Japan's financial regulator is exploring ways to bolster financing for leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and is in discussions with big banks and other institutions about how to bring more participants into the market, ( read original story ...)
REFILE-Japan’s Nikkei falls amid sell-off ahead of fixing of special quotation prices
Japan's Nikkei share average reversed course to fall on Wednesday, as investors turned cautious about a rally, while there were sell-offs ahead of the fixing of special quotation prices at the end of the week.
UPDATE 1-Goldman Sachs to start trading Japan power futures – sources
TOKYO, June 7 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group plans to establish a desk in Tokyo to start trading Japanese power derivatives, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. More ...
Second largest batch of drugs in Japan’s history seized in Tokyo port
The Japanese authorities have seized the second largest batch of synthetic drugs in the country''s history, weighing 700 kilograms (1,543 pounds), in the port of Tokyo, Japanese media reported on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks snap 4-day rally as gains locked in after 33-yr highs
Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower Wednesday to snap a four-day winning streak, as investors locked in technology and other share gains a day after both the Nikkei and Topix indexes notched 33-year ... ( read original story ...)
700kg of stimulant seized from cargo ship at Tokyo port
NHK has learned that Japanese customs officers seized around 700 kilograms of an illegal stimulant drug in March from the cargo of a ship that arrived at Tokyo port. ( read original story ...)
Japan central bank’s ETF holdings under scrutiny as govt seeks revenue
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Wednesday the government must look into whether it can buy the central bank's huge holdings of exchange-traded funds (ETF) at book value. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Diet enacts law to support domestic defense industry
Japan's Diet has enacted a law designed to support the domestic development and production of equipment that is supplied to the country's Self-Defense Forces. ( read original story ...)
Lawmaker obtains report showing Osaka immigration doctor tested positive for alcohol
An opposition party lawmaker on June 6 announced that he had obtained an internal document stating that 0.36 milligrams of alcohol per liter ... ( read original story ...)
France opposed to opening of Nato liaison office in Japan, official says
Nato statutes ‘clearly limit the scope to North Atlantic’, official says, with reports that president Macron personally objects to the idea ( read original story ...)
Japan high court denies retrial of man over 2002 murder of boy
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese high court on Wednesday refused to grant a retrial to a man who served 17 years in prison for abducting and killing a 22-month-old boy near Nagoya, central Japan, in 2002. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks fall in morning as gains locked in after 33-yr highs
Tokyo stocks lost ground after earlier advances Wednesday morning as investors locked in technology and other share gains a day after both the Nikkei and Topix indexes closed at 33-year highs. The 225 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan needs to balance growth, fiscal reform – policy document
Japan is committed to mobilise all policy options available while putting the economy before fiscal reform, according to a draft of the government's mid-year policy framework reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday, ( read original story ...)
Beyond sushi: Japan expands veggie options to tempt tourists
Even on a weekday, there's a queue at Tokyo's vegan Izakaya Masaka, including many tourists eager to try meat-free versions of Japanese classics like fried chicken and juicy dumplings.Tina Bui, a 36-year-old vegan from San Francisco, ( read original story ...)
TuSimple has started testing its self-driving truck tech in Japan
TuSimple, a publicly traded company developing self-driving trucks, is doing regular test runs on an expressway in Japan, marking its entrance into the island nation, the company said Tuesday. The ... ( read original story ...)
US crypto investors are left with few options
Back-to-back lawsuits against two of the world’s biggest crypto enterprises are sending a chill through the fragile ecosystem of digital assets in the United States.