Shareholders of Nissan Motor Co. on Tuesday approved a renewed management on Tuesday that diminishes the influence from its bigges ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.49%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Precision Instruments and Railway & Bus sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.49%. The ...
Japan’s Nikkei posts longest losing streak of 2023 as tech slides
JAPAN’S Nikkei share average slumped to its longest losing streak of the year on Tuesday (Jun 27), with many of the nation’s biggest technology names tracking overnight declines in US peers. Read more ...
Factbox-Japan’s Toolkit to Combat Sharp Yen Declines
Japanese authorities are facing renewed pressure to combat the yen's fresh declines driven by market expectations that the Bank of Japan will keep interest rates ultra-low, even as other central banks ...
Sapporo to take action after many brown bear sightings at local park area
In response to a series of brown bear sightings at a local park area, this northern Japan city held a countermeasure meeting on June 26, an ... ( read original story ...)
Endometriosis may be caused by a bacterial infection
Japanese researchers have demonstrated the presence of a bacterium of the genus 'Fusobacterium' in women suffering from endometriosis. An antibiotic treatment tested on infected mice reduced lesions. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber is Supplier of OE Electric Truck/Bus Tires
The Yokohama Rubber Co. has began supplying its RY01C tires to the Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation for OE use. ( read original story ...)
Loewe ReCraft store in Osaka finds ways to let leather live on
Fashion brand Loewe has opened a store in Osaka that, for the first time, is specifically dedicated to the repair and preservation of its leather goods. The opening of Loewe ReCraft continues the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Street Market announces a fair wage charge to bills
The Tokyo Street Market recently launched a new charge to all guest cheques that are bound to start a conversation: a 3.5% Fair Wage Charge. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s finance minister warns again of steps to deal with yen’s decline
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday reiterated that "appropriate" steps would be taken to deal with the yen's sharp drop versus the U.S. dollar. "We've seen some rapid, one-sided ...
Einstein’s ‘Insanity’ Theory Collides With Japan’s $5 Trillion Mess
Japan exemplifies the economic version of Albert Einstein’s belief that trying the same thing over and over again expecting a better outcome was just nuts.
S. Korea, Japan to hold finance ministerial meeting this week in Tokyo
South Korea and Japan plan to hold a financial ministerial meeting this week to discuss bilateral economic ties, the finance ministry said Tuesday. Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho will meet with his Japanese counterpart,
Tokyo’s $7 bln buyout dials up global chip wars
A government-led buyout signals more uncertainty ahead for a chip industry grappling with oversupply and geopolitics. The state-backed Japan Investment Corp will take over JSR , which makes ... ( read original story ...)
Deloitte gets contract to help Osaka oversee IR work
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s role will include provision of support for the monitoring of financial, legal and technological IR-related activities of the special-purpose company set up by private ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei heads for fourth straight decline as tech tumbles
Japan's Nikkei share average headed for a fourth straight decline on Tuesday, as investors continued to take profits following the index's surge to a 33-year peak last week. Many of the nation's ...
Japan Finance Minister Calls Yen’s Moves ‘One-Sided and Rapid’
The current movement of the yen-dollar exchange rate is "one-sided and rapid," Japan's minister of finance Shunichi Suzuki ...