Japanese shares rose for a fifth straight day on Friday. Market heavyweights SoftBank Group and Fast Retailing are higher by more than 1 percent each. The major exporters are higher on a weaker yen. ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares at 3-1/2-month high as U.S. data boosts recovery hopes
Japanese stocks climbed to a fresh 3-1/2-month high on Monday after a surprise increase in U.S. employment gave investors further confidence of a swift global economic recovery from a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Pharma Stock with 60% Gain This Year Vaults to Sony Size
There’s a new king in the world of Japanese pharma after hopes for a coronavirus treatment helped to turbocharge its shares. ( read original story ...)
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka speaks out for Black Lives Matter, faces backlash
Protests have reignited a debate over racism and policing in Japan. Osaka has also won support for speaking out. ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for worst postwar economic slump, as coronavirus crisis tests policy response
The world's third-largest economy shrank an annualized 2.2% in January-March, revised data showed on Monday, less than the 3.4% contraction indicated in a preliminary reading. ( read original story ...)
Japan Bankruptcies Hit Lowest Since the 1960s: What Gives?
You’d be forgiven for assuming that Japanese bankruptcies would jump during a nationwide state of emergency that shut thousands of businesses amid the struggle to contain the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Dour outlook for Japan’s economy
AFP Japan's economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter but the broad impact from the coronavirus crisis is still expected to send the country deeper into recession. A series of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Adopt Selective, Rather Than Blanket, Approach in Coronavirus Tests
Japan will stop short of offering blanket coronavirus tests, and instead target the vulnerable and those most at risk in seeking to prevent a second wave of infections, the minister in charge of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy minister warns against deepening negative rates
Japan should focus on back-stopping struggling businesses rather than trying to spark overall demand in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, its economy minister said, suggesting the central bank should ... ( read original story ...)
Personal mobility machine needs no help at Tokyo airport
An autonomous mobility system that works like a wheelchair without anyone pushing it is scuttling around a Tokyo airport to help with social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Shares in cyber security group soar as digital attacks hit Japan
The explosive rise in the shares of Cyber Security Cloud have given a company with 45 employees a market capitalisation of around $800m. It listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers board on March ... ( read original story ...)
Workers in Tokyo’s red-light district to be tested for coronavirus after new spike
Dozens of new infections reported in Kabukicho, a district of more than 4,000 bars, restaurants and commercial sex establishments ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Says Economy Contracted Less Than Earlier Reported
Japan reported Monday that its economy contracted at an annual rate of 2.2% in January-March, less than initially estimated. The update from the Cabinet Office was an improvement on the 3.4% ... ( read original story ...)
Japan details some spending in controversial $92 billion budget reserves
Japan has set aside $92 billion in emergency budget reserves to prepare for a "protracted war" against the novel coronavirus, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Monday, detailing some spending from the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Shrinks Less as Analysts Question Capex Figures
Japan’s economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter, but analysts warn the latest revised figures may offer a misleading view of the economy’s health as the virus hit.The latest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s April current account surplus down 84.2% on coronavirus
Japan's current account surplus in April plunged 84.2 percent from a year earlier as exports and spending by foreign visitors nosediv ... ( read original story ...)