Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters ... Earlier, he pledged $1 billion in development finance for Indonesia and closer co-operation for combating transnational crime such as human trafficking, terrorism and the drugs trade. ( read original story ...)
Nagoya venture taps researcher’s reagent to make quick work of synthesizing proteins
A Nagoya-based venture has started selling a reagent that allows researchers to significantly reduce the time needed to synthesize proteins, supporting the development of medicines including one that can control the growth of cancer cells. The reagent sold ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Nikkei edges up on sagging yen, Toshiba Tec up
TOKYO, March 13 Japan's Nikkei share average edged up on Monday to brush an 11-day high as the yen remained on the defensive, although a wait-and-see mood ahead of this week's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting curbed the market's advance. Shares of Toshiba Tec ... ( read original story ...)
Iza Calzado hailed Best Performer in Osaka Asian filmfest
She added another feather in her cap on Saturday as she was honored with the Yakushi Pearl Award for Best Performer in this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival in Osaka, Japan. “Bliss,” a psychological horror-thriller directed by Jerrold Tarog and ... ( read original story ...)
King of Saudi Arabia arrives in Tokyo with his 1,000-strong entourage for a four-day visit and a meeting with Emperor Akihito
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has arrived in Tokyo with his 1,000-strong entourage making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the nation in nearly five decades. The 81-year-old king, who was greeted by Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito at Haneda airport ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese SMEs keep Phl on investment radar
the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said. Shinji Ayuha, advisor of Finance Office for SMEs of the Industry Finance Group of JBIC, said the establishment of Japan desks with staff who are fluent in Japanese and also familiar with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Feb wholesale prices rise 1.0 pct yr/yr
TOKYO, March 13 (Reuters) - Japanese wholesale prices rose 1.0 percent in the year to February, Bank of Japan data showed on Monday. The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese investors keen on Vietnamese banks – Investment
The Hanoitimes – Several Japanese investors have seen the slump in the securities market as an opportunity to buy stocks on the cheap in Vietnamese banks. When Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ Bank announced plans to buy a stake in Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese banks dump government bonds
The value of Japanese government bonds held by domestic banks was 79.59 trillion yen ($693 billion) as of Jan. 31, the Bank of Japan said, falling below 80 trillion yen for the first time since 2003. The central bank introduced radical easing steps in ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan More Confident That Inflation Will Top 1%
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Wirex Raises US$3M From Japan’s SBI to Fuel Asian Expansion
Our customers will greatly benefit from this collaboration.” The deal came shortly after the Japan Bank Consortium, which operation is run by SBI Holdings and its subsidiary SBI Ripple Asia, announced that it successfully completed a pilot implementation ... ( read original story ...)
Time bank lets Japan's seniors swop services for free – from cleaning to companionship
JAPAN: When volunteer Mr Tatsumi Okabe, 78, meets Mr and Mrs Yagi for lunch once every month, he provides valuable companionship – particularly for Mrs Yagi, a usually-withdrawn and quiet 75-year-old with dementia, who brightens up whenever he comes by. ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia plans economic zones to court Japan Inc.
Japan's JX Holdings energy group and engineering company JGC will work with Saudi Aramco to develop petroleum and gas technologies. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. -- Japan's megabanks -- will share ... ( read original story ...)
Why women rule banking in Thailand
Japan is at the bottom of the list ... chief executive officer at the Thai Institute of Directors and a former deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand. Norway and Sweden, like other countries in Europe and elsewhere, have enacted laws requiring companies ... ( read original story ...)
Inflation returns to Japan
TOKYO—Japan’s consumer prices rose for the first time in more than a year in January as rising global oil prices gave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Bank of Japan a helping hand in their campaign to overcome deflation. The fractional increase in ... ( read original story ...)
Schools still empty, homes abandoned 6 years after Fukushima disaster
The town of Namie in Japan's Fukushima district still sits empty, six years after a powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami destroyed the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japanese authorities plan to lift evacuation ... ( read original story ...)