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only provides financial support for the construction of facilities such as schools, libraries, hospitals and nursing homes, and only in areas outside Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. The government will revise the rules to enable it to finance — from next month ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will lease a total of five surplus Beechcraft TC-90 planes to the Philippines, according to Manila's defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Philippine military chief General Eduardo Ano said the new planes would be deployed over Benham Rise and the ... ( read original story ...)

March 22 Sushiro Global Holdings Ltd: * Says its stock will begin trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 30, 2017, under the symbol "3563" Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/WHsZef Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 28 Japan's Nikkei share average rebounded from more than a six-week low on Tuesday morning due to a pause in the yen's strong trend, with most sectors rose to positive territory. With the end of the business year-end looming on March 31 for a ... ( read original story ...)

March 27 Renewable Japan Energy Infrastructure Fund Inc : * Says its stock will begin trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 29, 2017, under the symbol "9283" * The company will offer a total of 39,140 shares * Says the nominal offering price as of ... ( read original story ...)

The good news for Sushiro is that there are signs of pent-up retail appetite for new issues — Japanese IPO numbers are up about 15 per cent since the start of 2017 compared with the same period last year, and analysts see that growth continuing. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday he did not want to comment on media reports that Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) U.S nuclear unit, Westinghouse, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Toshiba wants Westinghouse to file for ... ( read original story ...)

We totally dig the makeup-free movement, but after hearing about a Tokyo cafe that won’t hire women who wear makeup, we’re a little mystified. After all, while it’s lovely to be natural and work with what you’re given, makeup is also a lot of fun. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks sank on a strong yen Monday morning, with automakers and electronics firms taking a hit, while Toshiba dropped on a report that its troubled US nuclear unit could start bankruptcy proceedings this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)

On March 23, we received a funding grant of 187.6 billion yen from the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (hereinafter referred to as NDF) based on the revision of the Special Business Plan which was approved on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 27 Japan's Nikkei share average skidded 1.4 percent on Monday, wallowing at a six-week low and deepening last week's 1.3 percent loss, on pressure from a resurgent yen. The dollar fell to its weakest level since November against the safe-haven ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 27 Japan's Nikkei share average skidded on Monday, battered by a resurgent yen and deepening last week's 1.3 percent loss. The dollar came under pressure after the defeat of President Donald Trump's healthcare package on Friday, raising ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan board members said easy monetary policy will be in place for some time because consumer price growth is still distant from the central bank's 2 percent inflation target, a summary of opinions from their March 15-16 meeting ... ( read original story ...)

Deposits at six leading online banks topped 11.4 trillion yen at the end of March 2016 -- a substantial figure, but a mere 1.42% of the total for all Japanese banks. The industry has reached a turning point: The Bank of Japan's negative-interest-rate ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Bank of Japan board members said easy monetary policy will be in place for some time because consumer prices are still distant from the central bank's 2 percent inflation target, a summary of opinions from their March 15-16 meeting showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)

The tensions in Europe have made many Japanese leery of large-scale immigration. "If we were to choose to address Japan's labor shortage by allowing more immigrants in without carefully thinking about it, we would face a situation similar to Europe," said ... ( read original story ...)