But the situation outside the three big metropolitan areas surrounding Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya remains mixed ... low interest rates and tax breaks on housing loans, shore up property prices in big cities. Prices are also starting to pick up in some ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry delays plan to destroy data on school scandal
The Finance Ministry has decided for the time being not to destroy ... unable to restore data on the negotiations over the sale of land at a sharp discount to Osaka-based Moritomo Gakuen in light of an investigation mounted by the Board of Audit and ... ( read original story ...)
World wonders could NKorea fire nuclear missile over Japan
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Will North Korea's next nuclear test involve a thermonuclear missile screaming over Japan? That's a question being asked after North Korea's foreign minister said his country may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)
China tells Japan not to abandon dialogue over North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan talking only about sanctions on North Korea rather than dialogue will be seen as going against United Nations resolutions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart. Tensions have continued to rise since North ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, heated tobacco associated with greater risk of tax hike
Because those hikes were framed as a way to promote health and wellness, they were mostly better received by the public than consumption tax increases, which cover just about everything sold in Japan -- including cigarettes. The Finance Ministry also sees ... ( read original story ...)
Japan in unique position to take global lead in investment and trade: experts
Takenaka points to Japan’s heavy dependence on cash as an example ... The fintech trend (a portmanteau of “finance” and “technology”) has made strides in countries such as China, where electronic payments through smartphones are becoming the ... ( read original story ...)
RP, Japan to firm up funding for infra projects
In a statement, the DoF said the Philippines-Japan High-Level Committee on Infrastructure and Economic Cooperation will meet in Tokyo on Monday, their third meeting after the meetings held also in Tokyo in March and in Manila in July. Finance Secretary ... ( read original story ...)
Launch of the 2nd Asia Pacific Alternative Finance Industry Report
Other key markets in the Asia Pacific region in 2016 were Japan at $398 million, South Korea at $376 million, Singapore at $164 million, and India at $124 million. The alternative finance sector in the Asia-Pacific totalled $102.8 billion in 2015 ... ( read original story ...)
Commodities Buzz: Japan Steel Exports Total 3.15 Million Tons in August 2017
According to Japans Ministry of Finance data statistics showed that Japanese steel exports totaled 3.15 million tons in August of this year, increased by 6.3% compared with previous month, down by 9.5% compared with the same period of last year ... ( read original story ...)
UFC-Japan opened with 2 guys doing major damage to each other’s face
That punch might have helped seal the fight for Abe, but let’s just say that for at least the next few days or so, neither of them will have any trouble convincing people that they fight in a cage for a living. For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night ... ( read original story ...)
UFC Japan results: Ovince Saint Preux puts Yushin Okami to sleep with Von Flue choke
Headlining UFC Japan was a makeshift light heavyweight bout between Ovince Saint Preux and Yushin Okami. The original plan was for OSP to rematch Mauricio Rua, but the former middleweight title contender Okami stepped up on short notice when Shogun pulled ... ( read original story ...)
UFC Japan results: Jessica Andrade turns in terrific performance, upsets Claudia Gadelha
In the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami in Saitama, Japan, the battle of recent UFC strawweight title challengers Claudia Gadelha and Jessica Andrade went the way of Andrade, who turned in the best performance of her career. ( read original story ...)
ANIME NEWS: First film in ‘Eureka Seven’ trilogy released in Japan
The first of the “Eureka Seven” anime film trilogy hit Japanese cinemas on Sept. 16, about a month after its world premiere on Aug. 12 at the Otakon anime convention in Washington, D.C. “Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1” will also be theatrically ... ( read original story ...)
Japan policymakers soften fiscal pledges as election prospects loom
TOKYO (Reuters) - Senior Japanese policymakers on Friday said they may need to ... Abe will unveil the decision on Monday at a news conference at which is he expected to formally announce his plan to call a snap election, the sources said. ( read original story ...)
Watch: Abe cracks Lim late in 3rd round to open UFC Japan
Daichi Abe opened the UFC's return to Japan on Friday night and made his promotional debut with a splash. The 25-year-old Japanese welterweight needed to win the third round against Hyun Gyu Lim to take home a decision victory at UFC Fight Night 117 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to deploy additional missile defence system in north: Defence ministry
will only increase our pace toward the ultimate completion of the state nuclear force", the North's foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement carried by its official KCNA news agency ... Hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he would ... ( read original story ...)