TOKYO (Reuters) - The coronavirus may offer the Bank of Japan justification to scrap what has become an obsolete, largely symbolic bond-buying target as it takes stronger action to cushion the ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan to Debate Unlimited Bond Buys, Nikkei Reports
The Bank of Japan will discuss abandoning its annual 80 trillion yen ($742 billion) annual purchase target for Japanese government bonds at its monetary policy meeting Monday and replacing it with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Insurers Go Big on Credit Abroad as Fed Revives Market
Buying corporate bonds overseas is emerging as the top strategy for Japan’s life insurers, as they look to beef-up returns in a world of depressed sovereign yields and mounting stock losses.Four of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan March factory output, retail sales seen falling at sharper rate as virus hits: Reuters poll
Both Japan's factory output and retail sales likely fell at a sharper pace in March as the coronavirus pandemic weighed more heavily across the broader economy, a Reuters poll showed. A marked slowdow ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finmin says not in talks with BOJ over bond buying cap
The Bank of Japan and the Ministry of Finance are not discussing now whether to ditch the central bank's cap on its annual bond purchases in a bid to avert the coronavirus economic downturn, Finance ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world
On Thursday, Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui implied male grocery shoppers would reduce the potential ... Not to be too technical, but one of the questions is: Should the European debt serve to finance ... ( read original story ...)
Azabu Insights: Mask Usage in Tokyo Reaches Ninety-Seven Percent And Other Reasons Asian Countries Are Winning Against Coronavirus
Tokyo, Japan. Our teams work collaboratively with clients to build strategies that lead to positive change. Our multilingual team members have top tier academic backgrounds and deep industry ... ( read original story ...)
Intercontinental Exchange Says Crypto Chief Exits After 4 Months
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. said Mike Blandina has resigned as chief executive officer of Bakkt LLC, its majority-owned Bitcoin-futures platform, after four months on the job. ( read original story ...)
Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund to Be a Major Component in the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s New Infrastructure Funds Index
The Infrastructure Funds Index is an Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") related finance product offered by the TSE ... will be included in the new Infrastructure Funds Index by the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Insurance Giant Targets Overseas Credit in ‘Severe’ Market
Japan’s biggest private life insurer plans to boost its positions in credit -- and overseas securities in particular -- this year as it copes with depressed Japanese government bond yields and paper ... ( read original story ...)
ProThera Biologics and Takeda Enter Global Licensing Agreement to Develop Novel Plasma-Derived Therapy Based on Inter-alpha Inhibitor Proteins (IAIP)
ProThera Biologics, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited [TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK] ("Takeda") today announced that they have entered into a global licensing agreement to develop a novel plasma-der ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers bleakest view of economy in over a decade as virus damage deepens
Japan's government on Thursday offered its bleakest assessment of the economy in over a decade as the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic threatens to tip the world's third-largest economy into a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Economy Sinks Deeper In April As Virus Measures Hit
Flash Japan PMI slumps to lowest in survey history as COVID-19 outbreak hits demand. Service sector suffers the most from stricter social distancing rules. Inpu ... ( read original story ...)
DYNAM JAPAN HOLDINGS (HKG:6889) Shareholders Have Felt Some Pain With A 32% Loss On Their Investment
Looking back five years, both DYNAM JAPAN HOLDINGS's share price and EPS declined; the latter at a rate of 8.9% per year. This reduction in EPS is less than the 14% annual reduction in the share price ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Deutsche Bank Veteran Shrugs Off Turmoil With Crypto Startup
A former Deutsche Bank AG veteran’s Japanese cryptocurrency exchange is poised to start trading services just as Bitcoin shows signs of a recovery from coronavirus-fueled turmoil. ( read original story ...)
For SoftBank’s Son, Coronavirus Turns Vision to Illusion
BANGALORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son's dream of ... Ride-hailing usage at flagship transport investments has fallen more than 50% and six SoftBank-backed ... ( read original story ...)