TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... "The economy remains our top priority," Abe told a news conference after the reshuffle, apologizing for the scandals he described as having harmed public trust in his policy handling. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Banks Tap a Gold Mine
Japan's banks are in a difficult place. While the rest of the G-10 countries are moving toward higher borrowing costs, the Bank of Japan is spinning its wheels, with little sign of improved lending rates. A happy unintended consequence of that stasis ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. Might Have to Pay Up
In its most recent minutes, the Bank of Japan used an Orwellian phrase to describe the trend: "securing the labor force." The unemployment rate is 2.8 percent and declining steadily as Japan goes through something of a growth streak. At the same time ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama and KaBOOM! to Build New Playground in West Point, MS
Yokohama Tire Corporation, in partnership with KaBOOM!, will build a brand-new, eco-friendly playground for the citizens of West Point, Mississippi, which is the home of Yokohama Tire’s new one-million-square-foot plant that opened in October of 2015 ... ( read original story ...)
There are precious few neighborhoods in New York City where renters can afford a two-bedroom apartment
New York was rated No. 9 after Singapore (No. 1), Hong Kong, Zurich, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Geneva and Paris ... according to a separate ranking from personal-finance website GoBankingRates.com. San Jose followed at $87,153 per year, with New York close ... ( read original story ...)
BidaskClub upgraded Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) to Hold in a report released today.
Its manufacturing operations are located in Malacca, Malaysia (handlers); Poway, California (thermal subsystems); Laguna, the Philippines (kits and contactors); Kolbermoor, Germany (handlers), and Osaka, Japan (contactors). Receive News & Ratings Via Email ... ( read original story ...)
Several Akhilesh projects under Yogi scanner
When Yadav was the chief minister, the then state irrigation and public works department minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav, and irrigation department principal secretary, Deepak Singhal, visited Japan to study riverfront developments in Tokyo and Osaka. ( read original story ...)
Kagoike arrest isn’t end of story
The special investigation squad of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor’s Office, which interrogated and arrested the Kagoikes, has received a criminal complaint filed by a group of some 240 lawyers and researchers against officials of the Finance ... ( read original story ...)
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCMP) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On August 2 ... Sucampo Pharma, LLC, based in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan and R-Tech Ueno, Ltd., based in Kobe, Japan, through which the Company conducts its Asian operations; Sucampo Pharma Americas LLC, based ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 open mascot design competition to public
Tokyo 2020 had revealed in March that the names will come from creative professionals, rather than from the general public. Mascots are a popular element of modern Japanese culture, usually created to promote a particular region, event or business. ( read original story ...)
Asia shares fall as Apple’s glossy earnings effect fades
TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets mostly fell Thursday as the rally from news of Apple's strong earnings that spurred record highs for the Dow Jones industrial average faded. Myriad worries over China's rising debt, weaker commodity prices and possible rising ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe to launch new cabinet after scandals
Tokyo, Aug 3 (AFP) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today ... including allegations of favouritism to a friend in a business deal — which Abe strongly denies. Abe will reportedly reappoint former defence minister Itsunori Onodera to the post after ... ( read original story ...)
Can Japan provide answers to the west’s economic problems?
Others, especially in business, believe it is a pipe dream to think the economy ... walked into Kakio station, on the outskirts of Tokyo, and sat down on a platform bench. They looked like sisters, said one witness. They were dressed in their best clothes. ( read original story ...)
Update on Toshiba Memory Corporation’s Investment in Production Equipment for Fab 6 at Yokkaichi Operations
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary that manufactures Flash memory, will unilaterally invest in manufacturing equipment for the Fab 6 clean room at ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares dip on profit-taking after Dow hits 22,000
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares dipped on Thursday as investors locked in recent gains after Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 22,000 barrier for the first time in its 121-year history. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ... ( read original story ...)
Furukawa Electric begins mass producing stealth dicing tape
TOKYO--(Antara/BUSINESS WIRE)-- Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5801) has begun mass producing expand separation dicing tape, a type of tape for use with semiconductors. Expand separation dicing tape delivers high-grade separation of IC chips from ... ( read original story ...)