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Mizuho Financial Group Inc. plans to change its personnel policy to allow employees to hold side jobs by the end of next March, the first such move by a mega-bank. By helping employees seek new ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's government will allow NTT Docomo and ... The plan is included in the government's draft IT strategy blueprint, obtained by Nikkei and expected to be approved by the cabinet ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's manufacturing sector contracted in May with both output and new orders falling for fifth successive months, according to a survey. The Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 4 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell on Tuesday morning as festering trade tensions and a stronger yen hurt sentiment while extended losses for index-heavy SoftBank Group added to the overall ... ( read original story ...)

“Investors’ main concern is that the trade war may hurt global growth,” said Toru Ibayashi, executive director of wealth management at UBS Securities, Japan, adding that the Nikkei could fall further. ... ( read original story ...)

Deutsche Bank AG has seen recent high-level departures in equities-trading at its Tokyo office, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Managing director Sean McCarthy, who worked in ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group aims to build a warchest of several billion dollars in the next five years to target financial technology in Asia, its chief said, as the Japanese megabank ... ( read original story ...)

At the top end of ESR’s IPO price range, the deal would value the company at $6.2 billion. ESR was formed in 2016 by the merger of the Japan-centric Redwood Group and China-focused e-Shang, which was ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei Inc.'s latest capital investment trend ... This is the third consecutive year that corporate Japan has planned to increase its capital spending. But if business sentiment deteriorates ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's market for shampoo in refill pouches ... is a big opportunity for us," a spokesman at Nippon Paper told Nikkei. "But to cover the decline in paper demand, we have to see if the replacement ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The decline of Japan's audiovisual industry shows no sign of stopping, with Onkyo preparing to sell off its flagship audiovisual business to a U.S. peer and concentrate on contract ... ( read original story ...)

recently talked to the Nikkei Asian Review about what startups they seek in Japan and SAP's ambitious game plan in Asia. Jambunathan leads both the SAP.iO Fund and SAP.iO Foundries. The former ... ( read original story ...)

“Investors’ main concern is that the trade war may hurt global growth,” said Toru Ibayashi, executive director of wealth management at UBS Securities, Japan, adding that the Nikkei could fall further. ... ( read original story ...)

The Final Markit/Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was 49.8, compared with a flash reading of 49.6 and a final 50.2 in the previous month. The 50-mark separates contraction ... ( read original story ...)

The operator of three ‘Tokyo Sushi’ outlets in regional NSW has been asked to pay up $383,616 for underpaying staff by more than $70,000. The Federal Circuit Court has slapped Kiyoshi Hasegawa with a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, following end of the week losses on Wall Street amid escalating global trade tension, with a stronger yen also weighing on the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)