Tag: banking

Asia logistics real estate platform ESR announced on March 29 that it has acquired a parcel of land on Japan’s Tokyo Bay for development of a $1 billion warehouse facility. The Warburg Pincus-backed ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese lenders should not blame the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy for their inability to boost trading revenue or for poor returns borne of lax risk management, the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- As Japan prepares to accept foreign blue-collar workers in greater numbers than ever, small and midsize businesses are looking to the new visa rules taking effect Monday for relief from a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- After 30 years on the throne, Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate in about one month. That will mean the end of the current Heisei era, and the country is waiting with bated breath to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The debut of Lyft Inc. shares at a valuation of $24 billion marks the arrival of Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani to the list of Silicon Valley's venture-capital heavyweights. Mr. ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA - A judicial panel is urging prosecutors to reinvestigate a case against a former senior Finance Ministry official who was involved in the state land sale that sparked allegations of cronyism ... ( read original story ...)

The project was initially joined by three Japanese banks – SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Suruga Bank and Resona Bank. However, the announcement stated that MoneyTap will eventually see a consortium of ... ( read original story ...)

Why bother to encourage private investors to buy JGBs when the BOJ has been devouring enough of them to finance the bulk of the government budget deficit since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in ... ( read original story ...)

The data make for a sobering read after 2018 when Asia’s red-hot markets hosted many multi-billion dollar IPOs, including SoftBank Corp’s $23.6 billion Tokyo float and Xiaomi ... such issue within a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's government is setting up a supervisory body to keep the country's construction industry from underpaying or otherwise mistreating foreign workers. A law takes affect on Monday ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on Friday on optimism about the latest round of U.S.-China trade talks, with cyclical sectors such as shipping and machinery advancing on the last day ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on Friday on optimism about the latest round of U.S.-China trade talks, with cyclical sectors such as shipping and machinery advancing on the last day ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Exchange Group (JPX), owner of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, said on Thursday it would take over the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) to create an all-in-one bourse that would ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan's decision to curb government purchases from Chinese telecoms equipment makers Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp could hurt bilateral ties if Tokyo's actions are deemed unfair ... ( read original story ...)

Headline indices of the Japan share market extended losses on Thursday, 28 March 2019, as investors continued selling stocks on following a weak lead from Wall Street overnight as the market grappled ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 28 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei tumbled on Thursday as sliding U.S. bond yields fed fears about a U.S. economic slowdown and a deepening downturn globally, putting a dent on cyclical stocks ... ( read original story ...)