Category: FINANCE

Japanese stocks led gains among major Asia-Pacific markets on Tuesday, with the Nikkei 225 jumping more than 3% on the day. ( read original story ...)

At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average surged 873.20 points, or 3.12%, to 28,884.13. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange spurted 60.08 points, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 3.12%. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government on June 22 disclosed a document file that a Finance Ministry bureaucrat compiled detailing the background to the tamp ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has disclosed a file left by a regional Finance Ministry bureau official who committed suicide. The disclosure was in response to his widow's request. ( read original story ...)

The documents appear to show a local finance bureau's resistance to instructions from the Finance Ministry to alter public records on the sale of a state-owned land plot. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s government has pledged to offer $10bn in financial aid for decarbonisation projects in Asia to support the continent’s energy transition. Reuters reported that the aid will be provided to ... ( read original story ...)

The government has started minting a newly designed ¥500 coin for circulation beginning in November. It is the third generation of the country’s ¥500 coin that was first issued in 1982. It was last ... ( read original story ...)

Not much moves cryptocurrency markets like Elon Musk tweets -- except, perhaps, the idea of another crackdown in China, the world’s second-largest economy. From a trading ban on domestic exchanges to ... ( read original story ...)

China's central bank said on Monday it had urged some banks and payment firms to crack down harder on cryptocurrency trading, in the latest move by Chinese authorities to stem the use of digital coins ... ( read original story ...)

The offering will consist of up to c. 9.8 million new shares from a capital increase and of up to c. 3.3 million existing shares from the holdings of certain existing shareholders; an additional c. 2. ( read original story ...)

Shares in Asia-Pacific rose in Tuesday trade, with shares in Japan leading gains among the region’s major markets. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 jumped about 3% in afternoon trade, largely recovering from ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese shares jumped on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street overnight, boosted by shipping stocks after Mitsui OSK Lines more than tripled its half-yearly net profit forecast. The Nikkei share average ... ( read original story ...)

US stocks finished higher on Monday as investors focused on strengthening the USA economy and strong corporate earnings. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has disclosed "Akagi file" documents on a high-profile document tampering scandal involving the Ministry of Finance, which were compiled by an official who has killed himself. ( read original story ...)

China has stepped up its efforts to rein in the country's cryptocurrency industry from mining bans to warnings to financial institutions. ( read original story ...)