Tag: banking

"The United States has had a trade imbalance with Japan for too long. American products and services too often face barriers to compete fairly in Japanese markets," Vice President Mike Pence said ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei ticked up in a choppy Monday morning as investors scooped up cheap stocks, but gains were contained by weakness on Wall Street and falling U.S. tech shares. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo police believe the suspects tried to avoid prosecution by using cryptocurrencies, as they are in a “gray zone,” according to Japanese financial regulation. As explained by Financial ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's central bank has become the first among G7 nations to own assets collectively worth more than the country's entire economy, following a half-decade spending spree ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Between 260,000 to 340,000 foreign workers could enter Japan if a planned amendment to the immigration control law passes the Diet, according to a government estimate learned by Nikkei. ( read original story ...)

Stocks in Australia, Japan and South Korea saw declines in the morning. Overnight on Wall Street, the major stock indexes saw a sell-off, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging by more than 60... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan’s massive asset purchase program has taken it into uncharted territory, with its ballooning holdings now larger than the country’s annual economic output. Its holding ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s central bank has become the first among G7 nations to own assets collectively worth more than the country’s entire economy, following a half-decade spending spree ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said he was ... besides trade policy that they could discuss. Pence, in Japan on Tuesday during a visit to Asia, will meet Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japanese public is happier about the economy than at any time in nearly two decades, though few think the next generation will have it as good. People's biggest fear is automation ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo proper is strongly inclined toward light industry. Most of Japan’s books and much of its electronic equipment, for instance, are produced there. More noteworthy than the concentration of industr... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy is forecast to contract in July to September, and a recent slump in machinery orders suggests any rebound in the following quarters is likely to be weak if exports and business ... ( read original story ...)

SoftBank Group Corp has won approval to conduct a 2.4 trillion yen ($21.04-billion) initial public offering (IPO) of its domestic telecoms business, in a deal that will seal the group’s transformation ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged up in choppy trade on Monday as buying of cheapened stocks was largely offset by cautious sentiment driven by weakness on Wall Street and falling U.S. te... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp's domestic telecoms unit on Monday received approval to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange through one of the biggest-ever initial public offerings (IPO) a... ( read original story ...)

“BNI has committed to be a pioneer in sustainable finance,” said Edi Sutrisno from TuK-Indonesia ... and supplying plywood from those mills for the construction of Tokyo 2020 Olympics venues. Photogra... ( read original story ...)