Japan's Nikkei share average has hit its lowest level in over five weeks as investors locked in recent gains ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump later in the week. The benchmark Nikkei fell 0.6 per cent to 18,990.48, falling below ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's lawmakers eye speedy consensus on emperor's abdication
It has argued that abdication via a special law could run afoul of the Japanese Constitution's Article 2, which states that the throne shall be "succeeded to in accordance with the Imperial House Law passed by the Diet." "I think discussions would ... ( read original story ...)
We launched Business Insider Japan last night — here's how we celebrated
Ten days ago, I traveled to Tokyo to help Business Insider launch its latest international edition in Japan. After many days of hard work and preparation by our Japanese team, Business Insider Japan went live officially on Monday at noon local time. ( read original story ...)
Japan remembers Kobe quake victims
Japan has commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the devastating earthquake that left 6,434 people dead in the city of Kobe and several locations in the centre of the country in 1995. Relatives of the deceased and survivors of the earthquake, considered one ... ( read original story ...)
Welcome, Business Insider Japan!
Business Insider launched a Japanese edition Monday. Readers in Japan will automatically be redirected to the Japanese site. BI Japan publishes in Japanese and is headquartered in Tokyo. It is published by Mediagene, a digital media company that has ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis: Osaka through to 2nd round of Australian Open
Osaka's tenacity surfaced in the next two sets as the hard-hitting Japanese teenager, born to a Haitian father and Japanese mother, managed to reach the second round for the second straight year. To have fuller access to the Kyodo News website, it is ... ( read original story ...)
Insanity defense at heart of Nagoya University student’s murder trial
NAGOYA – The lawyers for a 21-year-old woman on trial for strangling an elderly woman in 2014 and attempting to kill two high school students in 2012 said she should not be found guilty because she lacks the ability “to tell right from wrong.” “I h ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka cops: Elderly woman stole money from account of roommate found dead
whose body was found at their home in Osaka City almost a month after he died, police said on Friday. Tsuneko Akiyama, 72, was arrested for illegally withdrawing 20,000 yen from the account of her 88-year-old roommate in October, Nippon News Network ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ offers brighter view on regional Japan economies
TOKYO The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment for three of the country's nine regions in a quarterly report on Monday, saying that most areas were seeing a moderate economic recovery. The upgrade reflected a pick-up in private consumption and ... ( read original story ...)
Government to name underwriters for further Japan Post share sale
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley, Nomura Securities, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan were hired as global coordinators for Japan Post's IPO. The government sold about $12 billion worth of shares in Japan Post and its Japan Post Bank Co (7182.T) and Japan Post ... ( read original story ...)
CORRECTED-Japan govt to name underwriters for further Japan Post share sale -source
worth of shares in Japan Post and its Japan Post Bank Co and Japan Post Insurance Co units in a triple mega-IPO in November 2015. The parent company's stock was down 3.7 percent in afternoon trade after the Nikkei reported the government would sell a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks lower by break, Takata dives on US deal
At the lunch break, Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index was down 0.91 percent, or 175.38 points, at 19,111.90, while the broader Topix index of all first-section issues was down 0.84 percent, or 12.95 points, at 1,531.94. US officials said Friday that Takata ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end morning down on strong yen
Tokyo shares fell Monday morning as automakers and other exporters were hit by a stronger yen, while the pound tumbled on reports Britain may be headed for a clean break with the EU. The benchmark Nikkei index fell 0.91 percent, or 175.38 points, to 19,111 ... ( read original story ...)
Sterling slides to three-month lows on 'hard Brexit' fears
TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sterling wallowed at three-month lows in Asian trade on Monday after media reports that the British government is prepared to make a "hard" exit from the European Union rekindled investors' fears about the impact of the impending ... ( read original story ...)
USJ to offer two-for-one admission deal to students outside Kansai
OSAKA – The operator of Universal Studios Japan said Friday it will start a special campaign to attract young people from outside the Kansai region. Osaka-based USJ Co. said if groups of three to five students from outside Kansai buy special admission ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo office boom fades with more space, fewer workers
TOKYO, Jan 16 Commercial property prices in Tokyo, a bellwether for Japan's market, look to have peaked as the capital faces a glut of new offices even as the number of office workers is set to decline. The property market had rebounded in the past three ... ( read original story ...)