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Sixty works will appear in the show, “Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London”, which will open at Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art in March before moving to Osaka’s National Museum of Ar... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy is ready for the increase in its nationwide sales tax scheduled for October, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday. The tax will be increased to 10 percent in October from 8 percen... ( read original story ...)

Japanese technology giant SoftBank celebrated the world's second-biggest IPO for its mobile unit Wednesday but the newly traded shares endured a torrid time in their debut session, plunging nearly ... ( read original story ...)

That’s the biggest decline for a major IPO since Japan Display Inc.’s flop in 2014. Of those who bought at the offered price of 1,500 yen, 90 percent were individuals; the rest were money managers. Th... ( read original story ...)

Japanese investors flocked to buy into the world's largest IPO this year and the second biggest in history, which raised 2.6 trillion yen ($23 billion) for the group. Roughly 90% of the shares ... ( read original story ...)

The IPO was just shy of the world record $25 billion 2014 listing of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, a SoftBank Group portfolio company. TOKYO: SoftBank Corp shares slumped more th... ( read original story ...)

SoftBank Corp. went public on Wednesday. The IPO was fixed at ¥1,500 per share instead of a price range. The biggest Japanese IPO on record is widely seen as disappointment due to a weak debut. ( read original story ...)

That’s the biggest decline for a major IPO since Japan Display Inc.’s flop in 2014 and a larger decline in value because of the SoftBank offering’s size. Ninety percent of the investors who bought the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese technology giant SoftBank raised a record amount for its mobile unit in the world’s second-biggest ever IPO but the shares plunged in a disappointing debut trading session on Wednesday. A spo... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan is strengthening its relationship with the so-called Five Eyes -- an intelligence pact among the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand -- as China expands its military ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A barometer measuring the Japanese general public's outlook of future economic conditions fell to the lowest level since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began his current stint in office. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose for a third day on Wednesday as signs of progress in Sino-U.S. trade talks boosted confidence, offsetting weakness in chip-related stocks which underperfor... ( read original story ...)