A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 178 km WSW of Chichi-shima, Japan (111 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 140.5687 East, latitude 26.4497 North, depth = 403.11 km. ... ( read original story ...)
Protesters in Japan Rally After Accused Rapist Found Innocent by Criminal Court
Distrust against Japan’s criminal justice system has intensified after a Nagoya district court ruled a father was innocent — despite acknowledging the defendant raped his daughter more than once. ( read original story ...)
Osaka breezes past Hsieh to reach Stuttgart last eight
BERLIN (Reuters) - World number one Naomi Osaka made a winning start to her claycourt season by beating Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei 6-4 6-3 on Thursday to move into the quarter-finals of the Porsche Tennis ... ( read original story ...)
Hsieh sets up rematch with Osaka in Stuttgart
Osaka beat Hsieh on the way to her Australian ... Download The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s GLP Plans $3 Billion IPO of U.S. Warehouses
The Wall Street Journal reported the IPO plan Wednesday in New York ... Its Japan assets are listed in Tokyo under GLP J-REIT, which has risen about 7.8 percent this year. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Finance Minister Urges Reporters to Adopt New Legal Term ‘Crypto Assets’
Japan’s Minister of Finance and deputy prime minister Taro Aso has urged reporters to stop using the term virtual currencies and switch to the newly-proposed legal name crypto assets. Aso ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Zozo sees profit recovering this year after bodysuit blunder
But the company said it expects business to pick up as Japanese consumers were just beginning to buy clothes online. It forecast a 24.7 percent rise in operating profit to 32 billion yen for the ... ( read original story ...)
One Sentence From the Bank of Japan Leaves Traders Perplexed
(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan today said it may introduce a lending facility for its exchange-traded fund buying program, which would allow it to temporarily lend ETFs to market participants. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Shares on Holiday Even Before Golden Week
That’s the longest such stretch of low volumes since December 2017. As traders digest the Bank of Japan’s latest policy announcement Thursday, with one eye on the Narita Express, it remains to be seen ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan cuts inflation, economic growth forecasts
Japan will fail to reach its two-percent inflation target even by 2022, the central bank predicted on Thursday as it also revised down its estimate for growth in the world's third-largest economy. In ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan commits to very low rates at least through spring 2020, keeps policy steady
The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Thursday and clarified its intention to keep interest rates very low for a prolonged period, committing to do so at least through around the spring of ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan revises forward guidance
TOKYO--The Bank of Japan revised its forward guidance on Thursday, saying it expected to keep extremely low interest rates until at least the spring of 2020. The central bank had previously said it ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan keeps rates on hold
Japan’s central bank left its key policy rate unchanged on Thursday, committing itself to substantial stimulus into 2020 to address slow growth and low inflation. The Bank of Japan opted to hold its ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : to maintain ultra-low interest rates at least until 2020
Tokyo, Apr 25 (EFE).- The Bank of Japan in a statement Thursday reported its decision to maintain its ultra-low interest rate monetary policy and massive asset purchases at least until 2020. It said ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan leaves policy unchanged, updates guidance
Largely as expected, the Bank of Japan maintained its policy balance rate at -0.1% and 10-year JGB yield target about zero, and adjusted forward guidance. It maintained its forecast for 2019 core ... ( read original story ...)
A Banksy rat? Tokyo city displays work ‘by famous artist’
Tokyo (AFP) - Tokyo on Thursday displayed a drawing thought to be the work of Banksy, as the city's mayor urged the famous and mysterious street artist to get in touch. Curious Tokyoites, tourists and ... ( read original story ...)