Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Monday urged public and private financial institutions to help ensure smooth corporate financing as funding needs rise towards the year-end. ( read original story ...)
Japan factory output grows for fifth month, retail sales surge
Japan's industrial output rose for the fifth straight month in October and retail sales in the same month grew the most in over a year, signalling the economy was recovering further from the damage ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka inspires own manga character
Japan's three-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has inspired a new manga character to appear in an issue of Nakayoshi magazine next month, the publishers announced on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Factory Output Keeps Gaining Even as Virus Resurges
Japan’s industrial production maintained its pace in October even amid a resurgence of the coronavirus at home and abroad. ( read original story ...)
Key Japanese Lawmaker Says Third Extra Budget May Not Be Last
A key ruling party lawmaker said an extra budget being drafted now may not be the end of Japan’s stimulus spending this fiscal year given the uncertainty surrounding the spread of the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Long & Short: How Bitcoin Development Is Evolving – and What’s Behind It
Bitcoin price spikes grab headlines, but the asset's long-term value depends on its developers – and what drives them. ( read original story ...)
Japan Stocks Set to Trade Higher as Investors Await China’s Official Manufacturing Data
China is set to announce its official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index for October at around 9:00 a.m. HK/SIN on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japan October factory output rises for fifth month, retail sales jump
Japan's industrial output rose for the fifth straight month in October, fuelled by stronger machinery and car production, suggesting the economic is recovering further from the damage caused by the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s public looks for better US ties under Biden: Nikkei poll
TOKYO -- U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's focus on international cooperation and alliances appears to have struck a chord with the Japanese public, a Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll finds, as more respondents ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s public expects stable US ties under Biden: Nikkei poll
TOKYO -- U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's focus on international cooperation and alliances appears to have struck a chord with the Japanese public, a Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll finds, as more respondents ... ( read original story ...)
Karolina Pliskova Appoints Ex-Naomi Osaka Coach Sascha Bajin Ahead of 2021 Season
Former world number one Karolina Pliskova has appointed Naomi Osaka’s former coach Sascha Bajin as her new coach for the 2021 season. Pliskova split with coach Daniel Vallverdu earlier this month ... ( read original story ...)
Peach Aviation enters pleasure flight business
Faced with a slump in travel demand stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, the airline hopes to improve its earnings through the new business. ( read original story ...)
Step into my office (if you can)! Tokyo hotel creates double-decker desk pods in bid to lure WFH workers
The Anshin Oyado hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, has renovated an entire floor in its hotel to allow guests to work from the confines of its building amid the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Reports: Cost of Tokyo Olympic delay put at about $2 billion
TOKYO (AP) — The cost of the one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics is estimated to be just under $2 billion, or about 200 billion yen. Japan’s Kyodo news agency and the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s lesson on ageing gracefully
In the three decades since Japan’s real estate bubble burst in the early 1990s there has been little overall economic growth or inflation. The easiest monetary policy in the world — interest rates ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young women, raising new questions about pandemic stress
There are no comprehensive studies of suicide rates and lockdowns, but the data from East Asia has added to the debate. ( read original story ...)