* The auction method is Dutch-style-price-competitive auction (0.05 yen bidding scale). * 10 year-Inflation-Indexed JGBs to be issued in August will be a reopening issue of the April 2017 issue. Ministry of Finance of the State of Japan published this ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Defense Minister Said to Be Resigning, in Blow to Abe
The Japanese news media reported on Thursday that the defense minister, Tomomi Inada, and the officer, Gen. Toshiya Okabe, chief of staff of the Ground Self-Defense Forces, as the Japanese army is known, had informed colleagues and superiors of their ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Household Spending Jumps Most Since 2015 in Sign of Sustainable Growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese household spending in June jumped the most since 2015 as job availability improved to a fresh 43-year high, in a sign the tightening labor market is helping push up wages and consumer spending - albeit gradually. Underscoring ... ( read original story ...)
China releases Japanese men arrested over ‘illegal activities,’ two still detained
“The protection of Japanese nationals is the government’s most important duty, and we are giving thorough support to those still in custody.” The news of the release of four of the men came after Chinese authorities informed Japan’s consul general ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese defence minister to resign over South Sudan cover-up claims
Kyodo News reported. Inada, an Abe protege appointed as defence minister a year ago, was seen by some as a potential future contender to be Japan’s first female prime minister, but her image has been damaged by the cover-up claims and several gaffes. ( read original story ...)
Main opposition chief Renho resigns Democratic Party leadership
But if we are not recognized as an alternative force, it will just spread public distrust in both ruling and opposition parties,” Renho told a news conference at the ... who was born to a Taiwanese father and Japanese mother in 1967, once garnered ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese air raids on Townsville were more a show of farce than force
News reporter Chester Wilmot was watching ... Our troops were up in New Guinea at Kokoda trying to stop a stream of Japanese pouring over the ranges toward Port Moresby, which was only hours away from mainland Australia. At the time nobody could see ... ( read original story ...)
Reports: Japan defense chief to quit over document cover-up
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's beleaguered defense minister, a protege of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will step down in connection with an alleged cover-up of military documents from U.N. peacekeeping operations, media reports said Thursday. Defense Minister Tomomi ... ( read original story ...)
Japan opposition head quits as PM Abe suffers scandal
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Falling tech stocks pull US indexes off their record highs
The Japanese Nikkei 225 index up 0.1 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.7 percent and the Kospi in South Korea added 0.4 percent. Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed from Tokyo. Business Writer Marley Jay contributed from New York. ( read original story ...)
JPIX extends IX service to Equinix Osaka data centre
Looking back on the last 20 years, we have expanded our business by building multiple sites in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. In 2002, we built our first site in Osaka for the purpose of distributing the heavy traffic load from Tokyo metropolitan area to Kansai ... ( read original story ...)
A Flavored Kit Kat Factory Is Coming to Japan
Japan is about to break itself off a piece of that Kit Kat business. (Bad joke, but you get it ... Takagi and the newest of these shops is in Tokyo's shopping district, Ginza, and opened on Monday. The brand is the top-selling chocolate in the country ... ( read original story ...)
Besides Jeff Bezos: 6 People Who’ve Also Been The World’s Richest
An economics professor, he quit the university in 1959 and went into business, constructing office buildings in Tokyo’s Minato ward. He had 65 office buildings with 7.7 million square feet of floor space when Forbes first named his fortune the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo readies new sanctions not directly linked to Pyongyang’s nuke, missile threats
The United States has indicated it will impose additional sanctions on Chinese companies doing business with North Korea. The new sanctions by the Japanese government will be levied on five organizations, including two Chinese firms and nine individuals ... ( read original story ...)
Airfare of the Day: Delta One Suites DTW-NRT, Just for $13255 on the Inaugural Flight!
Well, they just took delivery of their first flagship Airbus A350-900 on July 13, and one week ago confirmed the rumors that the first scheduled route would be Detroit to Tokyo Narita starting ... probably a marked up Business Class price for the suites ... ( read original story ...)
World shares gain on strong earnings, dovish Fed policy
TOKYO — Global shares were mostly higher Thursday ... The euro rose to $1.1726 from $1.1637, and the British pound rose to $1.3138 from $1.3117. AP Business Writer Stan Choe contributed from New York. ( read original story ...)