TOKYO -- Japan's MUFG Bank will set up a 100 billion yen ($924.4 million) fund -- the largest-ever such fund by a Japanese bank -- to invest in infrastructure projects overseas by the end of 2019. ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ’s Kuroda warns financial innovation could magnify market failures
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday warned of the potential dangers of heavy money printing, saying that financial bubbles, when accompanied by excessive lending by ... ( read original story ...)
AirAsia looks to snap losing streak with IPO of Philippine unit
A successful IPO is especially important for CEO Fernandes ... billion pesos on the back of new regional routes, including to Japan. Meanwhile, its domestic market share grew to 16.8% in 2018 ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese health minister calls high heels ‘necessary’ amid calls for a ban
Japan‘s health minister said in response to a petition seeking a ban on requiring women to wear high heels at work that such dress code expectations are “necessary and appropriate” in the ... ( read original story ...)
EACC to revisit Tokyo embassy scandal
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is considering reviving the Tokyo embassy property scandal that forced Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula from Cabinet in October 2010. The Tokoyo case is one ... ( read original story ...)
JICA sells remaining shares in S’ville port
For in depth analysis of Cambodian Business, visit Capital Cambodia JICA, who acquired PAS shares during the port’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2017, last year sold 2.5 percent of its stake in ... ( read original story ...)
Air Premia Aims To Change Korean Aviation. Its First Office? A Seoul WeWork.
Jeju Air, the oldest and biggest of the new entrants, was first to IPO in a successful debut that briefly saw ... Some passengers even make day trips for ramen in Fukuoka or shopping in Osaka. There ... ( read original story ...)
The Insurgent Who Loved Me
Uber IPO and Heat Shields Reputation is a weapon ... Since my sons are 8 and 11, that means there were two viewers in Osaka or the San Ysidro Valley (two “blue zones”) aged 122 and 127. ... ( read original story ...)
Markets fall in China, Hong Kong as nationwide audit jolts drug firms while farm stocks are pounded by pests and swine fever
Those signals may come out of the G20 economic summit in Osaka, attended by the presidents Donald Trump ... Hong Kong was the world’s top IPO market in six of the past 10 years. WH Group, the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Is Having Its Own Heated Debate Over Modern Monetary Theory
The tax hike is necessary to secure Japan’s welfare system and another postponement risks a credit ratings downgrade, Finance Minister Taro Aso said Monday, dismissing the views of an MMT advoca ... ( read original story ...)
Mt. Gox head Karpeles plans new Japan bitcoin tech business
TOKYO - Mark Karpeles, arrested in Japan after his bitcoin exchange collapsed from massive hacking, is starting a new business around the same computer technology that led to his legal troubles. ... ( read original story ...)
Warburg-Backed ESR, Holders Seek Up to $1.24 Billion in Hong Kong IPO
after pledging to invest more than $1 billion in a logistics park in the southern part of Yokohama in Japan. APG Asset Management ... are also among the seven holders selling shares in the IPO. The ... ( read original story ...)
Trade war, weak growth to test G20 finance leaders’ economic optimism
TOKYO (Reuters) - Raging global trade tensions are likely to force some finance leaders from Group of 20 nations meeting in Japan this weekend to issue stark warnings about risks to the world economy, ... ( read original story ...)
Mnuchin to Meet China Central Bank Chief in Japan, Treasury Says
(Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will meet with the People’s Bank of China chief during the Group of 20 gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in Japan over the weekend, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Rakuten and NEC to build own 5G network
Japan's newest wireless carrier, will partner with information technology group NEC to install roughly 16,000 low-cost 5G base stations across the country over five years, Nikkei has learned. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Is Still a Haven, But It’s Tougher to Make a Buck on the Yen
Investors, including those in Japan who have accumulated overseas assets, are confident about parking money in Japanese bank deposits or government bills when they want to ride out a storm. That, in ... ( read original story ...)