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TOKYO, June 30 Japan's Nikkei share average stumbled to two-week lows on Friday on worries cheap funding from European central banks may be soon coming to an end. While 30 of the Topix's 33 subsectors were in negative territory, tech names in particular ... ( read original story ...)

The four times weekly route departed from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for Honolulu, Hawaii via Osaka, Japan. The successful inaugural flight was followed by a celebration and press conference event at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. AirAsia X is the long-haul ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's central bank issued a rare apology on Friday over a board member's praise for Adolf Hitler's economic policies. Yutaka Harada, a member of the board of the Bank of Japan, told a seminar on Thursday Hitler's economic policies had been "appropriate ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — The Latest on the trial of three Japanese utility executives for the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Defence attorneys for three former Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives say that experts were divided about a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — The Latest on the trial of three Japanese utility executives for the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. have pleaded not guilty to charges of negligence for the 2011 ... ( read original story ...)

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HONG KONG — Share sales in Asia ex-Japan have picked up pace this year and are set to rise sharply in the coming months, with $10 billion listings from two Chinese firms expected to reinstate Hong Kong as the world's top IPO destination, bankers and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 29 Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday morning to hover near two-year highs after Wall Street rebounded, with tech shares, like Advantest Corp and Shin-Etsu Chemical, outperforming the overall market. The Nikkei gained 0.5 percent to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 29 Japan's Nikkei share average neared two-year highs on Thursday after Wall Street rebounded, with tech shares such as Advantest Corp and Shin-Etsu Chemical outperforming the overall market. The Nikkei gained 0.45 percent to 20,220.30, moving ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 28 Japan's Ministry of Finance floated a plan on Wednesday to increase the size of short-term Japanese government bond issue through so-called liquidity-enhancing auctions to ease their shortage, a senior ministry official said. The plan was ... ( read original story ...)

He became Minister of Finance for a brief period in 2009, but the LDP lost the power. In 2011, he switched his party to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to become Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and Minister of State for the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's national public broadcast company NHK could levy a new mandatory fee for programming streamed on smartphones and similar devices -- a move that would affect the growing number of households that do not own televisions. The proposal was ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese banks have sold off domestic government bonds to their lowest holding levels on record, scrambling for near-term profit as negative interest rates erode spreads in core lending operations. Holdings of Japanese government bonds were down ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 27 Japan's Nikkei share average edged up to hover near two-year highs on Tuesday morning as a weaker yen helped exporters rise, while financial stocks rebounded from Monday's declines. The Nikkei gained 0.4 percent to 20,233.23 in midmorning ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei was last up 0.3 per cent at 20,213.62 in subdued trading. A rise above 20,318.11, a peak scaled a week ago, would take the Nikkei to its highest since August 2015. “The fundamental mood is not bad, but it’s hard for investors ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei advanced 0.4 per cent to 20,235.79. A rise above 20,318.11, a peak scaled a week ago, would take the Nikkei to its highest since August 2015. A weaker yen, a boon to export-reliant Japan, usually underpins the Tokyo market as the ... ( read original story ...)