Tag: banking

SoftBank is planning to name at least four other Japanese banks and brokerage firms on the list of global co-ordinators for the IPO, said bankers close to SoftBank. The formal announcement of the IPO ... ( read original story ...)

a source told Nikkei on Sunday. The number of accounts dwarfs the roughly 9,000 reported by Japanese citizens in 2016 through filings legally required for anyone keeping over 50 million yen ($ ... ( read original story ...)

Much of it is held domestically at low interest rates, allowing Japan to avoid a Greek-style cash crunch. Critics say that raising the tariff from eight to 10 percent is crucial to finance snowballing ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The minister in charge of trade talks with the United States said Sunday that Japan has no intention of discussing measures to prevent competitive currency devaluations. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Only about a quarter of major Japanese companies meet the government target of having women occupy at least 10% of executive posts, a Nikkei survey shows, signaling a challenge of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - From tiny one-person cubicles in underground stations to camping tents under towering skyscrapers and even karaoke clubs: in workaholic Japan, salarymen are never short of a place to ... ( read original story ...)

ALSO READ: Osaka receives trophy in tears, amid audience boos The promoter holding in the bank currently stands around 82 per cent after a successful Initial Public Offer (IPO), launched in March this ... ( read original story ...)

Market volatility that started in the U.S. and rippled through Asia this week stemmed from rising U.S. Treasury yields, Japan’s central bank governor said. While the economic fundamentals for the U.S. ... ( read original story ...)

Household spending in the third-largest economy in the world, Japan, surged to its highest level in the last three years. Such upbeat data from Japan allayed fears that the Asian giant’s ... ( read original story ...)

Bloomberg News reported Friday that the Japanese investment and technology firm aims to sell around 3 trillion yen ($27 billion) of shares, the biggest IPO ever, listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in ... ( read original story ...)

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday there were some adjustments seen in financial markets but this did not change the view that global growth ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo-based SoftBank plans to market most of the shares to Japanese individuals, Bloomberg News has reported. Read how SoftBank may seek financing from banks pitching IPO role Representatives for ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Skilled workers that come to Japan will be eligible for a new type ... Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita told Nikkei on Thursday. Foreigners with advanced skills, education or work ... ( read original story ...)

Daiwa is the latest Japanese bank to migrate trading operations to Frankfurt from London, as the nation’s financiers move ahead with their Brexit contingency plans with only six months to go and no de... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell on Friday morning as investors maintained their risk aversion after Wall Street extended its slide overnight, dragging down recent winners such as insurer... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei tumbled to a one-month low on Thursday and suffered its biggest daily decline since March, hit by a sell-off in global shares, while tech firms and industrial ... ( read original story ...)