An incessant steepening in Japan’s yield curve is raising the stakes for the central bank’s monthly bond-buying plan due Tuesday.Faced with mounting losses on their portfolios, investors are looking ... ( read original story ...)
Japan May retail sales fall 12.3% year-on-year: government
Japanese retail sales shed 12.3% in May from a year earlier, compared with a median market forecast for an 11.6% decline, government data showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s May retail sales fall sharply as lockdown measures hit demand
TOKYO (Reuters) - Retail sales in Japan tumbled at a double-digit pace for the second straight month in May as the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures delivered a heavy blow to consumer ... ( read original story ...)
New launches in Tokyo aim to tap bullish consumer sentiment
Tokyo has witnessed a spate of new project launches this month, with developers and retailers seeking to capitalise on pent-up Japanese demand as the country's capital eases its way out of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan plans new electronic warfare unit facing East China Sea
TOKYO -- Japanese defense forces will establish next spring a new electronic warfare unit responsible for jamming signals ahead of an attack on the country, Nikkei has learned. A team of about 80 ... ( read original story ...)
Kura Sushi (KRUS): Restaurant IPO With Playbook For Success
Kura Sushi USA Inc (NASDAQ:KRUS) operates revolving sushi bar restaurants in the United States. The company’s restaurants offer Japanese cuisine and a revolving sushi service model. It operates 24 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Dai-ichi Life beats peers in race to online insurance sales
TOKYO -- Dai-ichi Life Holdings will become the first major Japanese life insurer to sell policies completely online, Nikkei has learned, in an alternative to a long-standing tradition of face-to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tunnel dispute delays world’s fastest railway
It is meant to be the fastest, most sophisticated railway ever built, whisking passengers from Tokyo to Osaka in just 67 minutes. But the world’s first magnetic levitation mainline has one big problem ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s Empty Bitcoin Threat; PayPal Prepping For Crypto Trading
Get Forbes' top crypto and blockchain stories delivered to your inbox every week for the latest news on bitcoin, other major cryptocurrencies and enterprise blockchain adoption. Bitcoin proponents ... ( read original story ...)
If Japan Didn’t Surrender, America Would Have Leveled It With Battleships
While the attacks definitely made an impression, they did not offer the Navy a long-term strategic role for its battlefleet. ( read original story ...)
Super Nintendo World’s Opening In Japan Was ‘Delayed Indefinitely’
The Universal Studios Japan expansion was scheduled to open in June ahead of the 2020 Toyko Olympics, but the opening is officially on hold. ( read original story ...)
Spate of launches in Tokyo amid bullish sentiment on consumer spending
The Japanese capital witnessed a spate of new launches this month as developers and retailers seek to capitalise on the penchant for spending as the city eases its way out of the shutdown from the ... ( read original story ...)
Only 3% of Osaka residents have received 100,000 yen relief money
Almost two months after a payout of 100,000 yen ($926) was approved for coronavirus relief, only 3.4 percent of residents in Osaka have received the lump sum payouts, the highest delay seen across ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese tourism industry paying extra attention to virus safety to lure crowds back
From Hokkaido to Okinawa, hotels and other accomodation facilities are limiting contact and taking other pandemic-related measures to encourage visitors to stay. ( read original story ...)
Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
Maria Ortiz reacts while kneeling beside the body of her partner Jose Holguin, 50, originally from the Dominican Republic and who died of complications related to the coronavirus disease, during a vie ... ( read original story ...)
As Tokyo coronavirus cases spike, experts dismiss second wave fears — for now
Distinguishing first waves from second waves is no easy task, and discerning the progression of outbreaks might only be possible in retrospect. ( read original story ...)