SoftBank’s executives and global coordinators for the share sale went on a worldwide road show in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Japan this month to pitch the IPO to analysts and fund managers. The IPO wi... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo prosecutors plan to seek extension of Ghosn’s detention: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors plan to seek an extension of Carlos Ghosn's detention, after the ousted chairman of Nissan Motor Co was arrested last week for alleged financial misconduct ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s $21 billion IPO reaches retail sales target
SoftBank’s executives and global coordinators for the share sale went on a road show in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Japan this month to pitch the IPO to analysts and fund managers. The IPO will probabl... ( read original story ...)
Japan Clears Way for First Aircraft Carriers in 70 Years
Japan has cleared the way to purchase the vertical takeoff and landing version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter while looking into basing them on so-called “helicopter carriers”. The result ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei gains on firm offshore cues
Headline indices of the Japan share market were higher on Wednesday, 28 November 2018, as investors tracking an advance in Wall Street overnight and a cheaper yen, and hope that the United States and ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises for 4th day; Dainipppon Sumitomo Pharma surges
TOKYO, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose for a fourth day on Wednesday, supported by buying of large cap stocks such as Fast Retailing which offset weakness in airlines. The Nikkei share ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s net income rises in March-September, helped by ETF gains
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan’s net income rose in the first half of fiscal 2018, aided by gains from the central bank’s holding of exchange-traded funds. Net income for the fiscal half year end... ( read original story ...)
Japan to overhaul auto taxes as industry transforms
TOKYO -- Japan is revamping its automotive tax system to impose levies based on mileage, as revolution in green and sharing technologies squeeze revenue under the current framework. Car owners are ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s lower house passes foreign worker bill as concerns mount
TOKYO -- The lower house of Japan's parliament passed legislation on Tuesday that would open the country's doors wider to foreign workers, bringing the bill a step closer to enactment, but issues ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to hold companies accountable for AI decisions
TOKYO -- Japan will make companies responsible for explaining decisions made by artificial intelligence software they use, according to a government draft of legal guidelines shared with Nikkei. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Line partners Mizuho, Tencent in fintech drive; shares jump
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese chat app operator Line Corp (3938.T) will set up a bank with Mizuho Financial Group Inc (8411.T) and also partner China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) to offer ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Line jumps 17 percent after Nikkei reports Tencent tie-up
TOKYO (Reuters) - Line Corp shares jumped as much as 17 percent on Tuesday after the Nikkei business daily reported the Japanese chat app operator would tie-up with China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd ... ( read original story ...)
Japan still to slip in the sea under its central bank debt burden
President Trump banned a CNN reporter only to find his position overturned by the judicial system. Well CNN is guilty of at least one thing – publishing misleading and alarmist economic reports about ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign workers increasingly join labor unions
Nikkei surveyed 22 major retail and service companies, including operators of supermarkets, restaurants and hotels. Eighteen of the companies, or 80% of the total, confirmed that non-Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
46% of Japanese favor initial return of 2 islands from Russia
the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo survey finds. The Northern Territories, Japan's name for the southern Kuril Islands, are administered by Russia but claimed by Tokyo. The dispute has kept the two ... ( read original story ...)
US-China confrontation weighs heavily on Japan
TOKYO -- As the U.S.-China confrontation heats up ahead of a crucial showdown between their leaders next week in Argentina, other countries like Japan are finding themselves caught in the middle. ( read original story ...)