Tag: banking

Despite repeated speeches to the contrary. As of September 30, total assets on the Bank of Japan's elephantine balance sheet dropped by ¥5.4 trillion ($33 billion) from a month earlier, to ¥537 ... ( read original story ...)

She, like many Japanese women, had an education and early ... string of impressive financial institutions — Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Nikkei Shimbun Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese companies focus heavily on recruitment ... and job fairs allow students to look at companies all at once. Nikkei staff writer Takayuki Inoue contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)

If a major earthquake or other disaster hits Japan, is the country equipped to provide sufficient information to foreign residents and tourists? This issue was brought into sharp relief this past ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell to a three-week low on Tuesday after shares of firms with big exposure to China languished on worries about its economy while chip equipment makers tumbled ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — The price tag keeps soaring for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite local organizers and the International Olympic Committee saying that spending is being cut. A report just released by the nation... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The leaders of Japan and five Southeast Asian countries that share the Mekong River on Tuesday agreed to adopt a new policy that pushes forward more than 150 projects in the Mekong region ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell to a three-week low on Tuesday morning after shares of firms with big exposure to China languished on worries about its economy while chip equipment makers ... ( read original story ...)

Populism and social unrest is the result. If today's U.S. is at one extreme of the innovation/stability spectrum, Japan lies at the other. Long gone are the days when Japanese inventions such as ... ( read original story ...)

Asian markets were mixed in early trading Tuesday, with Chinese equities rising while Japanese stocks fell. Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -1.22% dropped about 1%, though analysts said that was mostly a catch-up ... ( read original story ...)

Asia markets were mostly lower on Wednesday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index saw a partial recovery from its earlier losses but remained lower by around 0.2 percent as of 3:10 p.m. HK/SIN. The Nikke... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Retail and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 de... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei and the Dow may be joined at the hip when it comes to behavior. Still, the Nikkei is moving faster: Low-to-high for the Nikkei is 18 percent compared to a 13 percent return from the Dow for ... ( read original story ...)

Company establishes joint venture with Japan Cloud to help companies looking for solutions to automate critical accounting and finance processes LOS ANGELES and TOKYO, Oct. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan agreed to deepen cooperation with countries in the Mekong region, as Tokyo aims to maintain its influence in Southeast Asia with more and more countries falling under the sway of China. ( read original story ...)

Nobuyuki Hirano is the world’s most recognized and most respected Japanese banker – and the chief executive of MUFG is an articulate voice on the demographic challenges facing Japanese banking and soc... ( read original story ...)