(Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of flights and bullet train services within Japan were canceled as severe tropical storm Krosa bore down on the country’s southwestern flank. The transportation services were ... ( read original story ...)
Anbang’s Japan properties up for sale, Blackstone seen bidding: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's troubled Anbang Insurance Group has put its $2.4 billion property portfolio in Japan up for sale and previous owner Blackstone Group is bidding, two people ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s move to cut tech reliance on Japan likely a mistake
TOKYO -- South Korea announced in early August that it would end its reliance on Japanese suppliers for materials key to its high-tech electronics industry. The move came in response to Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Boeing appoints NMA supply chain leader as its Japan president
The man who has helped create a supply chain for Boeing’s potential New Mid-market Airplane (NMA) has been named the President of Boeing Japan, the Business Journal has learned. Will Shaffer, who has ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Anbang’s Japan properties up for sale, Blackstone seen bidding -sources
TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - China’s troubled Anbang Insurance Group has put its $2.4 billion property portfolio in Japan up for sale and previous owner Blackstone Group is bidding, two people familiar ... ( read original story ...)
Anbang to sell entire $2.4 billion Japanese property portfolio, Blackstone seen bidding: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's troubled Anbang Insurance Group has put its $2.4 billion property portfolio in Japan up for sale and previous owner Blackstone Group is bidding, two people familiar with the ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Anbang puts Japan properties up for sale: report
China’s Anbang Insurance Group has put its US$2.4 billion property portfolio in Japan up for sale, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. Blackstone Group, which had owned the ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Anbang is said to plan sale of entire $2.4 billion Japanese property portfolio
Anbang is aiming to sell its entire Japanese residential portfolio it bought from U.S. private equity firm Blackstone, according to sources. Anbang paid Blackstone around 260 billion yen ($2.4 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Anbang to sell entire $2.4 bln Japanese property portfolio, Blackstone seen bidding -sources
TOKYO — China’s troubled Anbang Insurance Group has started a sale of its entire $2.4 billion Japanese property portfolio and previous owner Blackstone Group is bidding, two people said, after ... ( read original story ...)
Toll back to logistics losses as Japanese parent loses face
Japan Post brought in a new management team and Toll returned to profit in 2018 after three years of losses but the 2018 results were boosted by property and equipment sales. Toll received anonymous ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei closes up nearly one percent on US gains
Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index gained nearly one percent on Wednesday, following rises on Wall Street, as concerns over the US-China trade row eased after President Donald Trump delayed tariffs on key ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese belief in link between deep-sea fish sightings and quakes finally debunked
A long-held belief in Japan that sightings of deep-sea fish foretell major earthquakes is simply a superstition, according to a research team from two universities. The researchers from Tokai ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan now more likely to ease further, economists say
Should the Japanese currency strengthen to below 100 ... of 1.8% in the second quarter on healthy consumer spending and business investment even though exports struggled. Still, the stronger ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s June machinery orders post biggest jump on record in relief for economy
However, growing global pressure threatens the outlook for Japan’s export-reliant economy, the world’s third-biggest, with risks to business confidence and investment tilted to the downside. ( read original story ...)
Japan, S.Korea vice foreign ministers to meet this week – Kyodo
TOKYO — Japanese and South Korean vice foreign ministers will meet this week to discuss the issue of forced World War Two laborers, Kyodo News reported on Wednesday, amid an escalating ... ( read original story ...)
Brown bear that had been roaming around residential area of Sapporo shot and killed
SAPPORO – A brown bear that had been roaming around a residential district in Sapporo since the beginning of August was shot dead Wednesday morning, the Sapporo Municipal Government announced ... ( read original story ...)