More and more young property seekers in Australian are going out of the country and into Japan in search of real estate investments as well as affordable properties for end use. Transaction activity from Australian dollars into Japanese yen soared 39 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan regulator says Deutsche, Bank of America violated Japan law in bond-price fixing
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Thursday said Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC.N) and Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) had violated Japan's antitrust laws in alleged bond-price fixing by London-based traders in 2012, because it involved a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s former MLB stars looking to make it back home
(Kyodo News via AP) They missed the playoffs last season and have ... contribute to wins that will move us toward a championship," Uehara told reporters. "Other Japanese clubs showed interest, but the Giants had the most positive approach, and I am grateful." ( read original story ...)
Japan’s LARGEST Trade Show, CONTENT TOKYO 2018 to be held from April 4th to 6th in Tokyo
CONTENT TOKYO, organized by Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd., consists of 7 exhibitions, specialising in the areas of VR/AR/MR, entertainment content creation, distribution, licensing, interactive technology, service, and marketing. As the content business is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan regulator warns Deutsche, Bank of America over bond-price fixing
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Thursday warned Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC.N) and Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) over alleged bond-price fixing by London-based traders in 2012, saying it violated Japan’s antitrust laws because it ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers North Korea summit, Pyongyang discussing meetings with Japan, Russia: Asahi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, and Pyongyang has discussed the possibility of a leaders’ meeting with Japan and other countries, Japan’s Asahi newspaper said on Thursday. The government of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers North Korea potential summit
Japan has sounded out the North Korean government about a bilateral summit, and Pyongyang has discussed the possibility of a leaders' meeting with Japan and other countries, Japan's Asahi newspaper says. The government of Kim Jong-un informed leaders of ... ( read original story ...)
First land price hike in 26 years for Japan’s smaller cities
Prices of commercial land in Japanese cities that are not Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya increased for the first time in 26 years, data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism showed, per Reuters. Buoyed by demand for hotels and urban ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Hoshino Resorts REIT to acquire Osaka-based real estate property for 4.24 bln yen
* Says it plans to acquire Osaka-based real estate property on April 2, at the price of 4.24 billion yen * Says it plans to take out loans of 4.4 billion yen on April 2, to fund acquisition ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic CEO promises clean games for Japan
TOKYO (AP) -- A Tokyo Olympic official promised a clean games on Wednesday, pledging to improve water quality in the venue for marathon swimming and triathlon, and to ban four large Japanese construction companies that have been charged with colluding on ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan says talks must end N. Korean nuke program
3:40 p.m. A Japanese news agency says a train believed to be used by high-level North Korean officials has left the Beijing station. Kyodo News reported Tuesday afternoon the train had departed. The agency did not say how it knew that. The train's arrival ... ( read original story ...)
Japan embracing cryptocurrencies despite big theft cases
Gox was hacked and went bankrupt, the case still casts a shadow over the regulatory regime put in place to protect Japan's thriving cryptocurrency market. Mark Karpeles, the French founder and former CEO of Mt. Gox, says he hopes to recoup the millions ... ( read original story ...)
Is Japan’s Finance Ministry at the breaking point?
TOKYO -- Former Finance Ministry official Nobuhisa Sagawa insisted in testimony before both houses of the Diet on Tuesday that there were no instructions to alter documents at the center of a dodgy real estate deal, but offered no insights into the ... ( read original story ...)
Stock rally boosts paper profits at Japanese companies
TOKYO -- Major Japanese companies have seen unrealized capital gains on ... as of Tuesday at 1,701 listed companies that close their books in March, according to a Nikkei survey that excluded financial institutions as well as businesses using international ... ( read original story ...)
Key testimony on Japan land scandal offers little insight
Nobuhisa Sagawa, who was the head of the ministry's Financial Bureau when the changes were made, faced grilling by lawmakers Tuesday about the circumstances and motives. The documents concern the steeply discounted sale of state-owned land in Osaka to ... ( read original story ...)
Orlando Bloom Heads to Tokyo for Katy Perry’s Tour Kickoff
The English actor was photographed hitting the streets of Tokyo on Tuesday, and it just so happens that ... it's [kind of] known to their close circle," an insider recently told E! News. "They talk all the time. Katy and Orlando have grown up since they ... ( read original story ...)