Oliva Rodrigo just took to Instagram to drop a new photo dump of her latest travels - this time to Tokyo. Serving 90s grunde realness, we're seriously envious. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s MUFG Bank, two others lead $290 million Sierra Space fundraising -Nikkei
MUFG Bank is among three Japanese firms leading a $290-million fundraising round for U.S. spaceship company Sierra Space, spearheading a commercial "spaceport" project in the southwestern region of ... ( read original story ...)
After US Approval, Japan OKs Leqembi, Its First Alzheimer’s Drug, Developed by Eisai and Biogen
Japan’s health ministry has approved Leqembi, a drug for Alzheimer’s decease that was jointly developed by Japanese and U.S. pharmaceutical companies ... ( read original story ...)
We’re ‘exceedingly bullish’ on Japan’s stock market in the long term, research firm says
Mio Kato, founder of LightStream Research, says, on the other hand, that "people are perhaps a little bit over-excited and expecting too much too soon" in the short term. ( read original story ...)
This Year’s Tokyo Game Show Was Rather Dull
I look forward to going to the Tokyo Game Show. It’s geared around the public and is meant to be about games, but the event is now becoming less relevant in a mostly digital age. ( read original story ...)
WTA Tokyo, Japan Women Singles 2023 Betting Odds and Match Previews for September 26, Women’s Singles
Today there are seven matches scheduled for the round of 32 and the round of 16 in the WTA Tokyo, Japan Women Singles 2023, highlighted by No. 10-ranked Caroline Garcia taking on No. 28 Anhelina ( read original story ...)
Tokyo industrial net absorption breaches 2020 levels
Net absorption reached over 1.4m sqm in the first half of the year. In a recent report, JLL said the strong demand from 3PLs and online retailers, coupled with major new supply, saw net absorption in Tokyo’s industrial property sector reach a robust 794, ( read original story ...)
Osaka office vacancy rate stable at 3.4% in Q2
No new projects were completed during the quarter. Net absorption in Osaka’s office property market totalled 600 sqm in 2Q23, according to a JLL report. A return to normal activities in the post-COVID ... ( read original story ...)
Binance seeks to launch stablecoins in Japan with MUFG unit
BINANCE is seeking to launch stablecoins denominated in the US dollar, euro and yen in Japan next year, as the embattled global crypto exchange pushes into the nation’s nascent market. Read more at ...
JPEX probe tests Hong Kong’s crypto-friendly stance
The teal-and-white advertisements of cryptocurrency group JPEX, or Japan Exchange, were inescapable in Hong Kong last year on building walls, taxis and trams. The company’s slogan “investment: more ...
Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk and Big Four Japanese Firms Act on $750 Million IPO
Davis Polk & Wardwell and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, together with Nishimura & Asahi and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, are advising on KKR-owned Japanese chipmaking equipment manufacturer Kokusai ...
Japan’s Stock Boom to Drive Equity Sales Through 2024, BofA Says
Japan’s world-beating stock rally should continue to fuel sales in both its primary and secondary equity markets through next year, according to BofA Securities Japan Co.
Japan’s Nikkei dragged lower by chip shares amid rising U.S. yields
Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday dragged by declines in heavyweight chip-related shares, but value stocks limited losses as investors scooped those up to get the right to dividend payouts.
All options on table to counter excess currency moves: Japan finance chief
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Tuesday all options are on the table in countering excessive movements in the currency ...
Japan’s Finance Minister says all options on table in dealing with FX volatility
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that authorities won't rule out any options in dealing with excessive currency volatility, underlining a warning that has kept traders on ...
UPDATE 1-Japan’s finmin says all options on table in dealing with FX volatility
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that authorities won't rule out any options in dealing with excessive currency volatility, underlining a warning that has kept traders on ...