The 2018 growth estimate factors in the likelihood of the Bank of Japan tightening its record monetary easing policy, the IMF said. Japan's economy expanded in the April-June period, marking six straight quarters of gains in its longest winning streak for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.63%
Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.63% to hit a new 52-week high. Advancing stocks ... ( read original story ...)
Political risk seeps into yen trade as Japan’s Abe faces popular upstart in October election
His rationale is concerns about who the next administration would pick to lead Japan’s central bank, given that Haruhiko Kuroda, who has overseen unprecedented “quantitative and qualitative easing,” comes to the end of his term in April. If Abe’s ... ( read original story ...)
Factbox: Japan main parties’ key election pledges ahead of October 22 vote
Boost Japan's productivity and cope with labour shortages through innovation in such areas as robots, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence. - Maintain the Bank of Japan's ultra-easy monetary policy as debate on withdrawing the stimulus is premature. ( read original story ...)
NBA, Japan’s Rakuten announce exclusive distribution deal
TOKYO — The National Basketball Association and Rakuten Inc. have announced a marketing partnership. The deal announced Tuesday makes the Japanese online giant the exclusive distributor in Japan of all live NBA games. The partnership, Rakuten’s first ... ( read original story ...)
Sprayable earthquake-resistant concrete could ‘save lives,’ researchers say
Researchers say spraying a 10-milimetre layer of EDCC on a masonry wall kept it from crumbling in a simulation that mimicked the 9.0 magnitiude earthquake that hit Tohoku, Japan in 2011. "It can take shaking of about 200 per cent level of the actual ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Ishinomaki in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 14:47:19 / October 9, 2017 @ 2:47 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:47:19 / 11 ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake proof: UBC engineers develop ‘unbreakable walls’
like the earthquake that struck Tohoku, Japan in 2011. The material is called an eco-friendly ductile cementitious composite (EDCC) and is so strong and flexible that it acts like steel, bending during an earthquake instead of crumbling like concrete. ( read original story ...)
UBC Researchers Develop New Concrete That Resists Earthquakes
When sprayed onto the surface of traditionally poured interior concrete walls, it reinforces against seismic intensities as high as the magnitude 9.0-9.1 earthquake that hit Tohoku, Japan in 2011. “We sprayed a number of walls with a 10 millimetre-thick ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Futures Rise; Pfizer To Divide, Tesla Gets Price Hike
Shares ended Monday 133% above their January IPO price. IBD 50 peer Nvidia (NVDA ... Asian stock markets were all back up and running today, with the Tokyo Stock Exchange reopened and the Nikkei 225 jumping 0.6%. Markets in China also carved higher ... ( read original story ...)
Asia report: Most markets higher on near-full day of trading
In corporate news in Tokyo, Kobe Steel’s shares plunged 21.93% after the company ... 300m worth of stock as part of its second attempt at an initial public offering (IPO) aimed at financing its expansion into North America, despite its rival Blue Apron ... ( read original story ...)
Casio to release Gold Tornado 35th Anniversary G-SHOCK Collection
Tokyo [Japan] Oct. 10 (ANI): Casio Computer Co., Ltd. will celebrate ... Mumbai-based Kaarya Facilities & Services Ltd. plans to enter the capital market with IPO of 1599000 equity shares of Rs. 10 each at a price of Rs. 40 per share, aggregating up ... ( read original story ...)
Kobe Steel’s Falsified Data Is Another Blow to Japan’s Reputation
JR Tokai, a railway company that operates the busiest Shinkansen route in Japan, between Tokyo and Osaka, said that the data discrepancies ... Steel and Takata and Mitsubishi, as well as with financial-reporting improprieties at Toshiba, which admitted ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares to focus on Wall Street gains and firmer euro
For Asia, Nikkei futures traded in Chicago were up 0.1 percent at 20,845 and Osaka futures were off 0.06 percent at 20,810. Those compared to the benchmark index's previous close of 20,823.51. Down Under, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.09 percent in early trade. ( read original story ...)
PAL to launch Cebu-Bangkok flights
It already has routes to Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul (Incheon), Singapore ... 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 Encourages Business Aviation
Japan has set ambitious targets to double foreign visitors to 40 million a year by the 2020 Olympics, and business aviation will play a role. The goal behind the increased tourism target is to generate $8 billion in spending by overseas visitors to Japan ... ( read original story ...)