Photograph: MSCI That’s partly due to the Nikkei’s surge to a two-decade closing high in Japan today. The rally in Spanish stocks and bonds this morning is also helping. David Meier, economist at Julius Baer, says the news that Catalonia plans to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan core machinery orders rise in August for second straight month
Japan’s core machinery orders rose for a second straight ... by 7.7 percent in the current fiscal year ending in March 2018, underscoring the view business expenditure is on a firm footing. A sustained recovery in business expenditure should support ... ( read original story ...)
IMF raises Japan growth forecast to 1.5% as broad-based global recovery ‘gathers steam’
The 2018 growth estimate for Japan was revised up 0.1 point to 0.7 percent ... citing supportive financial conditions and strong business and consumer confidence. But the forecast does not take into account a fiscal stimulus from planned tax cuts that ... ( read original story ...)
Smell of decaying corpse concealed by rotting garbage in Osaka residence
Last month, Osaka Prefectural Police twice arrested Itsuko Yamaguchi ... “Garbage was piled from the floor to the ceiling in the two-room apartment,” a local news reporter says. “Yamaguchi existed in a small sliver of space. It took police 20 ... ( read original story ...)
Why You Seriously Have to Consider Hawaii on Your Next Trip
here’s good news for you. You can now easily reach Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, by hopping onto AirAsia X flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which on top of a two-hour stopover in Osaka, Japan, will fly you straight to sunny paradise. Just in time ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ Governor Kuroda pledges to stick with quantitative easing
Kimihiro Eto, BOJ's Osaka branch manager, offered an explanation of why inflation remains so low. “We see rising spending on big-ticket items due to rising wages and a tight labour market,” he said. “At the same time, households are really hunting ... ( read original story ...)
Politically savvy teen in Mino casts first early vote in Lower House election
OSAKA – An 18-year-old high school student Wednesday cast ... Nakagawa said she keeps up-to-date on politics through the news and parliamentary broadcasts and discusses the issues with her father. She said she chose her party and candidate based on ... ( read original story ...)
Super Famicom Mini Greatly Outsold Famicom Mini In Japan
The picture in Japan appears to be much the same, with Famitsu reporting that 368,000 units of the Super Famicom Mini sold in the first 4 days in Japan. By comparison, the Famicom Mini sold 262,000 in Japan in the same time period last year. Please note ... ( read original story ...)
Japan August core machinery orders rise in signs of pick-up in capex
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders rose for a second straight month in August, handily beating market expectations, signaling a pickup in capital expenditure that should encourage Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of a general election this month. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s metals scandal spreads
Kobe Steel, one of Japan's oldest industrial companies ... Stephen Stapczynski and Sungwoo Park of Bloomberg News. ( read original story ...)
Locals warned to stay away as Japanese volcano erupts
Japan, with scores of active volcanoes ... share up to 5 gadgets, listen to the news, download as early as 4am & share articles on social media. Call 896 6000. ( read original story ...)
Japan steel scandal grows as more carmakers hit
Top Japanese automakers said Wednesday they were scrambling to assess the safety of vehicles containing products from Kobe Steel (Other OTC: KBSTF - news) , which has admitted falsifying quality data in a growing scandal. Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi ... ( read original story ...)
Local chefs whip up signature dishes using food bank hamper items for fundraiser
Japanese-style stroganoff, cereal créme brulee and peanut butter and jelly pie — what do these dishes have in common? Along with being delicious, they each contain at least two items that can be found in a Calgary Food Bank hamper. And that's the basis ... ( read original story ...)
Fujitsu, Japanese banks to test blockchain-based money transfer service
Information and communication technology firm Fujitsu is set to carry out a field trial of money transfer service with three Japanese banks ... set up on the platform with the user's actual bank account. The trial will evaluate practical unctionality ... ( read original story ...)
Kuroda’s reappointment as Bank of Japan chief likely to hinge on snap poll outcome
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to call a snap election for Oct. 22 has clouded the outlook for Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda and one of the world’s most radical monetary policy regimes. While the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is expected ... ( read original story ...)
Mongolia’s Untapped Lending Market Has Earned This Japanese-Backed Fintech Startup A $30M Valuation
Traditional bank loans of any size require lengthy paperwork ... The company sought to introduce cross-border peer-to-peer lending with funds from Japan, but found the plan infeasible as investors didn’t want to take such a risk for a low return. ( read original story ...)