Tokyo stocks open flat with investors wary of trade war (Photo: AFP). Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened flat on Monday with worries over a US-China trade war partly offset by optimism about the US economy. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged up just 0.20 points ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s FANG Trio Have No Teeth
Take a look at how little in operating profit Line has earned since its IPO in July 2016. Yet the company can ... Its Alipay system can already be used for clothes shopping in Osaka. The three can forget about expanding overseas when Alibaba and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s toothless FANG trio don’t deserve a nibble
Line hasn’t generated much operating profit since its IPO in July 2016. Yet the company can’t stop ... Its Alipay system is being used for clothes shopping in Osaka. The three can forget about expanding overseas when Alibaba and Tencent are so busy ... ( read original story ...)
Global Titanium Powder Industry Research, China Market Entry and Growth Opportunity 2018-2025
The main market players are ATI, Cristal, OSAKA Titanium, Fengxiang Titanium Material & Powder ... QY Research established in 2007, focus on custom research, management consulting, IPO consulting, industry chain research, data base and seminar services. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rebound on yen’s descent
Also on the minus side were Suruga Bank and cosmetics-maker Shiseido Co. In index futures trading on the Osaka Exchange, the key September ... Mercari's top-of-range IPO set to make founder Shintaro Yamada a new Japanese billionaire Mercari Inc. priced ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Japan and the world’s animal spirits start to soar
Mercari’s initial public offering (IPO) is set to raise up to $1.2bn after being priced ... In a Financial Times supplement on Japan’s heartland, Kansai – the region that is home to Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe cities – this week, Yutaka Teranishi ... ( read original story ...)
Awards Celebrate Dynamic Life Sciences Sector
This included grants (including H2020), equity investment and partnerships (with Bluebird Bio – Boston and the NIPRO Corporation – Osaka). Innovative Collaboration ... from world-leading investors in its IPO. NuCana’s previous Series B financing ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei drops as large caps, defensive stocks weigh; Sharp tumbles
TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average dropped on Monday morning in choppy trade as sellers targeted large caps including Fast Retailing and SoftBank as well as defensive stocks, while miners rallied after oil prices jumped on Friday. ( read original story ...)
5 B.C. families stranded in Japan get Canadian visas for adopted babies
“What was bizarre about it is that there is no indication to this day that there has ever been any Japanese concern with these adoptions,” he said. On Saturday, Mathieu Genest, a spokesman for Hussen’s office, told CTV News that neither the ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, there are classes and holidays to show men how to appreciate their wives
Japanese men are still expected to support their families, and both men and women may be reluctant to marry and have children if they know it will be financially difficult. And as Business Insider has previously reported, work in Japan can be so demanding ... ( read original story ...)
B.C. families stranded in Japan receive visas to return to Canada
Ryan Hoag is heading to Tokyo. After weeks in immigration limbo, the adoptive father-to-be finally got good news Friday night: The Canadian government had approved a visa for his new daughter, as well as the Japan-born adoptive children of four other B.C ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to finance MRT rehab
Japan plans to extend official development assistance (ODA) loans to the Philippines with an additional P20.6 billion to fund two infrastructure projects, including upgrading the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 railway in Manila, as it strongly supports the ... ( read original story ...)
Airbnb exodus spawns business boom in Japan
Rooms are mostly one-bedroom types. Inquiries regarding their business, focused on the greater Tokyo area, have risen by 50% in the past week. Operating as a home-sharer often requires additional investment, such as installing sprinklers and fire alarms. ( read original story ...)
Hawaiian to boost Sapporo-Honolulu flights
Hawaiian Airlines will increase its nonstop service between Sapporo and Honolulu to up to five weekly flights Feb. 1-16. The added frequency comes in response to high demand from Hokkaido travelers during the winter holiday. Under Hawaiian’s expanded ... ( read original story ...)
2020 Tokyo Games to be fully powered by renewable energy, organizers say
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee is aiming to fully power the games with renewable energy, under a plan to help foster a more sustainable society through the quadrennial events. All electricity used at all venues will be derived ... ( read original story ...)
‘Tricking’ bacteria into hydroxylating benzene
Nagoya, Japan - Breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds is notoriously ... are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system. ( read original story ...)