Category: FINANCE

But during the five years from 2013, China’s spending in overseas development finance program stood at $85.4 billion a year on average while the U.S. spending was $37 billion and Japan’s $25 billion, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) will not invest in Chinese government bonds due to settlement and liquidity issues, even after they will be included in a major bond index next month, ... ( read original story ...)

The race to become Japan’s next prime minister is down to a two-way race between vaccine czar Taro Kono and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, after no candidate secured an outright majority in a ... ( read original story ...)

Concerns over US default, a sharp fall in US stocks overnight and worries over the slowing global economy may hit domestic stocks when the market opens for trading on Wednesday. Asian markets have ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund has decided not to include yuan-denominated Chinese government bonds in its portfolio, Nikkei has learned. The move came after British index provider FTSE ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese stock market is sharply lower on Wednesday, extending the slight losses in the previous two sessions, with the benchmark Nikkei index losing almost 800 points to be below the 29,400 level ... ( read original story ...)

Lost in the noise, one of the more positive stories for markets in recent months comes to its conclusion this afternoon as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan votes for a successor to replace ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will choose its new leader on Wednesday (Sept 29) in a poll that will have important ramifications for the country's future. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's key Nikkei index opened down two per cent today, extending global market jitters, as traders worried about a strengthening dollar, rising oil prices and fears of a US debt default. The ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 2.41% while the Topix index dropped 2.5%. South Korea's Kospi declined 1.85%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index declined 1.81% before paring some of tho ... ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific stocks fell in Wednesday morning trade, with Japan's Nikkei 225 dropping nearly 2%. The Nasdaq Composite plunged nearly 3% overnight on Wall Street as tech names fell amid rising bond ... ( read original story ...)

Kono losing “may be perceived as a disappointment by foreign investors, who tend to be strangely supportive of English-speaking candidates,” wrote Nicholas Smith, a strategist at CLSA Securities Japan ... ( read original story ...)

The stakes are high as Japanese governing party members vote Wednesday for four candidates seeking to replace Yoshihide Suga as prime minister. ( read original story ...)

A total of 25 people were hospitalised due to COVID-19 during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, instead of the initially reported five, organisers said on Tuesday evening. "The initial five we reported ... ( read original story ...)

Mark Hulbert, founder and president of the Hulbert Financial Digest, warns that 'stubborn bullishness' among investors vowing to buy the dip or 'hold on ... ( read original story ...)

Tesla chief Elon Musk on Tuesday said the government should steer clear of trying to regulate the crypto market. ( read original story ...)