Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard arrived in Japan on Tuesday to discuss the proposed tie-up with Nissan, 43.4% owned by the French automaker. “We are not opposed,” the Nikkei quoted an ... ( read original story ...)
Nervy Osaka survives huge first-round scare
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one and top seed Naomi Osaka said she was a bundle of nerves as she flirted with a first-round exit at the French Open on Tuesday before firing herself up to beat ... ( read original story ...)
Airtel Africa plans $1 billion IPO, London listing
World Cup 2019 Warm Up: MS Dhoni, KL Rahul and bowlers star as India beat B ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks to rise 6% by year-end, trade spats seen easing
Takashi Ito, an equity market strategist at Nomura Securities, noted that not all industries are affected by the trade war and Japanese earnings are not expected to deteriorate sharply. Ito estimates ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei hits 2-week low as Sino-U.S. trade frictions persist
TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei hit a two-week low on Wednesday as persistent Sino-U.S. trade frictions turned sentiment against companies with large exposure to China. Financial stocks also ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks to rise 6% by year-end, trade spats seen easing: Reuters poll
Takashi Ito, an equity market strategist at Nomura Securities, noted that not all industries are affected by the trade war and Japanese earnings are not expected to deteriorate sharply. Ito estimates ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks to rise 6% by year-end, trade spats seen easing
senior fund manager at Dalton Capital Japan. He expects the Nikkei to trade at 20,000 at the year end, a fall of 5 per cent from now, before it will rise to 22,000 in June next year. Market observers ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei hits 2-week low as Sino-U.S. trade frictions persist
TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei hit a two-week low on Wednesday as persistent Sino-U.S. trade frictions turned sentiment against companies with large exposure to China. Financial stocks also ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s central bank chief is ‘quite a bit concerned’ over the economy, expert says
Japan is close to a recession while external risks, such as the U.S.-China trade war, persist, says Martin Schulz of Fujitsu Research Institute. The Wall Street Journal. ... ( read original story ...)
Man kills 2, wounds 17 in knife attack on Japanese schoolgirls outside Tokyo
Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan ... who was at a park near the site, told Kyodo News. He said he saw children falling to the ground. But Satoru Shitori, the deputy principal of the Caritas ... ( read original story ...)
Deadly knife attack near Tokyo raises alarm on child safety
The attack near Tokyo on Tuesday has raised concerns about how children can be protected on their way to school. Officials say the knife-brandishing man ran while slashing a group of schoolgirls ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota may invest about $550 million in China ride-hailing firm Didi: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is considering investing about 60 billion yen ($550 million) in Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei tumbles to more than 2-week low, growth worries hit export stocks
TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei tumbled to a more than two-week low on Wednesday morning, weighed by companies with large exposure to China, such as those in the chip sector, reflecting ... ( read original story ...)
NIKKEI : Japan stocks to rise 6% by year-end, trade spats seen easing – Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Expectations that the U.S.-China trade dispute will eventually ease should help Japanese stocks recover by end-December to show a gain of 6% from last week's closing level, a Reuters ... ( read original story ...)
Duterte leaves for Japan to attend Nikkei conference
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) President Rodrigo Duterte left yesterday for Japan where he would attend the 25th Nikkei Conference on the Future of Asia on May 30-31. Duterte will be delivering a keynote ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign investors to join restructuring of Vietnamese banking system
The case of JTrust conglomerate from Japan recently joining the restructuring of Construction Bank (CBank) has raised the possibility of cross-border bank M&A accelerating the speed of banks ... ( read original story ...)