There are just over 2000 days until the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and already domestic sponsorship for the event has reached a record $2.8 billion. Stock photo via https://pixabay.com/en/packs-pile-money-finance-currency-163497 ... ( read original story ...)
Dollar slides, gold edges higher after North Korea launches missile
In Asia Pacific equities, futures pointed to a lower open for Japanese stocks. Nikkei futures traded in Chicago were down 0.44 percent at 19,720 and Osaka futures were 0.34 percent lower at 19,740 by 6:24 a.m. HK/SIN. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese banks to end same-day personal loans
TOKYO -- Banks in Japan will tighten screening of personal-loan applications starting in January amid growing criticism that easy credit has contributed to a jump in personal bankruptcies and people struggling under heavy debt. In Japan, banks issue loan ... ( read original story ...)
Finmin signs MoU with Japan for bullet train training centre
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry today signed an agreement with Japan to set up a training institute for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project along with others pacts, envisaging a total loan commitment of about Rs 6,000 crore. The training institute will ... ( read original story ...)
Stock markets vie to host Saudi’s Aramco IPO
Among Aramco’s suitors include the New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Toronto stock exchanges. The IPO could raise as much as $100 billion, a large chunk of the $132.5 billion raised globally from IPOs in 2016, according to consultancy EY. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s smaller airports welcome Southeast Asia
The western Japanese city is known for the Atomic Bomb Dome and the ... A Hiroshima official told the Nikkei Asian Review that it had approached Southeast Asian airlines with the hope that the city would host more tourists, in addition to requests from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan aims to catch gold smugglers at airports
TOKYO -- Seeking to curb a growing outbreak of gold smuggling, Japan's Ministry of Finance will install metal detector gates at the customs areas of airports with heavy international traffic, such as Narita and Haneda. Currently, travelers entering Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan commission supports nuclear power despite Fukushima
TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission has issued a report calling for nuclear energy to remain a key component of the country’s energy mix despite broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society. The annual report ... ( read original story ...)
JAPAN: Nikkei up another +0.5% overnight, taking its 3-day rip to +3.1% and back above @Hedgeye TREND
08:00a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running: Ni.. 07:12a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running: Ni.. 06:49a Toshiba to step up chip talks with Bain, Western Digital still in running -Ni. ( read original story ...)
One of Central Ohio’s largest commercial lenders acquired by Tokyo buyer
Lancaster Pollard joins Red Capital Group, which has offices in downtown Columbus, as a subsidiary of ORIX USA Corp., an arm of publicly owned ORIX Corp. out of Tokyo. Boston Financial Investment Management is another subsidiary of the company that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s MUFG says picks Amsterdam as EU investment banking base
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) said it has picked Amsterdam as its European Union investment banking base, as financial institutions prepare for Britain’s exit from the EU. Japan’s largest lender is following the ... ( read original story ...)
Thai SMEs visit Japanese firms aimed at elderly market
... UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest financial group, to facilitate the trip to several ageing-related businesses. The project also gained support from the Thai Trade Centre in Osaka and the Osaka Prefectural Government. Pornsanong Tuchinda ... ( read original story ...)
Skkynet to Hold OPC UA Sandpit Event in Osaka
12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skkynet Cloud Systems, Inc. (“Skkynet” or “the Company”) (OTCQB: SKKY), a global leader in real-time cloud information systems, is pleased to announce OSP 2017―OPC UA Sandpit―will be held in Osaka, Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Realty (DLR) Expands in Australia With New Facility
Specifically, the company has a meaningful presence in the Asia Pacific region, operating a network of data centers situated in Singapore, Hong Kong, Osaka, Melbourne and ... to be immediately accretive to financial metrics. (Read more: Digital Realty ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe: Want next BOJ head to focus on meeting price goal – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he wants the country’s central bank to focus on monetary policies geared at achieving its 2 percent inflation target, regardless of who becomes the next Bank of Japan governor, the Nikkei newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 rejects NGO claims over timber providers
LIMA (Reuters) - Organisers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Tuesday rejected allegations by 47 non-governmental organisations that they had used companies with suspect logging track records, saying all material purchased was strictly regulated. In an open ... ( read original story ...)