The Financial Services Agency is laying the groundwork for a regulatory overhaul that could lead to a shake-up in Japan’s ¥1 quadrillion banking industry. The agency is examining how to change the legal framework so that all providers of financial ... ( read original story ...)
Yearbook photo of American arrested in Japanese woman’s disappearance shows clean-cut look
according to Japanese media. Bayraktar attended William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach from 2007 and 2008, school officials confirmed to the Daily News Tuesday. In a yearbook photo from 2008, when he was a junior, Bayraktar appears solemn and unsmiling ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher after Wall St gains
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday ... Sharp climbed 3.06 percent to 3,695 yen after a weekend report by the Nikkei business daily that it would set up a joint venture with its parent group Taiwan’s Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, to produce cameras ... ( read original story ...)
Tourist from New York arrested in Japan as missing woman’s body parts are found in a suitcase
The police have not officially released the name of the suspect, though it has been widely reported in the Japanese news media. In an interview with Nippon TV in New York, the suspect’s parents told the network that their son loved Japan and wanted to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan collector’s Monet found after 60 years, but half gone
As Japan's war fortunes dwindled, the painting was moved to Paris for safekeeping. This and other works from the collection were requisitioned by the French government at the end of the war as enemy property. Most of the seized works were returned to Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Deutsche Bank to bolster balance sheet with funds IPO
The IPO would likely take place in the week of March 19 ... asset management and wants to improve its distribution network and expand in countries such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. DWS had 3,800 staff managing €700-billion worldwide ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Chubu Elec, Osaka Gas see no major impact from PNG LNG plant shutdown
Japan's Osaka Gas sees no major impact on LNG procurement from the shutdown of ExxonMobil Corp's liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Papua New Guinea following a powerful earthquake in the country's remote highlands, company president Takehiro Honjo said ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s cosmetics exports hit fifth straight annual record
TOKYO -- Japan's cosmetics exports jumped 39% to 371.5 billion yen ($3.48 billion) in 2017, marking a fifth straight record year, as inbound tourism creates new devotees who continue to use the products long after returning home. The Nikkei compiled the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s moms stay in work in record numbers
TOKYO -- More Japanese women are staying in work after childbirth as government policy to keep young mothers in the workforce begins to pay off. A tight labor market due to the shrinking population and the ongoing economic recovery are also factors ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: American tourist arrested after female body parts found across Osaka
He was arrested last week on suspicion of illegally confining the woman to another short-term rental property in Osaka’s Higashinari ward ... according to Kyodo News, which cited anonymous investigative sources. Those same sources said the two were ... ( read original story ...)
American linked to missing woman’s severed head in Japan is from New York, in custody, reports say
On Feb. 24, law enforcement reportedly found the unidentified missing woman’s severed head in a suitcase in the Osaka apartment — reportedly one of multiple condos the American rented while visiting Japan. Bayraktar, according to Kyodo News ... ( read original story ...)
Prophetic dream warns of coming earthquake in Japan
Z3er Christian Block shared a prophetic dream today, which he received this past weekend, revealing a 7.5 earthquake hitting an island nation in the West Pacific. He knew in the dream this earthquake would be followed by a more powerful earthquake hitting ... ( read original story ...)
Missing Hokkaido woman’s head found east of Sapporo; two men arrested
SAPPORO – The severed head of a missing Sapporo woman has been found and two men are being held in connection with the case, the Hokkaido Prefectural Police said on Saturday. Tomonori Jin, 31, and Kotaku Hasegawa, 31, are suspected of abandoning the body ... ( read original story ...)
Flu drug designed to kill the virus in a day approved in Japan
The Japanese firm that makes Xofluza ... will ideally position us to address the unmet need of influenza patients," the company told ABC News, referring to their positive trial results and the goal of killing the flu virus within a day. ( read original story ...)
North Korea threatens Japan with ‘disaster’ claiming it’s ‘sharpening sword’ for INVASION
Returning to their usual rhetoric, the North Korean news agency’s report took on a more aggressive stance - highlighting the reckless sabre-rattling they were accusing Japan of exaggerating. “The report said: “The Japanese reactionaries sharpening ... ( read original story ...)
Strong yen emerges as threat for 2018 Japanese corporate earnings
TOKYO -- A rising yen threatens to depress annual profit growth at export-driven Japanese companies that close their books ... data compiled by The Nikkei shows. Sales are forecast to grow 5% to 51.19 trillion yen, down from the 11% rise last year. ( read original story ...)