Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has recovered marginally after plunging on pandemic woes to its worst level since the global financial crisis, a key survey showed Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Japan business sentiment improves for 1st time since 2017: Tankan
Business sentiment among Japan's large manufacturers has recorded the first improvement since 2017, the Bank of Japan's latest Tankan quarterly survey showed on Thursday, helped by government and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factories suffer record 17th month of declining activity
The coronavirus crisis has taken a huge toll on the manufacturing sector in the world's third-largest economy, with output and exports struggling amid fragile global demand conditions. ( read original story ...)
Japan corporate pessimism eases from 11-year low – BOJ tankan
September compared with the previous quarter when the coronavirus pandemic had pushed down business sentiment to an 11-year low, the central bank's "tankan" survey showed. ( read original story ...)
Survey: Less pessimism by Japanese manufacturers
Japan's large manufacturers were less pessimistic in the three months to September as economic activities gradually resumed amid the coronavirus pandemic, a central bank survey showed Thursday. ( read original story ...)
AirAsia to Shut Down Its Japanese Operations, Nikkei Reports
AirAsia Group Bhd. is closing down its operations in Japan as it grapples with coronavirus-related restrictions on global travel, Nikkei reported, citing an unidentified person close to the low-cost ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Manufacturing PMI Rises To 47.7 In September – Jibun Bank
The manufacturing sector in Japan continued to contract in September, albeit at a slower pace, the latest survey from Jibun Bank ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Seven Bank, DBS in money remittance deal
DBS Bank signed an agreement yesterday to provide its money remittance platform to Japan's Seven Bank, in the second such arrangement for the Singapore lender.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Glitch halts all trade on Tokyo stock exchange
A technical problem forced a halt to all trading on Tokyo's stock exchanges on Thursday, with no information on when activity would resume, the bourse's operator said. "Trading in all shares on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Ruling Party Heavyweight Says to Consider ‘Large-Scale, Bold’ Spending Package – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will consider compiling a "large-scale, bold" additional fiscal stimulus package to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, ruling party heavyweight Toshihiro ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga Seen Holding off on Calling Snap Election This Year: Yomiuri
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to hold off on calling a snap election this year as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the economy, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on ... ( read original story ...)
Hennessy Japan Small Cap Fund’s Top 3rd-Quarter Trades
Hennessy Japan looks for companies with good management quality, earnings quality and balance sheet strength. Along with Hennessy Japan Fund ( Trades, Portfolio) Manager Masakasu Takeda, Fujimura said ... ( read original story ...)
Moving Gundam statue in Yokohama to debut in December after coronavirus delay
TOKYO -- A life-size moving Gundam statue at the Gundam Factory Yokohama complex in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, will make its public debut on Dec. 19, a ... ( read original story ...)
Video of giant Gundam robot moving in Yokohama draws millions on Twitter
Videos showing an 18-meter robot in Yokohama have entranced the Twitterverse, pulling in more than 6 million views in the past week. The robot is the centerpiece of the Gundam Factory Yokohama, a ... ( read original story ...)
Sumitomo Osaka Cement starts project using satellite-positioning system with limestone mining
Disclaimer | Commerce Policy | Made In NYC | Stock quotes by finanzen.net Japan: Sumitomo Osaka Cement has started using Michibiki, a Japanese satellite positioning system, as part of a ... ( read original story ...)
Elite Tokyo school expels masked impostor who posed as his brother
A boy impersonated his brother to attend one of Japan’s most celebrated private schools for several months without staff noticing.Kaisei Academy in Tokyo, an all-boys school, said it had expelled one ... ( read original story ...)