Six years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, funding for survivors' mental care is on a continuing downward trend. In disaster-hit coastal areas, work has proceeded to set up residential districts on high ground, and this spring most of the areas ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Official: DAO-Style Problems Could Dampen DLT
An official from Japan’s central bank invoked failed ethereum project The DAO in a speech yesterday, suggesting that reoccurrences of such events could impede blockchain adoption. Speaking at a fintech forum hosted by the bank, Shigehiro Kuwabara ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ's Sato calls for raising yield targets flexibly
TOKUSHIMA, Japan Dissenting Bank of Japan board member Takehiro Sato said the central bank should be open to the idea of raising its bond yield targets before inflation hits its 2 percent goal, if improvements in the economy drive up long-term interest rates. ( read original story ...)
Mizuho Bank to open first local branch
Mizuho Bank, one of Japan’s largest financial institutions, will join Cambodia’s crowded banking sector by opening its first branch in the Kingdom next month, a bank executive said yesterday. The Japanese lender, which established a representative ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan publishes bond buying plans to keep yields at 0%
The Bank of Japan published detailed schedules of planned asset purchases for the first time on Tuesday as it seeks to prove its commitment to a zero per cent cap on 10-year government bond yields. Japan’s central bank said it will buy a minimum of ¥1 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan applies AI to market surveillance operations
Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Japan Exchange Regulation (JPX-R) revealed that they have been reviewing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies developed by NEC Corporation and Hitachi to improve market intelligence operations. At present, surveillance ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher after Trump speech
Tokyo shares rose Wednesday as investors breathed a sigh of relief that US President Donald Trump's speech to Congress did not deliver any unwelcome surprises, but it offered little new on his economic growth plans. Dealers were keen to see if Trump would ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will tell United States to respect WTO rules – PM Abe adviser
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will tell the United States in their economic talks that any border tax the U.S. government imposes on imports should not break World Trade Organization rules, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. Yasutoshi ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Japan Real Estate Investment to buy properties in Tokyo
Feb 28 Japan Real Estate Investment Corp : * Says it plans to buy a Tokyo-based property for 6.21 billion yen * Says co plans to acquire additional 5 percent stake in trust beneficial rights of a property located in Tokyo for 10.45 billion yen, raising ... ( read original story ...)
Musubi maker buys Fujifilm's Hawaii office property
A Japanese wholesale food company that makes the Spam musubi ... The purchase price was not immediately known. The property has a total assessed value of about $11.8 million, public records show. Fujifilm closed its Hawaii office at the end of 2016 and ... ( read original story ...)
Who will win the world's biggest IPO?
"Our model shows that because of market liquidity needs and keeping (President Donald) Trump happy, they are going to list the biggest IPO in the U.S.," Kant said in an email to CNBC. Tokyo, Kant added, would likely be deemed too risky for the Saudis ... ( read original story ...)
Japan actor in Scorsese's 'Silence' drawn to recurring theme
His more recent works still depict violence, though the Japanese director says the nature of the violence has changed -- from whimsical "cyberpunk" horror to horrifying reality. That's why he identified so closely with Martin Scorsese's grueling epic ... ( read original story ...)
Hubs eyed for large cruise ships
Japan's tourism ministry will develop six domestic ports, including Yokohama, as "international cruise hubs" in a bid to respond to the rapid increase in foreign tourists arriving by cruise ship. The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Ghoul Season 3 Update: The Long Wait Maybe Finally Over
There's going to be another season of Tokyo Ghoul coming shortly. Later in the year, those would be the bigger releases on the anime side." But according to Anime News Network, Viz Media claims that Hamric misspoke or misquoted about the favorite dark ... ( read original story ...)
Japan emperor to meet abandoned Vietnam families of soldiers
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) " Japan's emperor and empress, on a landmark visit to Vietnam, are expected to express their sympathies when they meet with Vietnamese women abandoned by their Japanese soldier husbands after World War II. Hatsuhisa Takashima ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of stricken Fukushima
Despite concerns the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed there is no threat of a tsunami. Japan hit with massive earthquake just days after quake hits same area RADIATION ALERT: Tests at Fukushima plant reveal 'unimaginable' levels There are no reports ... ( read original story ...)