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SoftBank portfolio companies including Alibaba, Arm and Didi Chuxing are all experiencing periods of uncertainty that has hit their market value. ( read original story ...)

At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average declined 102.20 points, or 0.36%, to 27,927.37. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 10.32 points ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government should ditch its target to balance the budget and instead spend more to achieve the central bank's 2% inflation target, the head of the ruling party's new panel on fiscal policy ... ( read original story ...)

The public issue is expected to fetch ₹1,039.6 crore at the upper end of the price band. As per market observers, MapmyIndia shares in the grey market are commanding a strong premium of ₹780. The ... ( read original story ...)

SenseTime Group, an artificial intelligence software company, has opened its long-awaited Hong Kong IPO with pre-deal orders from state-owned cornerstone investors. IPO sponsors CICC, Haitong ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s relentless empire-building in the 1930s put the US on red alert – but could Roosevelt convince a reluctant public to stand against the Rising Sun? Francis Pike considers the tensions between ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is a mostly ethnically homogeneous country where some people equate more immigrants with a rise in crime, although foreign labour is increasingly needed to make up for a declining and ageing ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s govt submitted to parliament a draft extra budget for the fiscal year 2021 worth a record $320 billion for partial financing of its economic package ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government on Monday submitted to the Diet, the country's parliament, a fiscal 2021 supplementary budget bill that calls for general-account spending of 35,989.5 billion yen, a record ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is trying to boost the uptake of "My Number" personal ID number cards by offering up to 20,000 yen (about $177)-worth of points that can be used for shopping. The incentive is ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average ended lower on Monday, dragged down by a sharp decline in SoftBank Group , but optimism that the Omicron variant might not have as much impact on the economy as feared ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Monday to ensure workers' wage hikes to protect the economy from rising global inflation, while strengthening the country's defences as it deals with an ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Monday to ensure workers' wage hikes through tax breaks to protect the economy from the impact of rising global inflation and to achieve a virtuous cycle ... ( read original story ...)

Investors will continue to monitor crypto after bitcoin prices were volatile throughout the weekend, dropping sharply Saturday afternoon during Asia hours. Over in Hong Kong markets, four new stocks — ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Toshiba Corp walked away from potential private equity buyout offers at a substantial premium, as well as advanced talks for a minority stake from Canada's Brookfield, according to three ... ( read original story ...)