In the banking sector, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial is falling more than 3 percent and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial is losing almost 4 percent. In the oil space, Japan Petroleum is falling almost 5 percent a... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s new Toyosu fish market opens for business
Tokyo (CNN) — After two years of delays and uncertainty, Tokyo's new Toyosu fish market finally opened its doors on October 11 at the stroke of midnight. Toyosu replaces Tokyo's famous Tsukiji market, ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ’s Sakurai warns trade protectionism could hurt Japan’s growth
(Reuters) - Bank of Japan board member Makoto Sakurai warned on Thursday that the spread of protectionist trade measures was creating uncertainty in the global economy and could slow Japan’s economic ... ( read original story ...)
World Bank launches ‘human capital’ rankings based on health, education
Japan and Hong Kong. The rankings, based on health, education and survivability measures, assess the future productivity and earnings potential for citizens of 157 of the World Bank’s member ... ( read original story ...)
New Tokyo fish market starts traditionally with tuna auction
Tokyo's famous fish market reopened Thursday at a new location but retained its most famous tradition: the tuna auction. The customary clanging of bells opened the auction for raw and frozen tuna, whi... ( read original story ...)
Hotel JAL City Tokyo Toyosu to Open in 2019
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 10, 2018--Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd., announced today that it will open the Hotel JAL City Tokyo Toyosu in 2019. The comp... ( read original story ...)
Debutants perform poorly in grey market
Four listing candidates failed to impress investors as they closed below their IPO prices in grey market trading yesterday. Tokyo Chuo Auction (1939) once fell to HK$1.25 or 16.7 percent below its IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Overall Bank Lending +2.3% On Year In September
Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.3 percent on year in September, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday - coming in at 528.660 trillion yen. That exceeded expectations for an increase of 2.2 percent ... ( read original story ...)
Japan goes it alone in support of Myanmar and Cambodia
TOKYO -- Japan is digging in deeper in support of Myanmar and Cambodia even as the U.S. and Europe ramp up criticism of human rights violations, choosing to preserve its influence in the region by ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase: Japan’s Crackdown on Cryptocurrency ‘Good for Us’
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Coinbase isn’t concerned that Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has begun to view the crypto trading industry with a more cautious eye in the wake of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s antitrust watchdog ends inspection over Airbnb
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it would end its inspection of the Japanese operations of Airbnb Inc as the U.S. home-sharing platform provider has taken appropriate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business chiefs to scrap recruiting guidelines
Japanese companies focus heavily on recruitment ... and job fairs allow students to look at companies all at once. Nikkei staff writer Takayuki Inoue contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)
Coinbase calls Japan’s cryptocurrency crackdown ‘good for us’
Talks on obtaining a license are "going well" with the Japan's Financial Services Authority, Mike Lempres, chief policy officer at Coinbase, told the Nikkei Asian Review in a recent interview in ... ( read original story ...)
Aging Japan: Built for young families, minicars attract a huge following among elderly drivers
Kei-cars represent nearly a third of all Japanese passenger car sales ... This year, Daihatsu Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp (Tokyo:7203.T - News), released a TV spot featuring an elderly ca... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s supertraders — a brand unto themselves
... role they have played in Japan’s economic development and partially because they operate at or near the top of Japan’s business pyramid, largely due to their significant presence in the supply cha... ( read original story ...)
Japan fights to remain the king of wagyu beef
But Stephen Kelly, the shop's owner, knew that Kagoshima wagyu -- beef from the black cattle raised in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture -- had hardcore fans. "They sold out quickly," Kelly said. ( read original story ...)