The group’s members are primarily concerned with the financial risk of the added debt ... a former Takeda employee, said in Osaka. "I do think fundamentally the company needs to internationalize." U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Realty Inks Multi-Megawatt Deal for 2nd Osaka Facility
Additionally, the latest facility will have connectivity through dark fiber to the previous and subsequent phases of the Digital Osaka connected campus, thereby, enabling assembling of critical ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda shareholders give nod for $59 billion Shire acquisition
OSAKA (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical ... “We are definitely against this because the financial risks are too great and the expected benefits are quite limited,” said Kazuhisa Takeda ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda Announces Execution of Loan Agreement in Connection with Proposed Acquisition of Shire plc
OSAKA, Japan — NOT FOR RELEASE ... competitiveness of Japanese industries,” said Costa Saroukos, Chief Financial Officer of Takeda. “This marks the completion of the intended refinancing ... ( read original story ...)
2025 Osaka World Expo promotional items, not meant for sale, now being sold online
OSAKA – Promotional items not meant for sale that were created ... after he was arrested last week for alleged financial miscon... ( read original story ...)
Osaka World Expo setup complements a casino: Nomura
Osaka’s government has earmarked an island called Yumeshima ... conferences and exhibitions – for the expo means it would make financial sense to utilise the site for a casino resort. World Expo event... ( read original story ...)
Osaka picked to host 2025 World Expo, pledges design for future living
(Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui (2nd from L ... but withdrew its candidacy earlier this year, citing financial concerns. Japan most recently hosted the event in 2005 in Aichi Prefecture, a vibrant area of c... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei jumps 0.6% on bargain hunting
Headline indices of the Japan share market rebounded on Friday, 07 December 2018, as investors shrugged off a weaker Wall Street finish overnight and found support from reports suggesting the U. S. Fe... ( read original story ...)
Japan government to halt buying Huawei, ZTE equipment: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to ban government purchases of equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp to beef up its defenses against intelligence leaks and ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Seeks to Assuage Investors on Mobile Outage Before $23 Billion IPO
SoftBank shares fell as much as 3.3 percent in afternoon trading in Tokyo. The IPO is fully subscribed, but SoftBank and its bankers are taking extra precautions in order to make sure that investors w... ( read original story ...)
Melco counts on Japan’s immigration bill to meet casino plans
“As part of Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe’s reform packages, labor immigration is a key one,” he told the Nikkei Asian Review ... bulk of employees will be Japanese [eventually],” Ho added ... ( read original story ...)
Softbank mobile service disrupted ahead of mobile unit IPO
Osaka, Nagoya and other major cities. In a message on its website, Softbank apologised to customers and said that it was "examining the cause" of the problem. The outage struck less than two weeks ahe... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Sells All Shares for $23 Billion Telecom IPO
The shares of SoftBank fell 4.9 percent in Tokyo on Thursday, after reversing a steeper decline following the news that the IPO was fully subscribed. A mobile service outage in the afternoon didn’t ap... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei loses 1.9 pct as SoftBank weighs, Huawei arrest jolts chips
TOKYO, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei closed at more than a five-week low on Thursday as chip-related stocks were hit after Canada arrested a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei at the reques... ( read original story ...)
Japan must ‘respond’ when US-China trade truce ends, Abe says
Speaking at an annual gathering of economists hosted by Nikkei in Tokyo, Abe said, "The [U.S.-China] trade war is in a ceasefire for 90 days, but it will end next year." He also said that Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Further Tweaks to Monetary Policy?
In July of this year, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) introduced modest adjustments to its monetary policy framework, allowing for a wider trading range for yields on Japanese government bonds (JGB’s). While ... ( read original story ...)