Tag: banking

Total assets on the balance sheet of the Bank of Japan at the end of April ticked up from March but were flat with the record in February: ¥562 trillion ($5.1 trillion). The BOJ has been tapering ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's top banks are rethinking their expansion of lending for power, transportation and other infrastructure projects as stricter international banking regulations loom. As European ... ( read original story ...)

The primary issue is determining what coaches are owed now that Naomi Osaka has so wildly succeeded. Young athletes need talent and drive, but they also often need a substantial financial investment ... ( read original story ...)

What now? Administration officials say talks will continue, with Mr. Kudlow adding that that could possibly include a meeting next month between Mr. Trump and President Xi Jinping of China at the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, May 13 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei dropped on Monday as most cyclical sectors lost ground after the trade war between the United States and China escalated, while a fall in U.S. futures hurt ... ( read original story ...)

PUTRAJAYA, May 13 ― Putrajaya will take as inspiration food bank programmes in Japan and the United Kingdom, Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution ... ( read original story ...)

Private consumption makes up roughly 60 percent of total GDP. Therefore, a timely and precise assessment of the developments in private consumption is deemed important for making judgments on business ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday, with investors wary about renewed trade tensions between the United States and China after talks failed to achieve a deal. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.72 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coincident indicator index declined in March and the government cut its assessment of the economy, a sign it may already be in recession as the U.S.-China trade war and ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei poll showed 57% of respondents opposed hiking the sales tax to 10% from the current 8%, a policy aimed at taming Japan’s ballooning debt. But with no major challengers on the horizon in his ... ( read original story ...)

shows data compiled by Nikkei from 849 companies that had released full-year results as of Friday. This accounts for just under 60% of all listed enterprises in Japan, excluding nonfinancial and ... ( read original story ...)

Huawei Japan dismissed such criticisms. "To date, we have not been shown any proof supporting security concerns," a representative told Nikkei. "The communications technology conforms to ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese solar panel market was 30% to 40% controlled by Chinese makers like Jinko Solar in 2017, Nikkei data showed, with mass-produced, low-cost panels pouring into Japan. In its fifth ... ( read original story ...)

The cultural differences between Japan and the West are extreme. Japanese culture and quasi-socialist economic structure determined the path of the Japanese banking crisis and its aftermath. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group ... Uber’s listing is the most anticipated IPO since Facebook Inc’s market debut seven years ago, and the world’s largest ... ( read original story ...)

OKUIZUMO, Japan -- The Adachi Museum of Art in Japan's western prefecture of Shimane is little-known, but its garden is something of a superstar -- at least among aficionados of traditional ... ( read original story ...)