Facilities management

Sixty years on, the Kansai spirit is still driving ORIX to succeed

“In Japan, people from the Kansai region around Osaka are seen as friendly, progressive…and very commercial”, says Toyonori Takahashi. And as the Group Kansai Representative for ORIX Group and an Osaka native himself, he should know.

ORIX develops Japan’s first Integrated Resort

The Kansai region of Western Japan is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and commercial culture. It is, then, apt that Osaka, Kansai’s biggest city, will be the home of the country’s first integrated resort (IR), which is a group of faci…

Umekita Redevelopment: How ORIX is helping to renew the heart of Osaka

Osaka’s city center is going big and going green. This September marked the opening of the first phase of GRAND GREEN OSAKA, a massive urban redevelopment project centered on the Umekita district just north of Japan Railway’s ‘Osaka Statio…

Edutainment in Action at ORIX Group’s Aquarium Business

Operating an aquarium in a building complex under Tokyo’s highest tower miles from the sea sounds like a real challenge. But this is exactly what ORIX Group has been doing for more than a decade, without a hitch and to considerable public …

Solar power play: Renewable energy is helping Kansai Airports turn cleaner and greener

Most people coming through an airport these days are likely to be thinking, at least in passing, about the planet-warming carbon dioxide that their travel will generate.

Incoming: How Kansai Airports is transforming to attract visitors from Japan’s international tourism boom

The tourists are back! Overseas visitors are flocking to Japan once more, with their pursuit of a unique cultural experience made more affordable than ever by a weak yen. This is providing a welcome tailwind to Kansai Airports, the joint v…

Fashion Meets Finance: ORIX and TOPTEN’s Successful Partnership in South Korea

Successful partnerships between the worlds of fashion and finance are rare. But when ORIX and TOPTEN joined forces in South Korea, they created an innovative collaboration that has revitalized the shopping scene in Busan, the country’s sec…

Bed, bath and beyond: Growing the ORIX Hotel business

Less than two hours by train or car from metropolitan Tokyo, nestled in the Hakone mountains, sits Hakone Gora KARAKU (KARAKU). This is an onsen resort, a classic Japanese inn, with all that this implies in terms of privacy, a traditional …

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