Month: July 2018

Asked how they planned to respond to the legal changes regarding accommodations in Japan, a Nikkei Asian Review social media survey of 198 internet users planning a trip found that 29% said they would use home-sharing services registered with authorities. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Cabinet Office is finalizing the report and could release it this month. A draft of the report seen by Nikkei stresses the impact that the digital revolution is having on Japan's labor force. Saying further economic growth rests on workers becoming ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Railway & Bus and Construction sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.21% to hit a new 1-month low. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - Japanese shares slipped to near three-month lows on Tuesday in choppy trade on growing worries the new tariffs the United States and China have threatened to impose on each other will kick in at the end of this week. The Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

Advantest Corp shed 1.7 per cent and Tokyo Electron dropped 1.5 per cent. TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei slid to 2-1/2-month lows on Monday, with the broader market dragged down by a slump in China's stock market and as investors rushed to unwind long positions. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 28 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei ended flat but near one-month lows on Thursday, taking its cue from weakness on Wall Street as a simmering trade row between the United States and China hurt investor risk appetite. The Nikkei eased 1.38 points ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average edged lower on Monday morning after a central bank survey showed manufacturers' confidence worsening amid trade tensions with Washington, although some firms found support on yen expectations. The Nikkei fell 0.2 per cent to ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei plunged 492.58 points ... an official of a bank-affiliated securities firm said. The latest Bank of Japan’s tankan quarterly survey, in which business sentiment fell slightly short of market expectations, had little impact on the market ... ( read original story ...)

where more than $2 of every $5 in the MSCI Canada Index is in financial stocks, is not normal or reassuring for a developed economy. 1 We should stop making like it is. In fact, it would be better for the TSX if the “T” stood for Tokyo, at least on ... ( read original ...