TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rebounded to one-week highs on Monday morning as investors took heart from U.S. jobs growth, while Eisai extended its gains to its daily-limit hi... ( read original story ...)
88 dead, over 50 missing as torrential rains hit west Japan
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The death toll from torrential rains in western Japan reached 88 late Sunday, with over 50 others still missing after massive flooding and landslides destroyed homes and displaced ten... ( read original story ...)
A Peculiar Practice in Japanese Bond Sales Hurts Investors and Banks
This phenomenon is fueled by pressure among brokerages to win underwriting deals, at a time when the Bank of Japan’s negative-rate policy is making it harder to price corporate notes. Underwriters don ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Yen Steady As Kuroda Sticks Firmly To His Monetary Guns
The contrast between a Bank of Japan still stuck with vast monetary easing, and a US Federal Reserve still committed to higher interest rates for as long as the data will permit, is extremely stark an... ( read original story ...)
Japan races to find survivors of floods that killed nearly 100
MIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed widespread floods and landslides that killed nearly 100, wit... ( read original story ...)
Japan Overall Bank Lending Climbs 2.2%
TOKYO (Alliance News) - Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.2% on year in June, the Bank of ... TOKYO (Alliance News) - Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.2% on year in June, the Bank of Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tackles rescue, cleanup from massive damage from rain
Kyodo news service reported. Kochi prefecture, on Shikoku, issued landslide warnings almost over the entire island. The Japanese government set up an emergency office over the weekend, designed for cr... ( read original story ...)
5 Things You’ll Want To Do In Umeda, Osaka
The area of Umeda refers to the northern part of the Osaka business quarter, known as Kita, in contrast to the Minami area home to Namba and Shinsaibashi. It is a central hub for transportation, with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan floods, landslides leave more than 80 dead, dozens missing
At one point, evacuation orders were issued for up to 5.9 million people and over 30,000 were forced into shelters as of Sunday, Kyodo News Service reported. Throughout the hard-hit areas, rivers swel... ( read original story ...)
Global Economy Week Ahead: Japan and U.S. Inflation, Bank of Korea Meeting
In the week ahead, Japan and the U.S. will see readings on inflation, while the Bank of Korea makes an interest-rate decision after recent data reflected subdued price pressures in South Korea. WEDNES... ( read original story ...)
Osaka – Safe after earthquake? – Japan Forum
You'll be heading next week? Um, ... no issues. Osaka City's major stores are closed today as many staff won't make it, and it would lack sensibility to do business on such a day when operations are g... ( read original story ...)
Death toll climbs to 81 from torrential rain in Japan
“This is a situation of extreme danger,” an official at the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) told a news conference. A three-year-old girl whose home was hit by a landslide in Hiroshima prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
USD/JPY – Japanese yen ticks higher as inflation meets expectations
In Japan, the focus is on inflation data. The Services Producer Price Index edged up to 1.0%, matching the forecast. The Bank of Japan Core CPI, the bank’s preferred inflation index, dipped to 0.5%, s... ( read original story ...)
Japan: 3.2 million people flee unprecedented floods while M6.1 earthquake hits main Honshu Island
While Japan is devastated by unprecedented floods – dozens of dead and 3.2 million people evacuated – a M6.1 earthquake, now donwgraded to M5.9 by USGS, has hit off the eastern coast of the main islan... ( read original story ...)
Chiba in Tokyo witnesses 6.0 magnitude earthquake
... affected by torrential rains that caused devastating floods and landslides in parts of Japan, the country’s capital witnessed an strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake on Saturday evening. According to J... ( read original story ...)
Pension ‘whale’ blows past Japanese equity investment target
"That computes to lifting the Nikkei Stock Average by about 1,000 points," said Masahiro Nishikawa, chief fiscal policy analyst at Nomura Securities. Although Japanese equities have topped the 25% goa... ( read original story ...)