Tag: banking

TOKYO -- Japan and the EU are set to collaborate on developing a framework to promote the stable procurement of liquefied natural gas, in a bit to establish a more flexible market. LNG purchases ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan said the financial system remains stable and growth in bank lending continues to support the economy, signaling it’s comfortable that lenders are coping with its recor... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Risk-taking in Japan’s financial sector hit a near three-decade high in the April-September, a central bank gauge showed, in a sign years of ultra-easy monetary policy may be overhea... ( read original story ...)

Japanese consumers are sensitive to cost performance and quick to alert each other on social media about furtive attempts at shrinking product sizes. Of the 10 products in a Nikkei survey whose ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s financial system remains stable as a whole but there is a growing divergence between regional banks that are profitable and those that are suffering, the Bank of Japan said o... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has named veteran banker Todd Leland as its investment banking head for Asia Pacific excluding Japan, according to an internal memo seen by ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary Chocolate Co. Ltd., a Japanese confectionary manufacturer and seller founded in 1950, will run a booth to display its brand "Tokyo Chocolate" at "Salon du ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei ended the morning session lower on Monday, tracking global losses as concerns about trade, Saudi Arabia and the euro zone bruised market sentiment and as domes... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- The chief executive of Japan’s biggest bank has pulled out of a Saudi Arabian investment conference, joining a growing list of withdrawals following the killing of a government critic a... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- While the majority of Japan's corporate leaders remain positive ... to impact business sentiment and capital investment, a Nikkei survey showed. Of the leaders of 144 companies that ... ( read original story ...)

Auditors said the Olympics’ colossal financial footprint had been partially obscured from ... Toshiro Muto, the chief executive of the Tokyo organising committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, s... ( read original story ...)

The chief executive of Japan’s biggest bank has pulled out of Saudi Arabia’s financial conference dubbed “Davos in the Desert,” joining a growing list of withdrawals following the killing of a governm... ( read original story ...)

Masayoshi Amamiya, Bank of Japan’s Deputy Governor, stated on Saturday that it was unclear whether digital currencies could enhance the monetary policies of central banks. He elaborated that the ... ( read original story ...)

All three are expected to submit proposals if Osaka is officially chosen as a casino site. The expert committee is expected to be made up of specialists in casino economics and finance, security, and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to leave out any mention of the country's ability to strike enemy bases, such as when a missile launch against the country is imminent, from defense ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A small but growing number of tourists arriving in Japan aboard cruise ships have absconded in recent years, having come via a system that allows for temporary visa-free entry to the country. ( read original story ...)