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TAX HIKE UNDER WAY On domestic policy, Aso, who is also Japan's finance minister, said budding signs of recovery in the economy and private consumption are paving the way for Japan to proceed with a twice-delayed sales tax hike now scheduled for October 2019. ( read original story ...)

"The IPO will help decide whom, or which country ... Other mooted Asian options include Tokyo and Singapore. "The Saudis are serious about Asia. They can maintain market share there. At the end of the day, Aramco needs to sell its oil. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Christian Dior launched its new Tokyo store with a fashion show in the rooftop gardens of a luxury mall, where models sported new looks from its creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. Underlining Dior's connection with Japan, which is an ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Drawing in more entrepreneurs from abroad will form a key part of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's vision of turning the city into a global financial center. Koike wants to take advantage of the central government's special economic zone program ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Retail investors here are fleeing their traditional ... according to information website IPO Japan. These strong performers include Temona, an information technology support company that listed April 6 and achieved more than triple its offer ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON -- Opening up the Japanese market to U.S. agricultural exports will likely be a subject of heated discussion as talks progress from bilateral economic discussions that opened Tuesday. The White House under President Donald Trump has favored ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. kicked off high-level bilateral economic talks in Tokyo on Tuesday, with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who co-chaired the meeting along with Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, expressing hope for a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan is poised to exceed an international commitment to limit catches of threatened Pacific bluefin tuna just two years after it adopted the cap, which has been undermined by lax compliance. Japan leads the world in catches and consumption of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s skyline is set to welcome 45 new skyscrapers by the time city hosts the Olympics in 2020, as a surge of buildings planned in the early years of Abenomics near completion. Japan’s capital will see nearly 50 percent more new high-rise space in ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka University and NTT Laboratories recently created the first ... is still in the early phases,” Mass wrote in an email. See also: MuleSoft’s post-IPO gains have created a scary valuation Hortonworks had a market capitalization of about $662 ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Netmarble Games Corp said on Tuesday it expects to have a war chest of some $4.4 billion (£3.5 billion) for acquisitions after an imminent IPO, and plans to roll out its new blockbuster game to Japan and China this year. ( read original story ...)

South Korea'sNetmarble Games Corp said on Tuesday it expects to have a war chest of some $4.4 billion for acquisitions after an imminent IPO, and plans to roll out its new blockbuster game to Japan and China this year. While little known in the West ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock index took its cue from a rebound in U.S. shares and a weaker yen on Tuesday, pulling away from its recent five-month lows. The Nikkei was up 0.2 percent at midday at 18,398.24. The dollar added 0.1 percent ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Many at Japan's Ministry of Finance have been left perplexed by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent verbal intervention in the currency market. "It's annoying," said a senior ministry official in change of currency affairs on April 13 ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino and schoolgirl sensation Rikako Ikee will head Japan's charge at this summer's world swimming championships when both are likely to face very different types of pressure. Hagino and Ikee were named among a team of 18 athletes ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin will hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 finance leaders' gathering in Washington D.C., Japan's Ministry of Finance said on Monday. ( read original story ...)