Month: June 2017

TOKYO, June 22 Japan's Nikkei share average erased early modest gains on Thursday and edged down, as a stronger yen took its toll on market sentiment. The Nikkei was down 0.1 percent at 20,118.25 at the end of morning trade, extending Wednesday's decline ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Share prices have climbed for companies going public in Japan in 2017, thanks to an inflow of money from individual investors and a bullish outlook toward startups. A company's initial public offering often generates early popularity that burns ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office searched the offices ... These cases came to light after Moritomo Gakuen’s purchase of government-owned land for a song. The Finance Ministry sold the property for 134 million yen ($1.2 million)--about 10 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s huge, and hugely popular, Tsukiji fish market won’t be destroyed but will be closed for up to five years while it is modernized and turned into a “food theme park,” the capital’s governor said Tuesday. The market will move to a state-of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of its lucrative memory chip business. The troubled Japanese electronics giant has had deep recent losses and has been selling pieces of its operations to ensure ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday, erasing initial gains. Tokyo’s benchmark rose, cheered by gains on Wall Street. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.8 per cent to finish at 20,230.41. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged ... ( read original story ...)

... governor's new plan to both relocate Tokyo's famed Tsukiji wholesale market and redevelop the existing site into a food "wonderland" chases two seemingly contradictory objectives -- at a potentially draining financial cost. Gov. Yuriko Koike told a ... ( read original story ...)