Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Seiko was founded in 1881, when Kintaro Hattori opened a watch and clock shop called ‘Hattori Tokeiten’ in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. 11 years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha, meaning roughly ‘The house of precision’. Seiko in Japanese means ‘precision’. The first wrist watch produced ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM A national tourism strategy will provide a framework of action that will help mobilise all stakeholders to position the UAE among the best tourism destinations in the world, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, said during a meeting with officials in charge of the tourism sector in his ministry. The minister also called ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The 4th session of Abu Dhabi-Japan Economic Council will kick-off on Sunday in Abu Dhabi under the chairmanship of Ali Majid Al Mansouri, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED), and Yosuke Takagi, the Japanese State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. The event will be attended by a big Japanese delegation ...