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Japanese margin traders’ long positions in the lira versus the yen totaled at 317,283 as of March 28, according to data from the Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. That’s higher than the 288,563 ... ( read original story ...)

The TMG—in collaboration with the national government, private sector and others—is advancing initiatives to revitalize the financial sector in order to win back Tokyo’s position as the top global ... ( read original story ...)

The owner of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges has agreed to buy the Tokyo Commodity Exchange as part of an effort to consolidate financial trading and boost Japan’s status as a financial centre. ... ( read original story ...)

Participants from diverse backgrounds and the financial sector gathered on 5 and 6 March in Tokyo for two related events on the dialogue between Earth System science and the financial sector. Called ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japan named its next imperial era Reiwa, or roughly “auspicious calm,” as the nation prepared for a once-in-a-generation transition in the world’s oldest continuous monarchy ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Rakuten said on Monday ... Rakuten become Lyft’s largest shareholder with a 13 percent stake ahead of its IPO. Lyft shares closed 9 percent higher at $78.29 in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan still uses the Imperial calendar -- often ... When the global recession of 2008 hammered the economy, the Nikkei 225 Index dropped to 7,054 yen in March 2009, more than 80% off its historic ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan’s manufacturing sector continued to contract in March although the pace of deterioration eased from February, according to a survey. The Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on the first day of the new fiscal year on Monday on U.S.-Sino trade talk hopes and as brisk Chinese manufacturing surveys lifted China-related stocks, ... ( read original story ...)

Business confidence at big Japanese manufacturers worsened in March from three months ago, the Bank of Japan's closely watched "tankan" survey showed on Monday. This underscored concerns that slumping ... ( read original story ...)

Sentiment dropped to 12 in March from 19 in December, according to a quarterly Tankan survey released by the Bank of Japan, an indication of dented confidence among Japan’s biggest exporters. That was ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Sentiment among Japan's large manufacturers slumped in ... Economists had expected a reading of 14, according to a poll conducted by Nikkei group company QUICK. The decline marks the ... ( read original story ...)

Asia logistics real estate platform ESR announced on March 29 that it has acquired a parcel of land on Japan’s Tokyo Bay for development of a $1 billion warehouse facility. The Warburg Pincus-backed ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese lenders should not blame the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy for their inability to boost trading revenue or for poor returns borne of lax risk management, the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- As Japan prepares to accept foreign blue-collar workers in greater numbers than ever, small and midsize businesses are looking to the new visa rules taking effect Monday for relief from a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- After 30 years on the throne, Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate in about one month. That will mean the end of the current Heisei era, and the country is waiting with bated breath to ... ( read original story ...)