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Australia's SPI futures traded at 5,404.0, similar to the ASX 200 's last close at 5,410.75. Nikkei futures in Chicago traded at 16,980, while Osaka futures were at 16,930. The Japanese benchmark index finished the Tuesday session at 16,963.61. In the ... ( read original story ...)

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. of Osaka and Taisei Corporation of Tokyo have embarked on rental housing business in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two companies established DT Development Vietnam LLC, a joint venture, in the Vietnamese capital on September 20 ... ( read original story ...)

New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): The Embassy of India, Tokyo; The Consulate General of India, Osaka-Kobe in association with ... Tourism, Banking and Financial Services, etc.) in addition to representatives of the Government of Gujarat ... ( read original story ...)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 18, 2016--Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ( TSE: 4502 ) will present data on ADCETRIS ® (brentuximab vedotin) in Hodgkin lymphoma at the 10 th International Symposium on Hodgkin Lymphoma (ISHL ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka-traded Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures signaled gains of 0.3 percent amid the yen’s retreat, while shares in Wellington started the week with their first drop in three days. Ten-year New Zealand government notes tracked a decline in Treasuries as ... ( read original story ...)

Kyoraku Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka, Chuo-ku, President: Takamitsu Nagase, hereunder “Kyoraku”) obtained actual vehicle test data for fuel efficiency of vehicle adopting Kyoraku’s original foamed duct in the air conditioner. Although it has been ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Banks in Japan should focus more on a company's potential rather than whether it has a solid track record when deciding whether to lend money, draft guidelines from the county's financial regulator showed. The guidelines are a part of Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

Two Japanese cabinet ministers visited a controversial war shrine Wednesday, after a mass visit by lawmakers angered China and South Korea which see it as a painful reminder of Tokyo's past aggression. The ministers -- internal affairs chief Sanae Takaichi ... ( read original story ...)

The BoJ currently conducts a mass nationalization of private companies. Entire Japanese yield curve is artificially produced. Moves that the BoJ now conducts will sooner or later lead to devaluation of yen and a sizable fall against other major currencies. ( read original story ...)

Japanese financial institutions with huge government bond holdings face large appraisal losses if yields rise, a Finance Ministry estimate showed Monday. If yields of outstanding bonds climb 1 percent across the board, the value of outstanding government ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) is set to hold an official meeting by the end of 2016 to end sales tax on Bitcoin. If passed, it will reduce prices at Japanese exchanges by 8%. National News Channels in Korea and Japan praised the FSA’s move. ( read original story ...)

But at the same time, companies are sitting on plenty of funds that they could invest if they were convinced of a brighter long-term future for Japan. Central bank data shows non-financial firms were sitting on a record 242 trillion yen (£1.96 trillion ... ( read original story ...)

This is just one of the findings from a study done by the Central Council for Financial Services Information, a group within the Bank of Japan, that provides an in-depth look at the financial literacy of the Japanese people. The Financial Literacy Survey ... ( read original story ...)