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Investing.com - Asian shares were narrowly mixed on Tuesday with sentiment subdued on continued tension on the Korean peninsula that have raised conflict risks. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) suppliers in Asia were mostly lower after it reportedly informed suppliers ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei average edged lower on Tuesday as tech shares and Apple suppliers declined, tracking their U.S. counterparts overnight, while concerns over North Korea sapped risk appetite. The Nikkei ended 0.3 percent lower at ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The second-round float of shares in government-owned Japan Post Holdings will have a price of 1,322 yen each, the Ministry of Finance said Monday, choosing a discount at the low end of its planned range. This week's release consists of a 1.3 ... ( read original story ...)

Pedestrians walk past a post office in Tokyo. A government sale of Japan Post Holdings Co stock raised $11bn in the world’s second-biggest share sale this year. A government sale of Japan Post Holdings Co stock raised $11bn in the world’s second ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei average slipped slightly on Tuesday morning as tech shares and Apple suppliers declined, tracking their U.S. counterparts overnight, while concerns over North Korea sapped risk appetite. The Nikkei was ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the government would need to craft a new time frame for achieving its budget-balancing goal, currently set at fiscal 2020/21. He made the remarks a day after Prime Minister Shinzo ... ( read original story ...)

Kanuma (Japan) (AFP) - A series of fatal crashes caused by elderly drivers in Japan has left authorities desperately grappling for ways to clamp down on a problem that experts warn is only going to get worse as the population ages. Drivers over 65 were ... ( read original story ...)

"I'll demonstrate strong leadership and stand at the forefront to face a national crisis," Abe told reporters, mentioning Japan's fast-ageing population and North Korea. "This is my responsibility as leader and my mission as prime minister." Natsuo ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A government sale of Japan Post Holdings Co (6178.T) stock raised $11 billion in the world’s second-biggest share sale this year, with the postal and financial giant’s attractive dividend yield helping drum up sufficient, albeit ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Post shares have not performed particularly well, hanging below their 1,400 yen IPO price. Tokyo: Japan said on Monday that it expects to raise more than USD 11.6 billion by selling off another chunk of the country's massive postal service. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Monday morning as a weaker yen lifted exporter shares, while expectations for a snap election continued to support overall sentiment. With the end of the first half looming on Sept. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Monday as a weaker yen lifted exporters, while expectations of economic stimulus measures after an election next month supported overall sentiment. As the end of Japan’s fiscal first half ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's number of suspected diabetics hit 10 million for the first time last year, according to health ministry estimates released Thursday, with the increase attributed to growing obesity rates and an aging public. These patient numbers rose by ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, or PMI, rose to a four-month high of 52.6 in September from 52.2 in August. A reading above 50 signals an improvement, while one below 50 points to a contraction in activity. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Thursday, boosted by gains on Wall Street and a weaker yen after the Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to raise interest rates one more time this year. The Nikkei was up 0.8 percent at the ... ( read original story ...)

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