Tag: banking

Over 30% of listed companies in Japan have upwardly revised their net profit forecasts for the fiscal year ending March, according to Nikkei research, with the trend largely led by Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's traditionally overlooked stock market is winning new fans as global investors use the promise of a coronavirus vaccine and a new U.S. administration to hunt for more fairly valued, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei surged to close at a fresh 29-year high on Wednesday, as investors remained hopeful of a swift global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccine-related developments. ( read original story ...)

Japan's third extra budget for economic stimulus steps may need to be bigger than 15 trillion yen ($142.5 billion), a senior lawmaker in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the pace of recovery in private demand was fast, as seen in the automotive sector. ( read original story ...)

AMA Research published a new research publication on "Trade Finance Market Insights, to 2025" with 150+pages and enriched with self-explained Tables and charts in presentable format. In the Study you ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN * Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp, permanently shut the 115,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit at its Osaka refinery on September 30 as planned. AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND * ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ordered the putting together of a third extra budget Tuesday, amid concern the economy’s recovery from a pandemic-triggered recession may lose steam. The long ... ( read original story ...)

Musical instrument maker Roland has filed for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei has learned, a move that is expected to make it the nation's biggest IPO this year. The ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei 225 index has been in rally mode since bottoming at 22,948.47 on Oct 30, catapulting above 24,000 on Nov 5 and then piercing 25,000 on Tuesday. USD/JPY has rallied alongside the Nikkei, ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese shares hit a more than 29-year high on Wednesday, as investors remained hopeful of a swift global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccine-related developments. TOKYO, Nov 11 ... ( read original story ...)

New Prime Minister Suga wants to cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050. That’s ominous for MUFG, Mizuho and peers, who provided more than $150 bln in loans and underwriting for fossil fuels over five ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average on Monday reached a high last seen almost three decades ago, after Joe Biden clinched the U.S. presidency, with Honda Motors leading gains among carmakers on strong ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan will exempt regional banks from negative rates if they agree to merge or cut costs in a highly unusual use of monetary policy to reshape the financial sector. Regional banks with ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan said that it would introduce a new deposit facility to support regional banks, whose profits have been hurt by Japan’s longtime low-interest-rate policy. ( read original story ...)

Losses from cryptocurrency thefts, hacks, and fraud declined to $1.8 billion for the first 10 months of the year compared with last year, but crime in the hot "decentralized finance" sector rose, ... ( read original story ...)