Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Co will issue 200 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in preferred shares to help fund its green transition at a time when high fuel prices are weighing on its profitability, the ... ( read original story ...)
Understanding ‘Ikigai’ and 3 Other Japanese Phrases to Live Your Life By
They embed themselves into the collective consciousness of the people, leading to a shared reality of what it means to live the good life. What about concepts or phrases from different cultures? We ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s JERA forecasts jump in FY23/24 profit as fuel prices weaken
Japan's biggest power generator, JERA, predicted on Friday a jump in net profit for the year just begun, driven by weaker fuel prices and a recent resumption in imports of liquefied natural gas from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei hits 8-month high after BOJ keeps stimulus
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to an eight-month high on Friday after the Bank of Japan left its ultra-easy monetary policy settings unchanged, adding to the boost from a series of strong ...
Japan’s Nikkei extends gains after BOJ keeps stimulus; banks crushed
Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Friday after the Bank of Japan left its ultra-easy monetary policy settings unchanged, adding to the boost from a series of strong domestic earnings and solid ...
Kazuo Ueda embarks on Bank of Japan policy review in first meeting as governor
Kazuo Ueda played it safe in his first board meeting as Bank of Japan governor, announcing a comprehensive policy review but holding off from changing the Japanese central bank’s ultra-loose monetary ...
Japan’s new central bank governor sticks to negative rates while announcing policy review
Economists polled by Reuters widely expected the central bank to maintain its negative interest rates at -0.1% and to make no changes to its yield curve control scheme. The Bank of Japan left its ...
China signs participation contract for Expo 2025 in Osaka
China has signed a participation contract for the World Expo 2025 in Osaka western Japan indicating that the preparations for Chin ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo plan likened to putting ‘skyscrapers’ in Central Park
Ishikawa is an emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo who did her doctorate at Harvard University, where she studied landscape architecture and Central Park’s history. She said Central Park was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new central bank governor sticks to negative interest rates in his first meeting
The Bank of Japan left its interest rates unchanged in newly appointed Governor Kazuo Ueda's first policy meeting. The decision was in line with economist expectations for no changes to the benchmark ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to give up to $1.8 billion in subsidies for storage battery, chip projects
Among the proposals that it will subsidize is a plan by Honda and battery maker GS Yuasa to invest about 430 billion yen to boost storage battery production. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan to review, but maintain, easing measures
The Bank of Japan announced a review of its longstanding monetary easing measures on Friday, but said it would maintain them for the time being in the first policy decision under new governor Kazuo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan pledges to have women in third of top boardroom roles by 2030
Prime minister Fumio Kishida says diversity in listed companies is key to ‘achieving new capitalism and an inclusive society’ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei climbs on strong domestic earnings; BOJ looms
Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Friday, powered by a series of strong domestic earnings reports, with a weaker yen and solid gains on Wall Street also lifting the overall mood.
Bank of Japan chief will probably ‘play it safe’ at his first policy meeting, economist says
Shigeto Nagai of Oxford Economics says he expects Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda to stress that the central bank will maintain its easy monetary policy for the near term.
And they’re off! Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines launches first carrier to Osaka in drive to expand regional routes, take on competitors
First Greater Bay Airlines flight to Osaka from Hong Kong took off on Friday morning, with return leg set for 6pm Flight carrying 130 passengers, 70 per cent of its capacity, with some touting airline ... ( read original story ...)