japan retailer Nojima bets on longevity as population shrinks

Japan’s Seven & i to buy Marathon’s gas stations

BENGALURU: The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven convenience stores has agreed to buy Marathon Petroleum Corp’s Speedway gas stations for U&S$21bil, brushing aside coronavirus concerns to return to the table five months after initially baulking at the deal.

Loan demand seen recovering in second half

PETALING JAYA: Loan demand looks set to recover in the second half of 2020 on the back of the government’s Short-Term Economic Recovery plan (Penjana) and interest rate cuts that will improve homebuyers’ purchasing power.

Khazanah: Hard for MAS-AirAsia merger to work

Khazanah: Difficult for Malaysia Airlines-AirAsia merger to work

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 (Bernama): Khazanah Nasional Bhd has stressed that a merger between Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) and low-cost airline AirAsia would be difficult to carry out.

Video game industry faces its #metoo moment

After years of simmering controversy over sexism in the video game industry, change may be on its way after outrage came to a boil with a C-suite massacre at Ubisoft.

Go to the ground to help traders, councils told

JOHOR BARU: The Johor state government will make more efforts to get the authorities to go down to the ground and find out about the problems faced by traders due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Dawn of a new work culture

Leaders from 10 member countries of Asean adopted the Asean Declaration on Human Resources Development for the Changing World of Work at its 36th summit, which was chaired by Vietnam via video conference.

Opinion: Japan’s work culture gets a needed Covid-19 shock

Japan's corporate culture is stuck in a bad place. But the coronavirus pandemic might have given it just the nudge it needs to get out of the trap.

Comment: Women make good leaders. Can more of them rise to the top?

In 2020, out of 193 states that are members of the United Nations, only 12 are led by women.