Mizuho Financial Group Inc has seen coronavirus-related loan requests reach 17 trillion yen ($155 billion) since the outbreak, and is bracing for further demand from companies battling to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo is the third most expensive city in the world to live in
Multinational consulting firm Mercer’s 2020 Cost of Living Survey has determined that Tokyo comes in third for the most expensive city to live in as an expat. The city was ranked second in 2019, but ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s AnGes speeds towards 2021 rollout in coronavirus ‘vaccine war’
Japanese biotech AnGes Inc expects its coronavirus vaccine to be ready as early as the first half of 2021, if it can overcome supply chain and production hurdles, the company's founder said. The Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s debt mountain: How is it sustainable?
Already the global leader in accumulating debt, Japan is adding nearly $2 trillion to its mountain this fiscal year with record stimulus packages ... ( read original story ...)
‘Ridiculous’: China, scientists dismiss Harvard study suggesting Covid-19 was spreading in Wuhan in August
Beijing dismissed as “ridiculous” a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 18 new coronavirus cases, may lift city alert by Friday
Across Japan, 45 new infections were confirmed Tuesday, raising the total number of cases to 17,929, with 936 deaths. ( read original story ...)
Tencent targets Japanese anime and manga to jump-start global growth
The Chinese firm sees Japan's entertainment exports as being ripe for optimization, with better distribution and marketing generating vastly greater revenues. ( read original story ...)
TUV Rheinland issue first EU MDR certificate for Terumo Corporation
TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd. announced that on May 29, 2020 TUV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH issued TUV Rheinland's first MDR certificates under EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745, for medical devices ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka in no mood to back down on support for Black Lives Matter
Naomi Osaka, the world's highest paid sportswoman, says the voices of prominent athletes can be more influential than those of politicians and is determined that hers will be heard on the subject of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan MPs Pass Record Coronavirus Budget
Japan's powerful lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget worth nearly $300 billion Wednesday, doubling the scale of measures to pep up the world's third-biggest economy after the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Wants to Take Lead for G7 Statement on Hong Kong: Abe
"Obviously, we acknowledge the G7 has a mission to lead the global public opinion and Japan wants to take a lead in issuing a statement based on 'one nation, two systems' in Hong Kong," Abe told ... ( read original story ...)
America Surrendered The Philippines To Japan, But It Never Forgot Its Duty
But unless the U.S. Navy could instantly resurrect the sunken battleships at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines were doomed. Backed by heavy air support, the Japanese eventually broke through the lines of ... ( read original story ...)
2 Americans accused of aiding Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Japan fight extradition
Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box are fighting their extradition to the country, arguing the offense is not a crime there. Michael and Peter Taylor are wanted in Japan on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan April core machinery orders fall 12.0% month/month
Japan's core machinery orders fell 12.0% in April from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday. Compared with a year earlier, core orders, which exclude those of ships and electricity, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s machinery orders, wholesale prices sink as pandemic hits business spending
Japan's machinery orders slumped in April at their quickest pace in nearly two years, as a drop in demand and company profits caused by the coronavirus pandemic paralysed businesses spending. Separate ... ( read original story ...)
S&P Cuts Outlook on Japan’s Debt Outlook
Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need.S&P Global Ratings revised down the outlook on Japan’s sovereign rating to stable from positive while keeping the ... ( read original story ...)