“We took part in a forum targeting insurance companies a few months ago and all the Japanese lifers represented at that forum were looking at it. I think this is likely to upend the bank insurance mar... ( read original story ...)
Ripple’s New MoneyTap App Could Dominate Japanese Bank Transfers
The project is now supported by the Japan Bank Consortium (JBC), a collection of 61 Japanese banks members brought together by SBI Holdings and SBI Ripple Asia. While an exact launch date remains uncl... ( read original story ...)
Trade tensions hang over upcoming Bank of Japan meeting
TOKYO -- The impact of global trade frictions on the domestic economy will be a focal point of discussion when the Bank of Japan's policy board meets next week. The two-day session will likely end ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SBI Set to Launch Ripple-Based Mobile App MoneyTap
Three entities from the Japan bank consortium: SBI Net Sumishin Bank, Suruga Bank and Resona Bank will be the first to go live on the portable application in pre-winter of 2018. This will be ... ( read original story ...)
European Central Bank to take next step in tapering stimulus
the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan. They loosened monetary policy — lowering interest rates and pumping new money into the economy — to support the economy after the global financial crisis tha... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho is seeking an edge in deal-making
Tokyo-based Mizuho is ranked fifth among managers of equity offerings in Japan this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The bank is the nation’s top bond underwriter. ( read original story ...)
Forget Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY)! There’s a New King in Canadian Banking
For the time being, Royal Bank is keeping the throne warm. Stay hungry. Stay Foolish. Japanese Billionaire's Prediction Will Give You Goosebumps Renowned Japanese Billionaire is sounding the alarm on ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia overtakes Malaysia as key exporter of plywood to Japan
KUCHING: Indonesia has overtaken Malaysia in selling more plywood to Japan, the key export market for both countries. June 2018 marked the first month in recent years when the volume of plywood import... ( read original story ...)
Popular Toronto restaurant invited to set up food stall at ramen museum in Japan
Ryus Noodle Bar, a Japanese ramen eatery that specializes in noodle soups, has been chosen to set up a food stall in the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Yokohama. The museum, which calls itself a food-t... ( read original story ...)
Truman in Tokyo team sprint vow
Track cycling starlet Joseph Truman has stated his desire to become one of Britain’s best sprinters ahead of Tokyo 2020. At just 21, the Portsmouth-born rider has already had a taste for success, clin... ( read original story ...)
Japan prevented from resuming commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean after failed IWC bid
"We should put a hold on that until Japan says 'no, OK we agree, we won't go to the Southern Ocean this summer and slaughter Australian and southern water whales'." On the eve of her 10th anniversary ... ( read original story ...)
Japan fails to lift whaling ban
The Japanese government pushed for the global moratorium on whaling to be lifted and for commercial whaling quotas to be established by 2020. At the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in F... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s August exports seen rising modestly, core CPI ticking up: Reuters Poll
The finance ministry will release the trade data at 8:50 a.m. Tokyo time on Sept. 19 (2350 GMT, Sept. 18). Japan's core consumer inflation rate likely ticked up in August on energy costs and ... ( read original story ...)
Karaoke business brings Japanese tradition to Collingswood
COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. — Ronnie Schmeltzer co-owns a karaoke party business, but you’d never catch her with a mic. At least not in the traditional karaoke bar setting. “I am a terrible singer ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan representative in Japan’s Osaka commits suicide
Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said the 61-year-old had only taken up the ... Taiwan media said Su had faced harsh criticism over his handling of Taiwan nationals stranded in Japan in the wake ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei rises to seven-month high
Headline indices of the Japan share market advanced to seven month high higher on Friday, 14 September 2018, as investors took the opportunity to buy cheapened stocks amid an improvement in global sen... ( read original story ...)