TOKYO -- Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was seen walking in a Tokyo park on Friday, two days after his release from a Japanese detention centre. Ghosn, in a cap and sunglasses, was spotted outdoo... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Banks Will Finally Stop Using a Piece of 1800s Technology
Winning over Japan’s bureaucracy hasn’t been easy. It took MUFG two years to convince 450 local governments to begin processing tax payments electronically, said Takayuki Ogura, a director at the grou... ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks spooked as European Central Bank sounds growth alarm
Asian stocks shuddered lower on Friday after the European Central Bank slashed its growth forecasts and surprised ... while the dollar climbed on the yuan. Japan’s Nikkei dropped 1.6 per cent and Aust... ( read original story ...)
Barbie turns 60 with career dolls, role models like tennis pro Naomi Osaka
These include world number one tennis player Naomi Osaka, American actress Yara Shahidi, and the first ever Maori Barbie, modelled after New Zealand sports journalist Melodie Robinson. "Barbie has com... ( read original story ...)
Japan has the biggest Central Bank Bubble
Japan's economy was a huge success story in the past, and today the country is wealthy, healthy, and the aging population continues to reap the benefits of such hard work and prosperity. However, in r... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s October-December growth revised upward to 1.9 pct
TOKYO - Japan’s economy grew at an annual pace of 1.9 per cent in October-December, according to revised data from the Cabinet Office that showed stronger investment than earlier reported. The seasona... ( read original story ...)
Construction site for maglev train’s Nagoya Station opened to media
NAGOYA -- Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Central) opened the construction site for the maglev shinkansen train's Nagoya Station to members of the media in the city's Nakamura Ward on March 7. The new L... ( read original story ...)
Eight years after Great East Japan Earthquake, many disaster victims are struggling to repay relief loans
Many residents in the hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima are struggling to repay emergency relief loans that they received in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a J... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo prosecutor says Ghosn’s bail conditions not sufficient
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Tokyo prosecutor said on Friday he thought the bail conditions imposed on Carlos Ghosn, the former head of Nissan Motor and Renault, would not be sufficient to prevent ... ( read original story ...)
Now dominant Osaka out to ‘get another one’ at Indian Wells
Osaka will get a chance to avenge that defeat when she faces ... (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) ( read original story ...)
Nikkei tumbles to 3-week low on worries about EU economic growth
TOKYO, March 8 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei dropped to three-week lows on Friday morning on fresh concern about the growth after the European Central Bank decided to delay its first post-crisis interest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is the No. 1 investor in US, Abe told Trump
TOKYO -- In an attempt to get U.S. President Donald Trump to ease up on Japan's trade surplus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an elaborate presentation last year mapping out new American ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Nikkei extends losses on growth worries
S. jobs report on Friday will provide the next clues on the health of global growth after ECB President Mario Draghi delivered fresh stimulus as he downgraded the outlook for the region's economy. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan January machinery orders seen falling, BOJ to keep policy unchanged: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core machinery orders likely fell for a third straight month in January, in another sign the economy may be faltering on global trade friction, a Reuters poll showed on Frida... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees global growth risks persisting on trade war, China slowdown
TOKYO (Reuters) - Downside risks in the global economy are likely to persist over the medium to long term, pressured by the Sino-U.S. trade war and a slowdown in China, Japan’s top financial ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka a Barbie girl, in a tennis world
INDIAN WELLS, Calif (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka, whose meteoritic rise to the top of the tennis world over the past year has included two Grand Slam titles and the world number one ranking ... ( read original story ...)