Category: FINANCE

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (hereafter "Shionogi") today announces that 11 abstracts on FETCROJA® (cefiderocol) will be shared at IDWeek. The meeting will take place virtually from September 29 - October 3, ... ( read original story ...)

Finance ministers from Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies agreed on "some points" over global tax reform at their virtual meeting, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Wednesday. Aso ... ( read original story ...)

China’s digital yuan takes inspiration from cryptocurrency while tempering the features that make crypto unpopular with Beijing. ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has decided to launch the world's first plant-based vaccine in Japan, Nikkei has learned, potentially paving the way to stable COVID-19 vaccine supplies for a country that so ... ( read original story ...)

Investors were also focused on the outcome of the Japanese ruling party leadership election. Shortly after the closing bell, Fumio Kishida won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership vote, sett ... ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific stocks fell in Wednesday trade, with Japan's Nikkei 225 dropping more than 2%. Hong Kong-listed shares of China Evergrande Group surged almost 15% after the developer announced it will ... ( read original story ...)

The continuing uncertainty of China Evergrande, disappointing consumer confidence data in the U.S., and rising bond yields contributed to the gloom overshadowing Asian markets. Evergrande was due to ... ( read original story ...)

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday ordered crypto exchange Kraken to pay $1.25 million in fines. ( read original story ...)

In a party leadership election on Wednesday, Kishida comfortably defeated his main rival Taro Kono, Japan's outspoken vaccine minister who bills himself as reformist. He also topped Sanae Takaichi, a ... ( read original story ...)

Debt financing platform Northern Arc Capital, which filed for an initial public offering (IPO) this year, has received fresh debt ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's SBI Holdings said on Wednesday it would extend the period of its $1.1 billion tender offer bid for Shinsei Bank Ltd to Dec. 8, acquiescing to the bank's request for a 60-day extension. TOKYO, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's struggle to emerge from the pandemic-induced doldrums will leave next prime minister Fumio Kishida with little choice but to maintain massive fiscal and monetary support for a fragile economy. ( read original story ...)

Former foreign minister Fumio Kishida won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership race on Wednesday, a victory that virtually ensures he will become Japan’s next prime minister within days. ( read original story ...)

Kishida’s inbox is brimming with stimulus and a looming general election. Then, he gets to relax with China tensions and a demographic time bomb. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese prosecutors asked a Tokyo court on Wednesday to send former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly to prison for two years for his alleged part in helping Carlos Ghosn, the ... ( read original story ...)

Switzerland's financial markets supervisor said on Wednesday it had approved the country's first fund that invests primarily in crypto assets. ( read original story ...)