BRUSSELS — The European Union and Japan on Friday ushered in a landmark trade deal they say will boost business between the two economic powers and sends the message that international pacts still hav... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Biggest Brokerages Still Hungover From SoftBank IPO
For any investment bank, landing a key role managing your country’s biggest ever initial share sale would be a time to pop the champagne corks. For Nomura Holdings Inc. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan investigates alleged uranium online auction
Japanese police are investigating how a substance thought to ... The product packed in a glass tube was offered as "Uranium 99.9%" in an auction on Yahoo. According to the Kyodo news agency, a first t... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Honda Motor third-quarter profit drops 40 percent on discounting, quality costs
Japan’s third-biggest automaker posted profit of 170.1 billion yen ($1.56 billion) for October-December, from 284.5 billion yen in the same period a year earlier. The result compared with the ... ( read original story ...)
Cheaper goods in store as Japan-EU free trade pact enters into force amid U.S.-China tariff war
The pact will eliminate tariffs on most reciprocal trade, encourage business investment and ensure the protection of intellectual property rights, as Japan and the European Union hope to provide a str... ( read original story ...)
Nintendo Plans Tokyo Store to Showcase Characters, Switch
Called Nintendo Tokyo, the shop will open this fall in the Shibuya district. In addition to selling the Switch console, games and other products, it will be a space “to host events and offer opportuni... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya, Chiba Considering Taking Part in Japanese IR Bidding Process
While neither of these reports suggests that either Nagoya or Chiba is on the verge on entering the IR race, they are still notable given the lack of interest seen so far throughout the process. Earli... ( read original story ...)
South Koreans gather near Japan embassy to mourn sex slave
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul for the funeral of a South Korean woman forced as a girl into brothels and sexually enslaved by the Ja... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises to highest since mid-Dec, but Nomura, Nintendo drag
TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose to a 6-1/2-week high on Friday, as index-heavyweight stocks got a lift from strong U.S. shares, although disappointing earnings from Nomura Holdings and Ni... ( read original story ...)
Japan-EU trade deal offers model for cross-border data rules
TOKYO/BRUSSELS -- The economic partnership agreement between Japan and the European Union not only forms one of the world's largest free trade blocs, but also sets digital and copyright rules that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake, tsunami fears heighten after oarfish sightings but scientists say it’s not a bad omen
Japan’s social media has gone into nervous overdrive following the discovery of a number of deep-sea fish traditionally thought to be harbingers of natural disaster. On Monday, an oarfish measuring ne... ( read original story ...)
A strong denim industry is good news for Levi’s IPO
Trade tensions with China, the IPO of rival VF Corp's denim spinoff and a volatile ... Levi's Japanese subsidiary is already publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company declined to commen... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nintendo slashes Switch hardware forecast after bumper third quarter
TOKYO/OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd on Thursday slashed its full-year hardware forecast for the hybrid home-portable Switch console, revising a figure that had been treated ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to miss 2025 fiscal target even under rosiest scenario
with the Bank of Japan set to continue its monetary easing policy. The cabinet maintained its prediction of 0.1% through fiscal 2021, but expects an increase afterward. Nikkei staff writer Yui ... ( read original story ...)
NGOs say Tokyo 2020 falling short on timber sustainability
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Seven environmental non-government organizations (NGOs), including the Rainforest Action Network, have accused Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers of failing to end the use of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Crowd size cut for sailing event over tsunami fears
(CNN) - The number of spectators at a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sailing event will be slashed over fears too large a crowd could hamper evacuation in the event of a tsunami, organizers said Thursday. Initia... ( read original story ...)