Tag: banking

NIIGATA, Japan, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe said on Wednesday the country could slide back into deflation if the economy comes under downward pressure again, high... ( read original story ...)

NIIGATA – Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Masazumi Wakatabe said Wednesday the central bank should not hesitate to ramp up stimulus if risks to the economy threaten the achievement of its inflation target. ... ( read original story ...)

He will oversee all of MetLifes businesses in Japan, the companys second largest market globally ... He began his career in 1989 at Citi where he spent 16 years in financial services in retail banking ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese mobile chat app operator Line Corp will tie up with Mizuho Financial Group Inc to establish a bank, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters on Tuesday, declining to ... ( read original story ...)

An epic bond-buying spree by Japan's central bank means it's now sitting on assets worth more than the country's entire economy. Data released by the Bank of Japan on Tuesday show that its total ... ( read original story ...)

NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe said on Wednesday the country could slide back into deflation if its economy faced downward pressure again, warning of variou... ( read original story ...)

U.S. stocks tumbled overnight and the Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell as much as 1.5 percent in early trade in Tokyo, the third straight session of declines. A pre-IPO price range usually gives a compan... ( read original story ...)

Sensing danger, Japanese trading house Itochu decided to ... initial projection to 5 trillion yen ($44 billion). On Monday, Nikkei reported that the public-private consortium was set to abandon ... ( read original story ...)

Four floors underground, in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, the house of Christian Dior is entertaining guests ahead of its first ever men’s pre-collection catwalk show, in a venue called the Robot Restau... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japanese government is eyeing having U.S. President Donald Trump visit as a state guest in May to meet its new emperor before attending June's Group of 20 meetings in Osaka ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will be the first Asian country to host the Rugby Union World Cup in 2019 and its organizing committee has promised the tournament will be a uniquely Japanese event. With the Olympics and Paraly... ( read original story ...)

Visitors heading for Hello Kitty Land Tokyo encounter the Odakyu Tama Center Station now with a full Hello Kitty makeover. Platforms and concourse feature over 270 images of some of the most ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan is now in its 73rd month of economic recovery -- tied for its longest postwar rise -- lifted by strong corporate performance, wages and exports, though uncertainties abroad could ... ( read original story ...)

It seems the proposed laws and regulations would not only impact ICOs wanting to operate in Japan, but would limit Japanese citizens in their investment into ICOs generally. In the US, Congressman ... ( read original story ...)

In Japanese equities, a gauge of the country’s biggest shares is beating the general market by the most in two decades. The closing price of the blue-chip Nikkei 225 Stock Average was 13.4 times that ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Canon, Sharp and other Japanese companies are scaling down ... according to their plans as of the end of October, a Nikkei study found. This is 1.1% less than what they had planned ... ( read original story ...)