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Japan’s Nikkei fell Thursday as a higher yen hurt export stocks. Asian equity markets were slightly higher Thursday, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump largely avoided fresh attacks on global trade in his first news conference in six months. ( read original story ...)

Also, “The Japan Bank Consortium to Centrally Provide Domestic and Cross-border Payments” officially launched with 42 member banks. Using Ripple, customers of the banks will get real-time domestic and cross-border payments. Participants include Bank of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo tumbled more than one percent Thursday, while the dollar sank as investors were left deflated by a lack of economic detail from Donald Trump at his first post-election press conference. Traders had hoped the real estate tycoon would flesh out some of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Jan 12 Japan's Nikkei share average dropped to a near two-week low on Thursday morning after President-elect Donald Trump failed to provide clarity on future fiscal policies in a highly-awaited press briefing. The pharmaceutical sector was heavily ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday that its active trade investment in the United States was a source of "vitality" in the economic relationship between the two nations. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga also told ... ( read original story ...)

Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.6 percent on year in December, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday, coming in at 509.555 trillion yen. That beat forecasts for an increase of 2.5 percent and was up from 2.4 percent in November. Excluding trusts, bank ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com - Japan’s bank lending rose unexpectedly in the last quarter, official data showed on Wednesday. In a report, Bank of Japan said that Japan’s Bank Lending rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.6%, from 2.4% in the preceding quarter. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Central banks' battle with the global financial crisis showed they could exert a "considerable" impact on long-term interest rates even under today's highly developed financial markets, a senior Bank of Japan official said on Wednesday. But more ... ( read original story ...)

The institutional investors own 77.1% of the company's stock pre-IPO. ObsEva is developing a lead candidate, OBE2109, which it in-licensed from Kissei Pharmaceutical Co of Japan, for the treatment of endometriosis and uterine fibroids. Endometriosis is a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks closed lower Tuesday as a rebounding yen hit exporters, while Toyota lost early gains driven by news of a major investment in the United States. After a public holiday Monday, the Japanese market dropped at the start as falling oil prices and ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday as exporters dropped and after Wall Street finished lower, but Toyota rose on news it is investing about $10 billion in the US over the next five years. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.37 percent, or 72.19 points, to sit ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Jan 10 Japan's Nikkei share average was little changed on Tuesday, trimming earlier losses amid hopes that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would provide stimulus-supportive hints at an upcoming news conference. The Nikkei initially slipped as much ... ( read original story ...)

NEW DELHI: After increasing its stake in International Tractors (ITL)— makers of Sonalikabranded tractors — Japanese agri-equipment manufacturer ... We were earlier considering an IPO to provide an exit to Blackstone. But now that Yanmar has bought ... ( read original story ...)

Last month, Trump announced that Japan's SoftBank had agreed to invest $50 billion in ... "Our U.S. strategy is simple and clear", Ma said in a 2015 op-ed. Since its 2014 IPO, e-commerce industry observers have been waiting for Alibaba to court USA consumers. ( read original story ...)

China's answer to Japan's Panasonic Corp and South Korea's LG Chem Ltd has ... A123, a U.S. automotive battery maker, went from IPO to bust in just three years as battery costs remained stubbornly high and orders dried up. "People think we're a big ... ( read original story ...)

As McDonald's streamlines its sprawling global operations, the fast-food giant is also looking at further deals in markets such as South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia ... and today’s top-performing IPO stocks. Get 4 free weeks of the IBD Digital ... ( read original story ...)