The first sign that one of Japan’s most luxurious holiday rentals is owned by an Australian – and most likely a Queenslander – is the life-sized Bundaberg Rum polar bear standing in the entrance. ( read original story ...)
Turkey and Syria earthquake updates: Assad makes first visit to disaster area as US grants aid licence pausing Syrian sanctions – live
Japan has already dispatched a team of about 70 search and rescue workers to Turkey. 09:40 Martin Chulov Pressure is mounting on the UN to provide urgent support to north-west Syria, which is yet to receive meaningful aid five days after the earthquake ... ( read original story ...)
U.N. Aid Chief Heads to Earthquake Zone as Death Toll Passes 21,000
Martin Griffiths will visit the cities of Aleppo and Damascus in Syria, and Gaziantep in Turkey. The number of victims continued to rise, making the quake one of the deadliest worldwide in decades. ( read original story ...)
Turkey Quake Japan Shared Tragedy
FILE - A man rides his motorcycle on a makeshift road amid rubble in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on March 20, 2011, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. The 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in northern ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Friday: Hypertension drugmaker Mineralys maps out $192M Nasdaq debut
The IPO follows Structure Therapeutics ... Catalys Pacific Fund owns the most of Mineralys, with about 32.9% controlled by the Japanese investment firm, according to an SEC filing.
Japan set to pick academic Ueda as next Bank of Japan chief -sources
Tokyo (Reuters) - Japan's government is likely to appoint academic Kazuo Ueda as the next Bank of Japan governor, two government officials told Reuters, a surprise choice that could see the country ...
Tokyo Blanketed In Snow
The Japanese capital is blanketed with snow on Friday as an icy low pressure system hits the country's central Honshu island. No more heavy snow is forecast for the weekend - Japan's weather agency ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen and bond bears delighted by government’s BOJ surprise picks
By Harry Robertson and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese markets reacted with shock on Friday to news that the government had picked academic Kazuo Ueda to be the next central bank governor, but investors quickly snapped up the yen and sold bonds on expectations he will end years of super-easy monetary policy. Whether, when ...
2 Powerful Quakes Link Turkey, Japan and Syria in Suffering
Powerful Quakes Link Turkey, Japan and Syria in Suffering TOKYO (AP) — Mountains of rubble and twisted metal. Death on an unimaginable scale. Grief. Rage. Relief at having survived. What's left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society? ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Kuroda’s shock therapy leaves Bank of Japan with mixed legacy
Haruhiko Kuroda leaves a mixed legacy after 10 years running the Bank of Japan (BOJ), achieving prices rises after decades of deflation and anaemic growth but without engineering durable expansion fuelled by domestic demand. ( read original story ...)
Yen climbs on news of likely next Bank of Japan governor
The yen climbed on Friday as investors responded to news of the likely appointment of academic Kazuo Ueda as the next Bank of Japan governor. The Japanese currency climbed 0.5 per cent to 130.9 to the dollar, as markets judged Ueda as likely to mark a ... ( read original story ...)
Death toll rises, rescues dwindle in earthquake aftermath
The death toll from the earthquake has eclipsed the more-than 18,400 who died in the 2011 earthquake off Fukushima, Japan, that triggered a tsunami and the estimated 18,000 people who died in a temblor near Istanbul in 1999. Some 12,000 buildings in Turkey ... ( read original story ...)
DoubleDragon taps Sapporo airport builder for Hotel101 project in Japan
DoubleDragon Corp., the listed property developer of tycoons Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong, tapped the contractor that built the Chitose International Airport near Saporro, Hokkaido for ... ( read original story ...)
Heavy Snow Warning Issued For Tokyo
Tokyo, Feb 10 (IANS) A heavy snow warning was issued for Tokyo on Friday by the weather agency here, with the inclement weather disrupting transportation services. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen and bond bears delighted by government’s BOJ picks
Japanese markets reacted with shock on Friday to news that the government had picked academic Kazuo Ueda to be the next central bank governor, but investors quickly snapped up the yen and sold bonds on expectations he will end years of super-easy monetary policy. ( read original story ...)
The mystery of the shapeshifting crypto-VC profit
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Cryptocurrencies news every morning. Keeping track of crypto is hard. This appears to be true for amateurs mislaying their Bitcoin wallet keys, Bahamas-based billionaires with $8bn ...