Tag: banking

World’s first digital art museum opened in Tokyo by teamLab, a pioneering interdisciplinary creative group of “ultra-technologists,” with offices in Japan, Singapore and China. Called “Mori Building D... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the European Union signed a wide-ranging free trade deal on Tuesday that both sides hope will act as a counterweight to the protectionist forces unleashed by U.S. President ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Leaders from Japan and the European Union will put the finishing touches on the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement on Tuesday with a signing ceremony in Tokyo. The deal agreed by the EU ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has announced that its core banking subsidiary has been renamed MUFG Bank as part of a global initiative to bring together its banking operations under one brand. ... ( read original story ...)

Minutes from Bank of Japan meetings from January to June 2008, released to the public Tuesday, show that Policy Board members had difficulty reading signs of the impending collapse of U.S. investment ... ( read original story ...)

Standard Bank spokesperson Ross Linstrom said at the time that the incident involved the withdrawal of cash using a small number of fictitious cards at various ATMs in Japan. To date, the bank has not ... ( read original story ...)

Crude oil could surge to more than $120 a barrel, according to Bank of America Merill Lynch analysts ... "But these do not include the US, China, Europe, Japan." BAMLRising oil prices have stabilized ... ( read original story ...)

In the banking space, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial is gaining almost 2 percent and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial is adding 0.2 percent. Among oil stocks, Inpex and Japan Petroleum are declining more than 1 pe... ( read original story ...)

It is hard to see the pace of Japan’s economic growth accelerating only on domestic demand,” said Harumi Taguchi, principal economist at IHS Markit. Most economists polled said the Bank of Japan would ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will be the biggest economy in the world by far to be ... by shouting “total witch hunt” as he left the room." If you're a high-level banking official and EU national with five years to spare — ... ( read original story ...)

If you are searching for a buy-and-hold pick for a TFSA retirement fund, I think Royal Bank looks attractive today. Renowned Japanese Billionaire is sounding the alarm on what could be a trillion-doll... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is considering visiting New Zealand after attending a Group of 20 finance leaders' gathering on July 21-22, government sources said on Tuesday. The ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is considering visiting New ... will meet New Zealand’s acting Prime Minister Winston Peters during the visit and return to Japan on July 25, the s... ( read original story ...)

The European Union's top officials arrive in Japan Tuesday to sign the single market's biggest trade deal ever and present a united front as Washington upends the international trade order. EU and Jap... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan plans to begin testing the transport of captured carbon dioxide by sea, looking to be among the first in the world to commercialize a key technology for battling global warming. Carbon ... ( read original story ...)

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is considering selling its symbolic Osaka headquarters building to help finance the 46 billion pound ($60 billion) deal to acquire Irish drugmaker Shire Plc., sources close t... ( read original story ...)