09/10 #Thailand For Thailand's retail giant Central Group, it is no longer all in t.. 09/10 #Thailand For Thailand's retail giant Central Group, it is no longer all in t.. 09/08 US CLOSE Dow +13.01 (+0.06%) Nasdaq -37.68(-0.59%) S&P -0.15% FTSE -0.26%. ( read original story ...)
Japan trials driverless cars in bid to keep rural elderly on the move
NISHIKATA, Japan (Reuters) - As the annual rice harvest begins this month in the Japanese town of Nishikata, the combines that usually putter along the sleepy roads lining its rice fields are giving way to a vehicle residents have never before seen ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Backs U.S. Proposal to Target North Korea’s Oil Supplies
Japan backed a U.S. push for the United Nations Security Council to vote Monday on fresh sanctions against North Korea, saying that Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program poses the most serious threat since World War II. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Q2 GDP Revised Down: ETFs in Focus
Japan’s GDP growth in the second quarter was a lot lower than initially estimated. Per government data released Sep 8, 2017, Japan’s economy grew an annualized 2.5% in the quarter compared with preliminary estimates of a 4% expansion. Although the ... ( read original story ...)
Huge Japanese business delegation focuses on EEC
AS A MASSIVE delegation from Japan visits the Kingdom, Thailand expected them to boost investment in infrastructure, particularly for dual-rail, high-speed trains, by next year to steer development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Investigation shifts to ministry in Moritomo land scandal
OSAKA--Prosecutors have obtained a recording of a Finance Ministry official telling a school operator about efforts to reduce the sales price of state-owned land “closer to zero” as requested, sources said. The former director of the school operator ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan decries incremental change, seeks dramatic jumps
In an example at Nissan's Yokohama plant, shown to The Associated Press, a coating technology made the metal liner of a cylinder block of an engine about the tenth of its previous thickness, from 2 millimeters (0.08 inches) to 0.2 millimeters (0.01 inches). ( read original story ...)
Olympics: NGOs complain to IOC over Tokyo Games environmental record
LIMA (Reuters) - Dozens of environmental group sharply criticized organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Monday for alleged exploitation of tropical rain forests, claiming this was also potentially fuelling human rights violations. In an open letter to ... ( read original story ...)
Kagoikes indicted over fresh fraud charges
The team will next launch a full-fledged investigation into a breach of trust case over the sale of government-owned land in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. The sale was by the Finance Ministry’s Kinki Local Finance Bureau to Moritomo Gakuen, for the site of ... ( read original story ...)
This Japanese street photography series captures everyday life in Tokyo in 26 stunning pictures
With its otherworldly skyscrapers and futuristic technology, Tokyo can feel a million miles away. However, Brazilian-born photographer Gerald Figueras makes life in the city seem more relatable in his stunning series of photos on Tokyo's streets. ( read original story ...)
Japan to sell $12 billion of Japan Post Holdings, growth potential under scrutiny
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s government on Monday said it will sell $12 billion worth of Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (6178.T) stock in an announcement that fund managers gave a tepid reception, saying limited growth prospects is likely to dull demand from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan aims to raise around $12 bn in postal giant share sale
The selling price will be decided between September 25 and 27, the finance ministry said. Some 1.43 trillion yen was raised in an IPO nearly two years ago that included shares in Japan Post's banking and insurance units. It was the country's biggest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan aims to raise $12 bn in postal giant share sale
Tokyo said it would sell up to 990 million shares in Japan Post, or about 22 percent of its outstanding shares, the finance ministry said in a statement. The sale could raise 1.3 trillion yen based on Monday's closing price of 1,321 yen. The sale price ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Government to Sell $12 Billion of Japan Post Shares
The Ministry of Finance will sell 990.1 million shares in Japan Post, including an overallotment, it said in a statement on Monday. That amounts to 1.3 trillion yen, based on the most recent closing price. The public offering will be priced as soon as Sept. ( read original story ...)
Japan Post Share Sale Will Use TV Ads to Target Individuals
That would make it the country’s largest share sale since the three-pronged IPO two years earlier. The government is reducing its stake to raise funds for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei jumps to 1-week high on gains for exporters, financials
TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rallied to a one-week high on Monday morning after the dollar recovered against the yen, lifting recently battered exporters and financial stocks which had stumbled amid the simmering tensions on the Korean ... ( read original story ...)