Discounting cash, Tokyo police handled about 3.83 million items of lost property last year: credit cards and driver's licences dominated the haul. As did umbrellas; Tokyoites handed in 381,135 lost umbrellas. West ascribes Japan's success in lost property ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s bid to outshine Paris for 2025 Expo still on shaky ground
This week, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai will lead a nonpartisan group of Diet lawmakers to Osaka to hear out senior business leaders and discuss how best to challenge the Paris bid. While Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui remains ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Yen Falls As BOJ Lowers Inflation Forecast
The Japanese yen weakened against other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday, after the Bank of Japan downgraded its outlook for inflation. The bank will purchase government bonds so that the yield of 10-year JGBs will remain around zero %. ( read original story ...)
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Eric Peters, president of Wells Federal Bank’s Mankato market, is well aware of the changes and competition that continue to reshape the area’s banking industry. Wells Federal, with offices in nine communities, is in the midst of a merger with Citizens ... ( read original story ...)
Banking reform in China: Too little, too late?
Japan, and the European Union, but to do so, it must make key reforms in its financial industry or else lay the foundation for economic disaster. More specifically, there must be reforms in China’s commercial and shadow banking sectors. If these reforms ... ( read original story ...)
Gold steady ahead of central bank meetings
Gold prices steadied early on Thursday, with the dollar firming as markets waited for clues on the future of key stimulus programmes in upcoming Bank of Japan and European Central Bank meetings. * Spot gold (XAU=) was nearly unchanged at $1,240.07 per ... ( read original story ...)
Global stocks lower on central bank focus
Still, foreign exchange markets reacted by pushing the euro higher. That followed the Bank of Japan’s decision on Thursday to keep its monetary policy unchanged, while pushing back its expected time frame for achieving its 2 per cent inflation target to ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese bank Nomura has officially picked Frankfurt as its post-Brexit HQ and will move jobs out of London
LONDON – Japanese bank Nomura has confirmed reports it is applying for a licence to operate in Frankfurt as its European Union base after Brexit. Currently, its official European HQ is in London. The move will affect very few employees — the bank will ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan staying the lonely course
Like other major central banks, the BoJ has recently bumped up its growth forecasts and lowered its inflation estimates for this year and next. But while his peers at the Fed and (slowly but surely) the ECB have embarked on the path of policy normalisation ... ( read original story ...)
MacOS Malware Targets Swiss Bank Customers Via Phishing Emails
Trend Micro, a Japanese security software company, has detected a new piece of malware for the macOS platform that seems to be targeting Swiss bank users. The malware, which Trend Micro called OSX_DOK, spread via a phishing campaign. The malware authors ... ( read original story ...)
Sleeman-Unibroue union members ratify agreement in principle
Their previous collective agreement expired in December 2016. Seniority and overtime were among the contested issues. The Sleeman-Unibroue factory in Chambly is home to such labels as La Maudite, Fin du Monde, Blanche de Chambly, Sleeman and Sapporo. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama man accused of dumping corpses of 2 Chinese women in Kanagawa
reports TBS News (July 21). Between July 7 and 13, Tatsuya Iwasaki, a resident of Yokohama, allegedly dumped the bodies of Chen Baolan, 25, and her 22-year-old sister, Chen Baozhen, a few meters off a road in the Terayama area, according to the Isesaki ... ( read original story ...)
Alliance Tyres to appear on 2017/18 sleeves
Featuring on the sleeve will be Yokohama’s Alliance Tyres logo – a new passenger vehicle tyre brand launched in Europe at the start of 2017. Chelsea commercial director Chris Townsend said: ‘We are delighted to be able to further expand our ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsui Fudosan spending $893m to bulk up logistics business
TOKYO -- Mitsui Fudosan plans to open six new logistics centers in and around Tokyo and Osaka by 2020, seeking hefty profits as would-be tenants rush to keep up with the growing online shopping market. The Japanese property developer said Thursday it will ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s bazaar app Mercari applies for IPO: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese peer-to-peer marketplace app operator Mercari has applied to list its shares with the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which could be the biggest initial public offering (IPO) this year, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
When love is blind
Alessandra de Rossi plays the role of the Sapporo (Japan)-based tourist guide while Empoy Marquez delineates the role of an unlikely suitor probably coming to the rescue of a distraught compatriot. Indeed, the lead actors are an unlikely love team in an ... ( read original story ...)