JAPAN should push back against any US suggestion that it is suppressing the yen’s value for trade advantage, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, in a bid to pre-empt criticism of Japan’s currency policy. Koichi Hamada, Cabinet adviser and ... ( read original story ...)
Consortium mulled for Toshiba unit bid
Talks about forming a public-private consortium to buy a major stake in Toshiba Corp.’s flash memory business are underway, informed sources said on Saturday. The idea is to secure around ¥500 billion from dozens of Japanese companies through a new ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's megabanks to cut 2018 hiring class by 25%
TOKYO -- Just over 3,300 new college graduates are expected to start working at Japan's three megabanks next April, a roughly 25% decline from the current fiscal year, as financial institutions rethink their hiring priorities in a difficult business ... ( read original story ...)
Governor: Kubota move to Grapevine symbolizes growing Texas-Japan ties
In addition to highlighting Texas’ penchant for commandeering California corporations, Kubota’s relocation demonstrates the growing economic connections between Texas and Japan, Abbott said. “When you look at the business principles and ideas of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan should push back on any US attack on yen policy: Abe adviser
"Japan has not intervened in the currency market under Abenomics ... It stood around 110.60 yen in volatile market on Friday in Asia after news of U.S. missile strikes on Syria. [FRX/] Since Trump's election victory in November, the dollar has rallied ... ( read original story ...)
Japan needs anti-smoking law ahead of Tokyo Olympics: World Health Organization
Article Continued Below “The time is right for Japan to finally catch up now with the Olympics just around the corner,” Bettcher said at a news conference. He said it was a “golden opportunity for Japan to better protect its people from the deadly ... ( read original story ...)
Metro Vancouver businesses must prepare for big earthquake: expert
He noted that in 1995 a state-of-the-art port was destroyed in Kobe, Japan following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, even though Japan is one of the most earthquake-prepared countries in the world. “They lost their entire market share to Tokyo and other ... ( read original story ...)
Fintech spurs rebound in finance job hopping
TOKYO -- Job turnover in Japan's financial sector has rebounded as both domestic and foreign institutions search for talent to meet their increasingly international and technical needs. Tokyo-based JAC Recruitment, a leading recruiter for banks and other ... ( read original story ...)
Japan should push back on any U.S. attack on yen policy – Abe adviser
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan should push back against any U.S. suggestion that it is suppressing the yen's value for trade advantage, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, in a bid to preempt criticism of Japan's currency policy. Koichi Hamada ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to stake claim to 148 inhabited isles, register 273 others as state-owned property
The government on Friday set a basic plan governing its maintenance of 148 inhabited offshore islands, with an eye to China’s expansionary activities at sea. “As a maritime country, we must take long-term, systematic measures to protect, maintain and ... ( read original story ...)
EuroBiotech Report: Astellas-Ogeda, Verona IPO, Calypso IBD deal, BerGenBio IPO and Enterprise Therapeutics
We start this week with two deals between European biotechs and larger Japanese companies. Belgium’s Ogeda struck ... Verona Pharma filed for an $86 million Nasdaq IPO to fund mid-phase trials in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. ( read original story ...)
Kinki finance staff met with Osaka officials five times to hash out Moritomo’s school application
OSAKA – The Osaka Prefectural Government announced Thursday that staff from the Finance Ministry’s Kinki Local Finance Bureau met with its officials five times over 16 months to discuss scandal-plagued Moritomo Gakuen’s application to open a new ... ( read original story ...)
WHO: Japan needs anti-smoking law ahead of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO -- A senior World Health Organization official says Japan should ban smoking in all public places if it wants to successfully promote tourism and host the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Japan is often known as a smoker's paradise. The health ministry is ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei gains limited by U.S. Syria strike; posts 4th weekly drop
TOKYO, April 7 Japan's Nikkei share average edged up in choppy trade on Friday but gains were limited as the U.S. missile strike on Syria curbed investors' risk appetite. The Nikkei rose 0.4 percent to 18,664.63 after traversing positive and negative trade. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Marathon, One of Japan's Biggest Citizens' Marathons, Ready to Accept Entry Applications from April 7
OSAKA, Japan, April 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Osaka Marathon Organizing Committee will start at 10 a.m. (Japan time) on Friday, April 7, the process of accepting applications for runners in the 7th Osaka Marathon scheduled for Sunday, November 26, 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Hires “Tire Tailors”
Artisans transform Yokohama tires into a range of interesting products. Yokohama Tire is celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary by demonstrating how Yokohama performance can enhance even non-tire items such as a surfboard, saddle and racing shoes. ( read original story ...)