OSAKA -- Prosecutors have apparently decided not to build a criminal case against former Financial Bureau chief Nobuhisa Sagawa and other Finance Ministry staff over the doctoring of ministry documents related to the sale of state land to Moritomo Gakuen ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises as risk appetite recovers; heads for 3rd week of gains
TOKYO, April 13 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Friday morning as suggestions from U.S. President Donald Trump that a military strike on Syria may not be imminent supported investor sentiment and higher U.S. bond yields helped financial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Central Bank Is Investing in Firms That Empower Women
In the latest attempt by Japanese state bodies to change the way the country’s companies behave, the Bank of Japan has decided to put money in an index of firms selected because of the way they treat women. The BOJ has added the MSCI Japan Empowering ... ( read original story ...)
Investors stand to gain from Japan’s corporate governance reforms
In the coming months, Japan is set to reach another important milestone in its path toward improving the business environment with the first set of revisions to the 2015 Corporate Governance Code. The changes -- which focus on unwinding cross shareholdings ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Business Confidence Weakens In Q1 – April Tankan Survey
On Sunday of last week, the Bank of Japan’s quarterly tankan manufacturing and non-manufacturing survey data was released. Covering the period of the first quarter, data showed that confidence among the larger manufacturing firms in Japan weakened for ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Tire’s New OTR Sales And Reference Guide Is Now Available
Yokohama Tire Corp.’s latest off-the-road (OTR) Sales and Reference Guide is now available in print and online. The 82-page guide includes off-the-road industry tire and maintenance guidelines, as well as information on Yokohama’s complete line of OTR ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Workers Call It Quits on a Firm Tradition: The Job for Life
“I used to have the Japanese way of thinking that I would finish up my career with the first company I was employed,” said Yoko Brown, 43 years old, a patent specialist who spent 17 years at an electronics maker. When she grew worried about its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will start charging departing travellers a ‘sayonara tax’ from 2019
Your trip to Japan might be about to get a little more expensive. Travellers will be charged 1,000 yen ($9.37) for leaving the country as of 2019. According to Nikkei Asian Review, the tax is part of an effort to raise 40 billion yen annually to bolster ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry changed timing of waste discovery over Moritomo land sale
According to a contractor that undertook soil improvement work on the state property in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, the Kinki Local Finance Bureau confirmed the presence of household waste buried on the property in August 2015 during the improvement work. ( read original story ...)
BOJ upbeat on regional Japan but wary over labor shortage, trade risk
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan mostly held an optimistic view on regional economies, in a sign of its conviction over a broadening recovery but warned that labor shortages and a U.S.-China trade war could cloud the outlook. The central bank’s ... ( read original story ...)
A philosopher in football: Wenger’s former translator revisits memories of ‘specialist’ Arsenal manager
Go Murakami speaks to the English media for the first time about his spell as translator for Wenger at Nagoya Grampus Eight When Arsene Wenger met Nagoya Grampus Eight chairman Shoichiro Todoya he was told that he wanted to make Nagoya the greatest club in ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese finance minister admonishes top bureaucrat after harassment report
Japan has had few reported “#MeToo” cases about sexual harassment ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference: “We are working to create a society where this kind of thing doesn’t happen.” The suspected cronyism scandals ... ( read original story ...)
VOX POPULI: Akie Abe must be called to the Diet to clarify role in dodgy land deal
Traveling northwest from Osaka's Umeda Station on the Hankyu Takarazuka Line ... Akie, told him: "This is fine property. Please proceed (with your plan)." It has come to light that a Finance Ministry official "coached" an attorney representing Moritomo ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei down on Syria woes, earnings drive the retail sector
TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks pulled back on Thursday as worries about possible U.S. military action against Syria curbed investor risk appetite, while earnings reports kept the retail sector in the spot light. The Nikkei share average ended ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Hong Kong Central Banks Link For Faster Payments
The central banks of Japan and Hong Kong are interconnecting their systems to support faster cross-border payments and trade between the two markets, according to Reuters reports on Tuesday (April 10). The Bank of Japan announced the plans that reports ... ( read original story ...)
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Japan-Taiwan Relations
On March 11, 2011, eastern Japan was struck by a massive earthquake. The damage wrought by the earthquake was extensive due to a compounding of three factors: the earthquake itself, the ensuing tsunami and the nuclear disaster. In addition to the efforts ... ( read original story ...)