Paris organizers confident they can avoid Tokyo’s Olympic mess

The head of Paris’ bid for the 2024 Olympics has branded Tokyo’s original 2020 Games proposal “a fairy tale” and believes the French capital can avoid the kind of after-the-fact revisions bogging down Japan’s organizers. Paris is competing with ... ( read original story ...)

IOC urges Tokyo to set budget soon to cut costs further

IOC Vice President John Coates, in Tokyo for a meeting of Olympic planners and the working group meeting, told a news conference that there were ways that Tokyo, hosting the Summer Games for a second time, could pare costs even further. "The IOC just isn't ... ( read original story ...)

Ex-Tiger McGehee signs 1-year deal with Japan's Giants

We want you to tell us what you think of our articles. If the story moves you, compels you to act or tells you something you didn’t know, mark it high. If you thought it was well written, do the same. If it doesn’t meet your standards, mark it ... ( read original story ...)

Building 'Team Thailand' with Exim

saying it's important that the bank serve a purpose beyond being just another state bank. "My plan is to make Exim play a role similar to that of Japan's JBIC," he says. JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation) is a Japanese public financial ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Ups Its Game Against China's Belt And Road

This JV is made up of Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance (47.55%), Hitachi Capital (47.55%), and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (4.9%) and aims to invest $878 million into Japanese-directed infrastructure projects, such as railways and power plants, throughout ... ( read original story ...)

Qatar Financial Centre concludes Asia Roadshow

Some of our valued Japanese partners are here with us today such as Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Fujifilm. This roadshow aims to explain more about Qatar and about how the QFC can be an attractive platform for Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and the Monetary Policy Magical Mystery Tour

But as Japan is painfully discovering ... The gold reserve of each country, secured in respective central bank vaults, constituted the foundation for both credit creation by commercial banks and the “legal tender” or banknotes issued by the central ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Monetary Base 21.5% vs. 23.2% forecast

Investing.com - Japan’s monetary base fell unexpectedly last month, official data showed on Thursday. In a report, Bank of Japan said that Japan’s Monetary Base fell to 21.5%, from 22.1% in the preceding month. Analysts had expected Japan’s Monetary ... ( read original story ...)

New WWE NXT Champion crowned in Osaka, Japan

As expected, Shinsuke Nakamura re-captured the NXT Championship from Samoa Joe at the live event in Osaka, Japan on Saturday. Nakamura will now move on to defend the title at NXT Takeover: San Antonio. If you want to find out who his opponent will be ... ( read original story ...)

Russia warns Japan not to expect quick progress on islands

MOSCOW – Russia's foreign minister warned Japan Saturday against expecting a quick breakthrough in the territorial dispute between the two nations ahead of President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to Japan. Sergey Lavrov said after talks with his ... ( read original story ...)

Discovering Japan: Why Osaka should be on your Japan bucket list

A business trip to Osaka comes as a welcome relief to many who live in Tokyo. Tokyo offers many great things but it can often get wrapped up in itself. Doing business in Tokyo comes with a large dose of debate which often feels like inertia. In contrast ... ( read original story ...)