Follow @tmfbowman Flipkart is planning an initial public offering (IPO) for the fourth quarter this year ... selling off stakes in struggling markets like the U.K., Japan, Brazil, and Argentina, to ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Tokyo governor says will ask gov’t for emergency measures to stem COVID-19 rise
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Thursday she would ask the central government to impose emergency measures in the capital region to stem a surge of COVID-19 infections. Koike made the comments ... ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks rise, but Nikkei softer as Japan’s COVID-19 cases climb
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday though Tokyo’s benchmark declined as reports of rising coronavirus cases raised alarm over another setback in the recovery from the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.07%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
Activist investors get their moment in Japan with $21 billion Toshiba bid
Activist investors have increasingly been flexing their muscle in Japan in recent years ... Kioxia is focused on going public as soon as this summer in an IPO that could value the business at more ... ( read original story ...)
Inside Tokyo’s Groundbreaking Danchi Housing Complexes
The promise of suburban comforts and privacy lured many salarymen and families out of Tokyo and other urban centers. Today, some of the complexes are being renovated and reimagined as homes for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Feb. current account surplus logs 1st fall in 7 months
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's current account surplus for February ... while registering the 80th straight month of black ink, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report. The country's goods ... ( read original story ...)
Activists Get Their Moment in Japan With $21 Billion Toshiba Bid
The surprise takeover bid for Toshiba Corp. is a palpable demonstration of the growing influence in corporate Japan of activist investors, who have gone from largely impotent onlookers to kingmakers ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs current account surplus of 2.92 tril. yen in Feb.
Japan posted a current account surplus of 2.92 trillion yen ($27 billion) in February, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. Among key components, the country had a goods trade surplus of 524.2 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Y2.916 Trillion Current Account Surplus In February
Japan posted a current account surplus of 2.916 trillion yen in February, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday - down 4.7 percent ... ( read original story ...)
There’s massive, growing allocation to bitcoin and crypto, CoinShares CSO says
CNBC's Melissa Lee breaks down crypto inflows, which hit records on the first quarter, with Meltem Demirors of CoinShares. ( read original story ...)
Sweden pushes ahead with a digital currency roll-out—just don’t call it a ‘crypto asset’
Sweden has strengthened its position in the race for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) after concluding the first phase of testing for its proposed currency, e-krona. In one of the most advanced ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs CEO Sees ‘Big Evolution’ in Bitcoin and Crypto Regulations
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon foresees a "big evolution" in how the U.S. government regulates Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. He said the New York investment bank's clients want to participate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s regulators to check high-risk trades after Archegos -Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese regulators will heighten scrutiny on high-risk trades by domestic financial institutions in the wake of the Archegos fallout, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan regulators heightening scrutiny over high-risk trades after Archegos
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese regulators will heighten scrutiny on high-risk trades by domestic financial institutions in the wake of the Archegos fallout, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Aso says G20 clarified, not changed, its stance on FX
TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said there was no change to the Group of 20 (G20) finance leaders' stance on currency rates, despite some modifications to the ... ( read original story ...)