The Tokyo-based energy giant said that it plans to offer a majority of shares in the wholly owned subsidiary, JX Advanced Metals, in the offering that would raise as much as 438.6 billion yen, ...
JX Metals raises $3 billion in Japan’s biggest IPO since SoftBank
JX Advanced Metals priced its initial public offering at the upper end of its marketed range, raising ¥439 billion ($3 billion) and making it Japan’s biggest IPO since SoftBank went public in 2018.
JX Advanced Metals raises $2.97 billion after setting IPO at upper end of marketed range
JX Advanced Metals, a wholly owned unit of Japan's Eneos Holdings, has raised 438.6 billion yen ($2.97 billion) through an initial public offering after its shares were priced at the upper end of ...
Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed as week starts with uncertainty over tariffs
Asian stocks got a mixed start to trading Monday as uncertainty persisted over what President Donald Trump will do with tariffs. U.S. futures were lower and oil prices also fell. In the latest sign of ...
Japan close to reaching BOJ’s price goal, PM Ishiba says
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the central bank was close to achieving its 2% inflation target.
Lack of women’s toilets at Osaka Expo building site: Our 5 most-read stories from last week
We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between March 1 and 9. The first story was ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s tightening job market pushes more firms under, survey shows
Japan may see corporate bankruptcy cases hit an 11-year high in the fiscal year to March as some firms go under due to a lack of workers, a think tank survey showed, a sign of the strain intensifying ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs its first current account deficit in two years in January
The nation logged a deficit of ¥257.6 billion in the current account compared with a surplus of ¥334.3 billion a year before. ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific markets mixed as Japan’s bond yield hits fresh high, China inflation dips
Investors remained on edge as US tariff policies under President Donald Trump continued to inject uncertainty into financial markets.
Japan’s 10-year bond yield hits 16-year high amid weak auction, rate-hike bets
TOKYO] Japanese government bond yields climbed to multi-year highs on Monday (Mar 10), with the 10-year bond yield hitting a more than 16-year peak, after weak results at an auction for five-year ...
Japan logs 1st current account deficit in 2 years in January
Japan posted a current account deficit of 257.6 billion yen ($1.7 billion) in January, marking the first red ink in two years, as imp ...
14 years on, prefectural governments work to pass on lessons to new hires
Many prefectural officials who were involved in frontline operations in the immediate aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami are retiring. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation
Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the Japanese capital. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo marks 80th anniversary of massive US air raid
People in Tokyo have remembered the victims of the 1945 US air raid on the Japanese capital in a memorial service held exactly 80 years after the incident. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nissan tests driverless vehicles in city streets filled with cars and people
The driverless technology from Nissan Motor Corp. highlights Japan’s eagerness to catch up with players like Google’s Waymo that have taken the lead in the US. ( read original story ...)
Japan posts current account deficit for first time in 2 years
Japan recorded a current account deficit in January for the first time in two years as a weak yen inflated the cost of imports, finance ministry data showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)