TOKYO, Nov 28 Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Monday morning, snapping a seven-day winning streak as investors took profits from its recent gains after the yen strengthened against the dollar. The Nikkei dropped 0.8 percent to 18,243.33 in midmorning ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Posts First Loss in Four Years
The Bank of Japan incurred a net loss in its half-year earnings for the first time in four years and saw its capital adequacy ratio slide, underscoring the strain its aggressive asset-buying program is putting on its massive balance sheet. Profits from the ... ( read original story ...)
Theme park in Japan puts 5000 dead fish under its ice rink in a venture bound to fail
A JAPANESE amusement park billed it as not only a unique game-changing tourist attraction for Japan, but ‘undeniably a world-first’. Space World theme park in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, built a new ice skating rink initiative and teased potential ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's GPIF Finds New Friend in Trump
Nov.27 -- One of the World's most conservative investors has found an unlikely ally in one of its most flamboyant politicians. Bloomberg's Anna Kitanaka reports on "Bloomberg Markets." ( read original story ...)
Japan Theme Park's Frozen-Fish Skating Rink Gets Icy Reception
Space World, a Japanese theme park that froze thousands of dead fish into the ice of a skating rink, closed the attraction Monday after it received a chilly response on social media. Photo: Space World ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s station master
Although the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are almost four years off, the station master at the city’s train station already seems to be running his own kind of marathon every day. Seth Doane has sent us a Postcard From Japan: It’s home to Japan’s super-sleek ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Virtue, Moir win ice dance at NHK to qualify for GP Final
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform during the ice dance event at the NHK Trophy figure skating competition in Sapporo, Japan on Nov. 27, 2016. (Hiroki Yamauchi/Kyodo News via AP) SAPPORO, Japan — Olympic and world champions Tessa Virtue and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan waits to deal direct with Canada on trade, not ready to abandon TPP: envoy
The head of one of Canada's most influential business groups urged the government to take a closer look at Japan in light of Trump's stated intention to ditch the TPP. "Prime Minister Abe has spent a lot of capital on TPP," John Manley, president of the ... ( read original story ...)
Ready for the Big Un: Japan prepares for NUCLEAR WAR with North Korea by warning residents to hide in shopping malls if Kim Jong-Un orders an attack
Japanese citizens are being advised on how to survive a nuclear attack after fears from both North Korea's Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin in Russia. As MailOnline reported yesterday, tensions are mounting with Russia over the deployment of missiles on ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Funding Body Wants Same Exemptions As World Bank
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) wants the Indian finance ministry to scrap the countervailing duty on imports for projects implemented by it, a senior finance ministry official told BloombergQuint. This, the agency hopes, will keep the cost ... ( read original story ...)
Zimbabwe crop farmers banking on science
ZAKA, ZIMBABWE – Under the scorching Zimbabwean sun, cattle seek shade among stunted thorn bushes in the drought-prone district of Zaka, where crops wither due to increasing temperatures and changing weather patterns. Severe lack of rain across southern ... ( read original story ...)
Japan suffers longest consumer price fall since 2011
The weak inflation data -- core prices excluding fresh food fell 0.4 percent from a year ago -- come several weeks after Japan's central bank pushed back the timeline for hitting its 2.0 percent inflation target. The BoJ's target is a key part of Prime ... ( read original story ...)
Kansai firms more concerned with Asian markets than Trump’s TPP pullout
OSAKA – For Kansai business leaders, Asia, particularly East Asia, has long been far more important economically than the United States. So it was understandable when they reacted coolly to Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election ... ( read original story ...)
Wynne embarking on business mission to Japan and South Korea
Wynne and the delegation of 45 business leaders and academics from Ontario will travel to Tokyo, Nagoya, Japan and Seoul. Japan is Ontario's fifth-largest trading partner, with two-way trade topping $11 billion last year. Trade between Ontario and South ... ( read original story ...)
Premier Wynne on business mission to Japan, South Korea
Wynne and the delegation of 45 business leaders and academics from Ontario will travel to Tokyo, Nagoya, Japan and Seoul. Japan is Ontario’s fifth-largest trading partner, with two-way trade topping $11 billion last year. Trade between Ontario and South ... ( read original story ...)
Premier Kathleen Wynne heading to Japan, South Korea for business mission
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne leaves today for a business mission to Japan and South Korea. The premier says the purpose of the mission is to generate business agreements that will “increase trade, spur investment in Ontario and create jobs.” ( read original story ...)