Automakers association was the single largest donor to Shinzo Abe's LDP in 2016 TOKYO -- Political contributions by Japanese companies and organizations grew for a fifth straight year in 2016, with nearly 90% going to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ... ( read original story ...)
Japan inflation ticks up, jobless rate at 2.8 pct in October
TOKYO — Japan reports its core inflation rate rose 0.8 per cent in October, a slight increase from the month before, while the jobless rate remained steady at a very low 2.8 per cent. The data reported Friday add to indications of a stable recovery ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby agrees to contribute ¥300 billion to expand child care services
The head of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) has accepted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s request for corporations to help the country expand child care services, to the tune of about ¥300 billion ($2.7 billion). Sadayuki Sakakibara ... ( read original story ...)
Dental Laser Therapy Applications in Japan Suggest New Markets for US Dentistry
Dr. Nelson Marquina RICHMOND, VA, UNITED STATES, December 1, 2017 — Dr. Nelson Marquina, MSc, PhD traveled to Japan to teach the first US university-certified laser therapy training program for Japanese dentists. While there, he visited the dental clinic ... ( read original story ...)
Behind Japan’s Corporate ‘Culture of Concealment’
A look into why Japan’s once sterling corporate reputation has taken such a hit amid a number of high-profile scandals in recent years. Also in the programme, a deep dive into why the nation's efforts to make it easier for women to return to work after ... ( read original story ...)
Major Japanese crypto exchange lands in the US
The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Japan-based bitFlyer ... Sarah Kocianski, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has put together a report that compiles various fintech ... ( read original story ...)
Melco Resorts & Entertainment advances plans for potential integrated resort in Japan
Its business also includes the Mocha Clubs (www.mochaclubs.com ... Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.For media enquiries, please contact:Japanese media ( read original story ...)
Melco Resorts Makes Japan Its No. 1 Priority
Estimates of Japan's casino-gaming market range from $25 billion to $40 billion, which would make it the No. 1 or No. 2 market out of the gates. Given the potential, casino companies are pulling out all the stops to win a license, promising to spend up to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Is Still Outrunning Its Potential Growth Rate
Inflation is rising, with prices excluding fresh food increasing in October by the most in more than two years, but at 0.8 percent it remains far off the Bank of Japan’s 2 percent target. Tepid consumption makes companies cautious about raising prices ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan’s Japan car sales slide for second month after compliance scandal
Japan's second-biggest automaker has previously said it would take a month or so until production returns to regular levels. Its sales of passenger cars, excluding minivehicles, tumbled 46.8 percent in November from a year earlier to 16,888 vehicles ... ( read original story ...)
How To Finance A War?
War is a costly venture. Before engaging in combat a nation needs to consider how it will finance expanding its military forces. The graph below shows Japan’s extensive military funding. With a government debt reaching over 400% of GDP, it surpassed all ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Emperor Akihito to abdicate in April 2019
What do Japanese people think? Most support the emperor's desire to abdicate - a survey by the Kyodo news agency after Akihito suggested he wanted to step down found more than 85% saying abdication should be legalised. Why is the abdication timing contentious? ( read original story ...)
Japan’s emperor to abdicate at end of April 2019
TOKYO - Japan's much admired Emperor Akihito plans to abdicate on April 30, 2019, at age 85 in the first such abdication from the Chrysanthemum Throne in about 200 years, the government said Friday. Akihito's elder son Crown Prince Naruhito will ascend the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei edges down in choppy trade; Sharp soars
TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average edged down on Friday morning, trimming earlier gains in choppy trade and led lower by real estate stocks, though Sharp Corp soared after it announced a return to the bourse's main board. Traders said ... ( read original story ...)
Kuroda Gives Japan’s Long-Suffering Bond Dealers Hope for 2018
That’s why a couple of throwaway lines from Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda in a Zurich speech last month has brought some cheer to Japanese government bond market players keen to close the books on 2017. It’s poised to become the first full ... ( read original story ...)
RPT-COLUMN-Modest Bank of Japan move could spark major market flows: McGeever
LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The era of super-cheap money is ending, and stocks' remarkable run to new highs and bond yields' refusal to shoot higher suggest world markets are taking this seismic monetary policy shift in their stride. Yet while attention is ... ( read original story ...)