Tokyo stocks flat at break after three days of gains (Photo ... a consortium led by US investor Bain Capital as the leading candidate to buy its prized chip business. (AFP) ( read original story ...)
Astro Japan securityholders vote to sell REIT to Blackstone
Securityholders in the Astro Japan Property Trust have voted overwhelmingly to sell the trust and its $1.1 billion portfolio of Japanese retail, office and residential properties to US private equity giant Blackstone for $430 million. Almost 100 per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami of 2011: Facts and Information
This isn't likely to happen on the East Coast, but it could. This is an aerial view of damage to Sukuiso, Japan, a week after the earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area in March, 2011. Credit: Dylan McCord. U.S. Navy On March 11, 2011, a ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Says It Favors Bain Group’s Bid for Microchip Business
TOKYO — Toshiba Corporation, the struggling Japanese conglomerate, will once again try to sell its immensely valuable microchip business to a group of American and Japanese buyers. Better offers would be welcomed, too. Toshiba said on Wednesday that it ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Garden and the Fusion of Faiths and Ideas: Chinzan-so
The history of Chinzan-so (Chinzanso) is fascinating because you have many historic remains, therefore, you feel like you are entering a different world that is far from modern Tokyo. This applies to the pre-Meiji period and the Meiji period when Japan ... ( read original story ...)
JAPAN: Nikkei up another +0.5% overnight, taking its 3-day rip to +3.1% and back above @Hedgeye TREND
08:00a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running: Ni.. 07:12a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running: Ni.. 06:49a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running -Ni. ( read original story ...)
One of Central Ohio’s largest commercial lenders acquired by Tokyo buyer
Lancaster Pollard joins Red Capital Group, which has offices in downtown Columbus, as a subsidiary of ORIX USA Corp., an arm of publicly owned ORIX Corp. out of Tokyo. Boston Financial Investment Management is another subsidiary of the company that ... ( read original story ...)
To ward off Chinese threat, India & Japan scale new summits together
Although Japan had played a significant role in India’s freedom movement, the two countries pursued different geopolitical goals during the Cold War period. In Pic: PM Modi & Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at Ahmedabad airport NEW DELHI: India and Japan have ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 domestic sponsor revenue at record $2.8 billion
LIMA (Reuters) - Domestic sponsorship for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has so far reached a record $2.8 billion (£2.11 billion) -- almost three times as much as in any previous summer Games -- the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday. John Coates ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo futures rise for a third day on weak yen
TOKYO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures headed ... For the top stories in the rubber market and other news, click or MARKET NEWS * Oil prices rose on Tuesday after OPEC forecast higher demand in 2018 and Russia and Venezuela confirmed ... ( read original story ...)
The World War Two heroes reduced to skin and bone inside Japan’s brutal POW camps: Startling photographs reveal trauma suffered by British troops… and the torture devices …
These shocking photographs show the skeletal state of British prisoners in Japan at the end of the Second World War. Hundreds of emaciated servicemen who had been starved and brutally beaten by their captors were found by Allied troops following the fall ... ( read original story ...)
India likely to finalise first defence purchase from Japan
Japan is now possibly India's closest strategic partner in the ... one of the aims being to connect the major metropolises in India via HSR in the coming years. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan courted for East-West Economic Corridor
Thailand is counting on Japan to play a bigger role not only in the country but also in Asean, asking the Japanese to join the development of a high-speed train network in the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC). Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak ... ( read original story ...)
Thai trip stokes interest of investors, says Japan minister
Thailand will remain a key player for Japanese investors with more investment likely to flow into the country in the near future, Hiroshige Seko, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry says. "Thailand has emerged as the most important supply chain ... ( read original story ...)
Ricketts touts Nebraska beef, tourism on Japan trip
LINCOLN, Neb. — Gov. Pete Ricketts is promoting Nebraska's beef and tourism industries with business leaders in Japan. Ricketts and his trade delegation pitched the state's offerings Tuesday in a meeting with representatives of Japan's tourism industry. ( read original story ...)
Live Blog: Japan PM Shinzo Abe’s India visit
It will be in the field of defence and nuclear technologies that India and Japan hope to get to the next level. India is likely to finalise the first defence purchases from Japan, the US-2 amphibious plane that has been tossed around between the two ... ( read original story ...)