YOKOHAMA, Japan Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie skipped a trilateral meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Yokohama on Friday due to important domestic matters, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said. While the specific reasons for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, ASEAN countries mull ways to counter financial crises
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Top financial leaders of the Association of Southeast ... At the gathering in Yokohama on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank's annual meeting the finance ministers and central bank governors discussed revisions to the Chiang ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will not make concessions in two-way trade talks with U.S.-Nikkei
TOKYO Japan will not make concessions on issues such as farm tariffs in two-way trade talks with the United States as it did for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso told the Nikkei business daily in an interview. ( read original story ...)
Japan, China, South Korea pledge to resist protectionism
YOKOHAMA, Japan Finance leaders of Japan, China and South Korea agreed to resist all forms of protectionism in a trilateral meeting on Friday, taking a stronger stand than G20 major economies against the protectionist policies advocated by U.S. President ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Priests Turn to Property Development
Shinto elders at the centuries-old Unesco World Heritage Site of Shimogamo Shrine upset some neighbors when they bulldozed a swath of old Kyoto forest to build an apartment complex with units selling for more than $2 million apiece. “They should call it ... ( read original story ...)
Cochin Shipyard Gets SEBI Nod – 10 Points to Note
The IPO would value Cochin Shipyard at an estimated Rs 5,500 crore ... A postgraduate naval architect from Japan’s Osaka University, which is incidentally top-ranked for this niche subject, he currently heads a 1800-people strong team of ship designers ... ( read original story ...)
Cameco Corp.: When Should You Buy?
On the positive side, Japan’s Osaka High Court overturned lower court decisions to ... Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner just issued a Buy Recommendation on this recent Canadian IPO. Stock Advisor Canada’s Chief Investment Adviser, Iain Butler ... ( read original story ...)
GasLog Partners' (GLOP) CEO Andy Orekar on Q1 2017 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
Since IPO, GasLog Partners will have acquired seven vessels ... As you can see, nearly half of these offtakers in the Far East, and include the likes of Osaka Gas, Chubu, and Mitsubishi in Japan, and KOGAS in South Korea. Despite greater destination ... ( read original story ...)
Hot Rocks
IPO Radio Fest 2017. Independent Online Radio ... Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Rialto Theatre. Shonen Knife. Since 1991, Osaka, Japan's Shonen Knife has blended the hard riff rock of Thin Lizzy and The Runaways with simple Ramones-y melodies, added a dash ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's population crisis just hit a 67-year low
Ever since 1950 when Japan began tracking its population of children, the number has never been as low as it is today. New data from the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry finds the population shrank by 170,000 kids from this time last year ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Check: Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo
BACKGROUND: Opened in 2009, the Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo is the Hong Kong-based hotel brand’s first property in Japan. The hotel takes up the 28th through 39th floors of the Marunouchi Trust Tower, directly behind Tokyo Station. My morning view over Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Our best bet in this part of the world
A hotel near the official residence of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo is even positioning itself as the preferred accommodation for Filipino business and leisure tourists. Apparently, The Capitol Hotel Tokyu is looking at the Philippines as ... ( read original story ...)
Noahpinion: Do property rights increase freedom? (Japan edition)
Walking around urban Japan, I feel like I am seeing a society that is several steps closer to that ideal than the United States. You may have heard that Japan is a government-directed society, and in many ways it is. But in terms of the constituents of ... ( read original story ...)
Corporate Japan tames forex risk, reaps record profits
TOKYO -- Even with the yen gaining significant muscle, combined net profit at Japan's major listed companies is set to soar to a record level for the year ended March 2017. Driving the growth are manufacturers, which have cushioned much of the impact of ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese high-school students are sometimes required to prove their hair color is natural — here's why
A Japanese student in a classroom from in Ofunato city ... "They try to follow the rules for everything," Fujimkai tells Business Insider. In order to prove that a student's hair is natural, schools will often ask parents to submit childhood photos ... ( read original story ...)
Asian lending bank assesses growing inequality at meeting
The Asian Development Bank is holding its annual meeting in Japan, where bankers and leaders are assessing how they can support growth as income inequality grows in both rich and poor countries. The ADB has worked for a half-century to fight poverty and ... ( read original story ...)