TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei rose on Tuesday as gains in European markets improved sentiment, while activity in the gaming sector shot up on hopes for a new gaming title. Square Enix Holdings jumped 7 per ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s financial watchdog orders Nomura to improve business after leak
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s financial watchdog on Tuesday ordered Nomura Holdings to improve its business practices after the brokerage admitted that an employee leaked market information. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan attack: Child among three dead in Kawasaki stabbing
He began stabbing the children and then boarded the bus and stabbed children inside as well, according to the BBC's Japan correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. News outlet Kyodo said the man was heard ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : Measures of Underlying Inflation
Measures of underlying inflation (the so-called core inflation measures) -- obtained by removing transitory disturbances from the actual movements observed in the consumer prices -- are frequently ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : Developments in Real Exports and Real Imports
In order to assess the developments in exports and imports consistently with real GDP, it is useful to look at those developments on a real-value basis, after excluding the effects of price ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s property market gets new lease on life
More than six years after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office with a vow to defeat deflation, consumer prices are still barely rising, well short of the Bank of Japan's 2% inflation target. ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Hails Japan Ties in Visit Papering Over Cracks With Ally
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump rallied U.S. and Japanese troops to wrap up a four-day state visit that focused more on pageantry than resolving deep differences on trade between the ... ( read original story ...)
5 top moments from Trump’s visit to Japan
"There's been a tremendous imbalance and we're working on that," Trump said of trade between the two nations, adding that the US needed to "do a little catching up with Japan." "They have been doing ... ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido Japan Road Trip: Rental car advice and planning tips you want to know
Occupying more than 20% of Japan’s land, it’s no understatement to say that Hokkaido is a vast area. To go sightseeing in Hokkaido, train, bus, car (rental) or airplane is necessary. The most ... ( read original story ...)
Sandman: The Vietnamese snowboarder training on dunes
Binh made his international debut at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan in 2017, joining Vietnam's first-ever team to compete in the tournament long-dominated by Japan, South Korea and China. It ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stabbing attack injures 16, including children
(Kyodo News via Associated Press) Sixteen people ... Two knives, along with some victims, were found in a nearby park, according to NHK. Violent crime is rare in Japan but there have periodically been ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: North Korea worries linger as Trump leaves Japan
Japanese media has reported that Abe is considering a visit to Iran next month. The Kyodo News agency, citing unidentified government sources, said on Friday that Abe’s visit would be likely in ... ( read original story ...)
Trump tells Japan PM he’s not ‘personally bothered’ by North Korean missile tests
breaking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is hosting the president on four-day state visit full of pageantry Standing beside Trump at a news conference after hours of talks ... ( read original story ...)
Trump expects Japan’s military to reinforce United States in Asia and beyond
Trump is winding up a four-day state visit meant to underscore the U.S.-Japan alliance, but shadowed by friction over Tokyo’s big trade surplus with America. On Monday he told a news conference that ... ( read original story ...)
Colby Cosh: Yes, Japan, fine, but what about the Hungarians?
The Japanese foreign minister is not in charge ... the map (although Köln somehow defiantly remains Cologne). English news organs were quick to throw out the name that the city of Kiev wore ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares up in muted trading after Trump visit to Japan
TOKYO -- Asian stocks mostly rose in muted trading Tuesday in the absence of major market-driving news on trade negotiations during the visit of President Donald Trump to Japan. Japan's benchmark ... ( read original story ...)