President Trump banned a CNN reporter only to find his position overturned by the judicial system. Well CNN is guilty of at least one thing – publishing misleading and alarmist economic reports about ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign workers increasingly join labor unions
Nikkei surveyed 22 major retail and service companies, including operators of supermarkets, restaurants and hotels. Eighteen of the companies, or 80% of the total, confirmed that non-Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
46% of Japanese favor initial return of 2 islands from Russia
the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo survey finds. The Northern Territories, Japan's name for the southern Kuril Islands, are administered by Russia but claimed by Tokyo. The dispute has kept the two ... ( read original story ...)
US-China confrontation weighs heavily on Japan
TOKYO -- As the U.S.-China confrontation heats up ahead of a crucial showdown between their leaders next week in Argentina, other countries like Japan are finding themselves caught in the middle. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank pushes for pay-to-play loans from lead IPO underwriters
Almost all Japan's biggest domestic banks are sponsors ... Banks are gearing up to fully mobilize to tackle the mobile unit's IPO. Even the world's most powerful investment banks are desperate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. fears a ‘no-deal Brexit’ and harm to Europe operations
LONDON -- Japanese companies operating in the U.K. remain worried and pessimistic about the country's impending exit from the European Union, a Nikkei survey found, and some of the businesses ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. fears a ‘no-deal Brexit’ and harm to Europe ops
LONDON -- Japanese companies operating in the U.K. remain worried and pessimistic about the country's impending exit from the European Union, a Nikkei survey found, and some of the businesses ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises before long-weekend; defensive stocks, tourism-related firms outperform
TOKYO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on Thursday in choppy trade with gains for defensive stocks and companies linked to inbound tourism demand after data showed a bounce in visitors in Octob... ( read original story ...)
Japanese banks unite on QR code payment service
TOKYO -- Banks and regional financial institutions across Japan expect to come out with a unified smartphone payment service, perhaps in April 2020, Nikkei has learned. The envisioned service will ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan Chairman, Carlos Ghosn, Is Arrested Over Financial Misconduct Allegations
TOKYO — Carlos Ghosn, who created an alliance between Nissan ... as “masterminds” of a long-running scheme to mislead financial authorities. He offered few details, citing the prosecutors’ continuing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Tokyo & Singapore rank as top finance locations in Asia
Colliers International, a global player in commercial real estate services, today released its latest research report 'Top Locations in Asia: Finance'. The report, based on a comprehensive study of 16 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo prosecutor: can’t comment on whether Ghosn has admitted to allegations
said on Thursday that he could not comment on whether Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn had admitted to allegations of financial misconduct. Kukimoto also said that Ghosn is being held at the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Inflation Stalls at 1% as Risks to Price Gains Gather
(Bloomberg) -- Slow but steady improvement in Japan’s core inflation gauge has come to a halt as a host of forces gather that could see price gains begin to slow. Consumer prices excluding fresh food ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan finds coal hard to quit
"I was shocked by his expression 'join Japan,' given that the prime minister has not shown leadership in environmental policies domestically," Hirata told the Nikkei Asian Review, "and that Japan ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ keeps inflation, not bank pain, as its main policy priority
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s long run of extreme monetary stimulus has drawn increasing criticism over the impact it’s had on small banks, but despite the grumbling, the central bank is likely to ... ( read original story ...)
Crunch time for Tencent Music’s 2018 $2 billion IPO hopes
While Hong Kong and Tokyo often remain busy well into year end – the $21 billion Tokyo IPO of SoftBank’s Japanese telecoms business is due to debut on December 19 – New York traditionally ... ( read original story ...)