Shares of SG Holdings, the operator of Japan’s second-largest parcel delivery company by volume Sagawa Express, could rise as much as 27 percent by a year after its debut this month as investors bet on solid earnings helped by logistics services home and ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s Hyosung eyes Japan market by way of Vietnam
Japanese automakers are increasingly adopting plastics in auto ... tariffs in the region will be largely eliminated. Additional reporting by Nikkei staff writers Atsushi Tomiyama in Hanoi and Yuta Koyanagi in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Japan to set emperor’s abdication date next week
TOKYO -- Japan is expected to schedule Emperor Akihito's abdication for April 30, 2019, when the cabinet meets next week, aiming to give citizens time to reflect on the reign change without a divisive political event. The Imperial House Council ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Gracery Namba to Open 2019 in Osaka, Japan
Fujita Kanko Inc. announced its plan to open Hotel Gracery Namba in Osaka, Japan. Construction is expected to begin in January 2018, with an opening scheduled for summer 2019. Hotel Gracery Namba will be the 11th hotel in Fujita Kanko's Hotel Gracery brand ... ( read original story ...)
Modest Bank of Japan move could spark major market flows
LONDON: The era of super-cheap money is ending, and stocks’ remarkable run to new highs and bond yields’ refusal to shoot higher suggest world markets are taking this seismic monetary policy shift in their stride. Yet while attention is fixed on the US ... ( read original story ...)
Boat with 10 suspected North Koreans found off Japanese coast, coast guard says
The boat, carrying squid, also had a sign saying “Chongjin,” possibly related to a major port city on North Korea's eastern coast, Kyodo News reported. Dozens of boats and debris wash up on Japanese northern coasts yearly. This year, 59 cases ... ( read original story ...)
Fujita Kanko Will Open Hotel Gracery Namba in Osaka, Japan, in 2019
TOKYO, Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Japanese hotelier Fujita Kanko Inc. announced its plan to open Hotel Gracery Namba in Osaka, Japan. Construction is expected to begin in January 2018, with an opening scheduled for summer 2019. Hotel Gracery ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s leading digital coin exchange arrives in Korea
Japan has the largest digital token trading volume in the world ... are categorized as online vendors, thus not regulated by finance-related rules. Calls have been growing that investments in such tokens should be done within the rules of finance as ... ( read original story ...)
A Guided Tour Of Tokyo With Prince Hotels
There are no tall buildings obscuring the view, and there never will be, so our views really do take in the best of Tokyo. 2. I know that you describe this area and property as intertwining traditional and Western cultures – tell me about some of the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises, led by banks, financials; shrugs off North Korean missile launch
TOKYO: Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday as banks and financial shares tracked their US counterparts higher, shrugging off another North Korean missile launch. The Nikkei share average ended 0.5 per cent higher at 22,597.20, while the broader Topix ... ( read original story ...)
Japan inspects drifting boat carrying 10 North Koreans
(Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP) Officials said they were linked to a reported campaign by the North to send fishermen farther out for more catches. It's unclear if people aboard those boats that drift near Japanese shores each year intend to defect or ... ( read original story ...)
The Great Japan Earthquake of 1923
The first shock hit at 11:58 a.m., emanating from a seismic fault six miles beneath the floor of Sagami Bay, 30 miles south of Tokyo. A 60- by 60-mile segment of the Philippine oceanic plate ruptured and thrust itself against the Eurasian continental plate ... ( read original story ...)
‘Comfort Women’ Statue Prompts Osaka to Cut Ties with San Francisco
For the past six decades, San Francisco and Osaka, Japan, have been “sister cities,” participating in special events and programs that promote cultural exchange. But as Jacey Fortin reports for the New York Times, Osaka has moved to sever the ... ( read original story ...)
Demographics to stress Japan regional banks: BoJ official
Japan’s declining population could eventually pose a risk to its regional banks and financial system, Bank of Japan deputy governor Hiroshi Nakaso said in the last of three key speeches that may serve as his swan song after nearly four decades at the ... ( read original story ...)
Commentary: Modest Bank of Japan move could spark major market flows
(Reuters) - The era of super-cheap money is ending, and stocks’ remarkable run to new highs and bond yields’ refusal to shoot higher suggest world markets are taking this seismic monetary policy shift in their stride. Yet while attention is fixed on ... ( read original story ...)
Physical Money Is Here To Stay – For Now, Says Bank Of Japan
Digital currencies are growing in popularity but, in terms of replacing physical money, that isn’t going to happen anytime soon. That’s according to Hiromi Yamaoka, head of the Bank of Japan’s payment and settlement systems department, who made those ... ( read original story ...)