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Japan Exchange Group's Akira Kiyota plans to meet with senior ... By comparison, the Saudi exchange has a total market capitalization of somewhat more than $400 billion. The proposed IPO would necessarily involve a multiple listing. The TSE has no shortage ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp's Westinghouse unit needs to decide by the end of the month whether to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy so the Japanese conglomerate can compile audited third-quarter earnings without further delays, Japan's Finance Minister ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 9 Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday, benefitting from a weaker yen after the dollar gained when U.S. jobs data cemented expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates next week. The Nikkei was up 0.15 ... ( read original story ...)

Taro Aso, Japan's finance minister and deputy prime minister, and Vice President Mike Pence, who is expected to visit Japan next month, will lead the bilateral talks. A spokeswoman at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo said the embassy was not in a position to comment. ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefecture will reject Moritomo Gakuen’s application to open an elementary school on state-owned land bought in a dodgy deal, saying the school operator submitted false figures in documents to inflate its financial standing. Moritomo Gakuen plans ... ( read original story ...)

Fixing a rotten banking sector requires policy makers to deploy three tools in unison -- and Italy, like Japan two decades ago, is in danger of coming up short. In addition to prompt recapitalization and robust, independent supervision, reviving lenders ... ( read original story ...)

Mar.07 -- The governor of Tokyo has scored several "firsts." Yuriko Koike is the first woman to have been Japan's defense minister and the first to contest the leadership of Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party. She's popular among voters, and seen as a ... ( read original story ...)

Has Japan finally overcome the trauma of its two lost decades? The stock market seems to think so. In February, the Nikkei Jasdaq Index, the Japanese equivalent of America's Nasdaq, hit an all-time high in U.S. dollar terms. This may not seem like a big ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 8 Japan's Nikkei share average eased slightly for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, as investors took caution ahead of the U.S. jobs report due at the end of the week. The Nikkei dropped 0.5 percent to 19,240.95 points in midmorning trade. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan will consider letting foreign farming specialists work outside its national strategic zones, expanding a current plan to bolster a shrinking farm workforce. With its agricultural population on the decline, Japan needs to put foreigners to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Revised data show Japan's economy expanded at a slower than hoped for 1.2 per cent annual pace in the last quarter of 2016. The figure released Wednesday was slightly higher than the preliminary estimate of 1.0 per cent annual growth for the ... ( read original story ...)

At the South by Southwest 2017 (SXSW) festival, Japanese media and entertainment companies NHK Enterprises and NHK Media Technology will allow people to view the sights and sounds of Tokyo in a virtual reality motion ride with 8K quality visuals. ( read original story ...)

He has continued to hold similar sessions in Tokyo. Yamada, 75, says poor understanding of the ... such bullying would disappear. The first financial support from Yamada’s fund went to 10 mothers and their children on Jan. 15. He was surprised to see ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 7 Japan's Nikkei share average edged down on Tuesday morning, following Wall Street's lead, with investors deterred by geopolitical tensions after the North Korean missile tests, though the dollar-yen stayed in a well-worn range. The Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan is holding 10-year government bonds near zero. Current calls are for that program to stop. The JPY would sail through the roof if that happened, killing company competitiveness. The Bank of Japan has not been able to prop up its economy nor ... ( read original story ...)

The financial close for the Tanjung Jati B coal-fired power plant expansion was announced on Feb. 27 by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Funding will be provided by eight Japanese and Singaporean banks. The $3.36 billion loan will finance the ... ( read original story ...)