Andrew Mitola had never heard of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. until he met recruiters for the bank during his junior year of college. Now the New Jersey native is among the first to join Japan’s biggest lender under an overseas graduate hiring ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s consumer prices seen rising for seventh straight month in July
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices were expected to show their seventh straight month of annual increases in July, a Reuters poll found, offering the central bank some hope a strengthening economic recovery will gradually lift inflation toward ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan keeps monetary policy on hold
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold and tweaked its view of the economy upwards in a steady-as-she-goes decision on monetary policy. Overnight interest rates stay at minus 0.1 per cent, 10-year bond yields are capped at about zero per cent, and ... ( read original story ...)
IPO: Rel Nippon Life AMC files IPO Papers
The IPO size aggregates to 10 per cent of the post issue paid up ... A 10 per cent stake sale could fetch Rs 1,800 crore, bankers said. RNAM, jointly owned by Japan's Nippon Life and Reliance Capital, is the asset manager of Reliance Mutual Fund with ... ( read original story ...)
Reliance Nippon to file for IPO
RNAM is a subsidiary of Reliance Capital, with Japan’s Nippon Life Insurance Company as its strategic partner. “The company is close to filing the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) for the IPO, and it’s most likely to be filed next week,” one of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan launches satellite for better GPS system
Japan on Saturday launched the third satellite in its effort to build a homegrown geolocation system aimed at improving the accuracy of car navigation systems and smartphone maps to mere centimetres. An H-IIA rocket blasted off at about 2:30 pm (0530 GMT ... ( read original story ...)
Kagoike soon to receive second arrest warrant over subsidy fraud
meter plot in June last year for ¥134 million, roughly 14 percent of its appraised value, following negotiations with the Finance Ministry’s regional bureau in Osaka. Prosecutors are looking into whether officials at the bureau committed breach of trust ... ( read original story ...)
Lessons learned from the failure of the Osaka Foreign Settlement
In other words, the ancient history of a local international failure might contribute to Osaka winning international success today. Who’d have thought it? View from Osaka is a monthly column that examines the latest news from a Kansai perspective. ( read original story ...)
Hawaiian Airlines will upgrade Honolulu-Sapporo service
“We are delighted to offer our Sapporo guests the comfort and amenities of the A330 aircraft as they enjoy the Hawaiian hospitality that defines our in-flight experience,” Takaya Shishido, country director of Japan at Hawaiian Airlines, said in a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines W17 Sapporo service changes
Singapore Airlines in recent schedule update revised planned operational aircraft for its Singapore – Sapporo New Chitose winter service. Operating as daily service from 04DEC17 to 06JAN18 (SIN departure, excluding selected dates in the first week of ... ( read original story ...)
Weigh Anchor: Historic brewing company is sold to Japan’s Sapporo
Reports put the sale price at $85 million, but neither Anchor nor Sapporo confirmed that amount. The deal is expected to close Aug. 31. Related Articles Bay Area wine, spirits and beer events: Aug. 13 and beyond California’s Award-Winning Beers Bay Area ... ( read original story ...)
Hawaiian : Airlines Introduces A330 Featuring Full-Flat and Extra Comfort Seats to Sapporo
Inouye International Airport and Sapporo's New Chitose Airport starting February 2018. 'We are delighted to offer our Sapporo guests the comfort and amenities of the A330 aircraft as they enjoy the Hawaiian hospitality that defines our in-flight experience ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Mobike to launch bike-sharing service in Sapporo
BEIJING – China’s Mobike will start a bicycle-sharing service in Sapporo in late August, becoming the first major player in the rapidly expanding Chinese industry to set foot in Japan. Mobike has quickly expanded since it started in Shanghai in 2016. ( read original story ...)
‘Polka dot queen’ Yayoi Kusama to open museum in Tokyo
World famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known as "the queen of polka dots", will open a museum exhibiting her works in Tokyo in October, an official said. Kusama, 88, is known for her use of vivid colour in her works that often depict polka dots and ... ( read original story ...)
Thanks to a Shopping Spree, Japan Is Looking Up. It May Not Last.
TOKYO — Japan’s long-sluggish economy has found its spark. To keep it flickering, Japan needs to find more big spenders like Sayaka Sakata. Ms. Sakata, a 49-year-old mother of four, recently moved to a rented house from an apartment in the city of ... ( read original story ...)
Mizuho funds more accommodations for foreign students in Japan
Marubeni Corp and Tokyo Tatemono Co, among other investment firms, are set to join the fund, Takata, said. With furnished rooms to be sub-leased by a property manager at monthly prices of JPY30,000 and JPY80,000, yields for investors could reach at least 5 ... ( read original story ...)