1 Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, Osaka ... Term Structure Movements and Pricing Interest Rate Contingent Claims. The Journal of Finance, 41, 1011-1029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1986.tb02528.x [3] van der Hoek, J. ( read original story ...)
Couple caught driving around with dead boy in trunk likely received child care allowances
The case is the latest in series that is drawing attention to child abuse by relatively young couples mired in financial trouble. The Osaka Prefectural Police arrested Rena Suzuki, 24, and her partner Yuta Oshima, 22, on Tuesday on suspicion of abandoning ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda to Invest More Than 100 Million Euros in Dengue Vaccine Manufacturing Plant in Germany
KONSTANZ, Germany & OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 29, 2016--Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502) (“Takeda”) today announced that it will invest more than 100 Million Euros to build a new manufacturing plant for its dengue vaccine ... ( read original story ...)
Peach signs for 10 A320neos, 3 A320s
The three CFM International CFM56-5B-powered A320s will be delivered within the 2018 financial year. Peach Aviation is a low-cost airline based at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. ( read original story ...)
Intraoperative Manipulation for Flexion Contracture During Total Knee Arthroplasty
The authors have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. The authors thank Biomet Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, for providing the cadavers for this study. Correspondence should be addressed to: Yoshio Matsui, MD, Osaka City General Hospital ... ( read original story ...)
Japan culling 230,000 more birds over avian flu
Japan has mobilised its military to help with a second mass cull of 230,000 chickens amid a spreading outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said. The highly virulent H5 strain was found in chickens at a farm in Joetsu city in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Exchange Group unveils blockchain consortium
See image below: Unsurprisingly, other blockchain consortia have news to share. Here are a few. The name may not be catchy but “The Japan Bank Consortium to Centrally Provide Domestic and Cross-border Payments” officially launched with 42 member banks. ( read original story ...)
BOJ policymaker pledges to maintain huge bond buying
OTSU, Japan Bank of Japan board member Makoto Sakurai said the central bank will continue to buy massive amounts of government bonds even under a new policy framework targeting interest rates, shrugging off the view that its bond-buying programme was ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain Works and Reduces Costs: Japanese Banking Industry Report
Japan’s Blockchain Study Group, consisting of four large financial and accounting firms, today published a report on how blockchain technology will affect their industry. Local bitcoin exchange bitFlyer assisted the group by building an interbank ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese MegaBanks Partner Bitcoin Exchange, Pilot 1,500 Tns/Sec Over a Blockchain
Three of the biggest banking corporations in Japan have partnered bitFlyer, Japan’s biggest bitcoin exchange to test the viability of domestic money transfers over blockchain technology. The banks discovered that money transfers over a blockchain were ... ( read original story ...)
Central bank's rate focus hides urge to taper
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan's interest rate-based monetary policy seems in part to be aimed at trimming bond purchases without angering easing hardliners or endangering progress toward inflation. Surging U.S. long-term interest rates in the wake of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese banks join bitFlyer to test domestic money transfers via blockchain
Three banking corporations in Japan have teamed up with bitFlyer, a Japanese Bitcoin exchange to test the viability of domestic money transfers over blockchain technology. In a report by regional publication Nikkei, the proof-of-concept experiment lasted ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea's Online Banking System Is Stuck In 1996
“[My bank’s] security apps slow my computer to a crawl so I have ... s Edge browser that has been cornered into its dying holdout markets, including Korea, Japan and Greenland. “Compared to the rest of the tech infrastructure, it’s really ironic ... ( read original story ...)
A new player in Silicon Valley dealmaking is snapping up tech bankers
They join Matt Upton, who has signed on as head of software investment banking, in making the move to the Japanese bank. Jansen and Upton will report to Rich Gallivan, head of tech, media, and telecom (TMT) banking, and focus on winning business on ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei scales 11-month peaks on OPEC deal, weaker yen
Higher oil prices power dollar above 114 yen, lifting shares * Oil exploration stocks outperform, with mining sector surging TOKYO Dec 1 A weaker yen helped power Japan's Nikkei share average to 11-month highs on Thursday, while many energy shares made ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei newspaper employee arrested over hacking of model’s email
An employee of Japanese news organization Nikkei Inc. was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of illegally accessing the email accounts of a popular Japanese model, a former idol group member and two others. Jun Terai, a 29-year-old staffer in the newspaper ... ( read original story ...)