Tag: banking

Populism and social unrest is the result. If today's U.S. is at one extreme of the innovation/stability spectrum, Japan lies at the other. Long gone are the days when Japanese inventions such as ... ( read original story ...)

Asian markets were mixed in early trading Tuesday, with Chinese equities rising while Japanese stocks fell. Japan’s Nikkei NIK, -1.22% dropped about 1%, though analysts said that was mostly a catch-up ... ( read original story ...)

Asia markets were mostly lower on Wednesday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index saw a partial recovery from its earlier losses but remained lower by around 0.2 percent as of 3:10 p.m. HK/SIN. The Nikke... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Retail and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 de... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei and the Dow may be joined at the hip when it comes to behavior. Still, the Nikkei is moving faster: Low-to-high for the Nikkei is 18 percent compared to a 13 percent return from the Dow for ... ( read original story ...)

Company establishes joint venture with Japan Cloud to help companies looking for solutions to automate critical accounting and finance processes LOS ANGELES and TOKYO, Oct. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan agreed to deepen cooperation with countries in the Mekong region, as Tokyo aims to maintain its influence in Southeast Asia with more and more countries falling under the sway of China. ( read original story ...)

Nobuyuki Hirano is the world’s most recognized and most respected Japanese banker – and the chief executive of MUFG is an articulate voice on the demographic challenges facing Japanese banking and soc... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Corporate Japan has seen a rapid increase in unrealized gains on their shareholdings as the stock market has rallied, with big banks' paper profits reaching a 22-year high. For banks ... ( read original story ...)

a midsized bank mired in a lending scandal, to stop making new loans for property investments for six months. The scandal has sent ripples through Japan’s banking industry where Suruga was a darling o... ( read original story ...)

Already, most exchanges in major markets like Japan and South Korea have obtained banking services by large financial institutions and commercial banks in their respective countries. If Bitfinex ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Foreigners who want to work in Japan will be able to take a new test of Japanese language proficiency as soon as next April, one with a greater emphasis on practical expressions used in ... ( read original story ...)

Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous Tsukiji market relocates to a new site. In small vehicles and the mark... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell to its lowest close in two-weeks on Friday, tracking weakness on Wall Street as rising U.S. Treasury yields have dimmed the allure of most stocks except fi... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Money raised from this year's initial public offerings in Japan reached 175.8 billion yen ($1.54 billion) at the end of September, increasing more than threefold on the year as big names ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- With both Russia and China expanding their presence in the Arctic, Japan looks to ensure it also has a voice in the development of the resource-rich but environmentally sensitive region. ( read original story ...)