Japan job site operator valued at $2.3bn in IPO

A Japanese operator of a jobs website was valued at 249 billion yen ($2.3 billion) in its trading debut on Thursday, a sign of how investors are betting that Japanese companies will break away from ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens up 1.31 pct

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened up 1.31 percent at 28,880.78 on Thursday, while the broader Topix gained 1.26 percent at 1,911.91. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)