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TOKYO -- Japanese and Vietnamese technology outsourcing companies have joined hands to send engineers to Japan's workplaces in an effort to ease the country's serious manpower shortage. Japan's Toppan Forms is partnering with FPT Software, a leading Hanoi ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese stocks barely moved on Tuesday ahead of an expected US interest rate hike, though shares in the mining sectors got a boost after Japan and Saudi Arabia signed economic cooperation agreements. The Nikkei share average shed 0.1 per cent to 19,619.14 ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Steel, Precision Instruments and Transportation Equipment sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.12%. Falling stocks outnumbered ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 14 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks edged down on Tuesday ahead of an expected U.S. interest rate hike, while Toshiba shares were volatile, due to its delayed earnings filing and concerns about its restructuring plan. The Nikkei share average shed ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 0.52 percent while the broader Topix edged 0.41 percent lower. Stocks in South Korea and Australia fell. Asian equities opened slightly lower, as investors stayed cautious awaiting the outcome of several central ... ( read original story ...)

MUFG, Japan’s biggest bank, sought to build its Amsterdam offices even before Brexit became a reality because it wanted the city to serve as a hub for operations on the European continent. Three of the lender’s European offices started reporting to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday with energy firms down on weak oil prices as investors await the conclusion of a Federal Reserve meeting, while loss-hit Toshiba plunged on fears over its future. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.16 percent, or 32.12 points ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday morning with energy firms down on weak oil prices as investors await the conclusion of a Federal Reserve meeting, while loss-hit Toshiba plunged on fears over its future. While the US central bank is all considered odds-on to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Workers at Japan's top companies are likely to get a base pay hike of around just 0.3 percent, the smallest raise in four years - a setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign to spur the long-sluggish economy. The annual "shunto ... ( read original story ...)

Mar.14 -- Bloomberg's Stephen Engle reports on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's three-nation Asia tour. Engle speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp failed to submit audited third-quarter earnings for a second time on Tuesday, gaining a one month extension as its expands a probe into problems at its U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse. With its financial woes ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Shares in Toshiba Corp tumbled on Wednesday after it said it would consider a sale of Westinghouse but did not offer any clarity on whether it would proceed with a Chapter 11 filing for the U.S. nuclear unit - a move that could stem losses. ( read original story ...)

14 de marzo de 2017, 09:11Tokyo, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) Finance Minister, Taro Aso, has expressed his concern today over protectionism and stated that the world economy should be kept open. These statements were made in preparation for this week's meeting ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday afternoon as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, which is battling massive losses and accounting fraud allegations at its US nuclear unit. The Tokyo-listed stock dropped 13.62 ... ( read original story ...)

YAMAZAKI, Japan — A dim storage room surrounded by bamboo groves and pastoral hills is filled wall-to-wall with 3,000 wooden barrels. Here sleeps, for years, sometimes decades, prized Japanese whisky. The Suntory distillery in Yamazaki, near the ancient ... ( read original story ...)