Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee traveled to Japan on Sunday to discuss the tighter controls with local business leaders, Yonhap News reported. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki held ... ( read original story ...)
Does Japan’s experience vindicate MMT?
This does not mean that MMT has no merit, in Japan or elsewhere. In its campaign to increase the consumption tax, the Finance Ministry drilled into the public psyche the concept of “Ricardian ... ( read original story ...)
Finance and health ministers have to structure healthcare systems well to maximise benefits: DPM Heng
OSAKA: Finance and health ministers have the responsibility of structuring their healthcare systems well, managing costs, and delivering the best outcomes for every dollar spent, Deputy Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea assessing financial sector risks of wider row with Japan
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is assessing the risks of a row with Japan over forced wartime labor spreading to the financial sector, including loans and investments by Japanese institutions, the ... ( read original story ...)
Abe has Japan’s youth on his side as political age divide widens
Until now, the divide between generations in Japan has not been as conspicuous as in Europe and the U.S. But the country's pressing political issues are starting to highlight the gap. A Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Wellving Asset Management Looking at an IPO
Osaka, Japan, July 06, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Not a company to rest on their laurels Wellving Asset Management have identified what could be the next investment vehicle for their clients. It comes in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan promotes business jet market ahead of 2020 Olympics
TOKYO -- Public and private efforts are underway in Japan to promote the use of business jets ahead of the Summer Olympics, which Tokyo will host in 2020. Trading house Sojitz plans to triple the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei up for fifth straight week, investor wary before U.S. jobs data
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged higher in choppy trade on Friday as investors kept to the sidelines before the release of a key U.S. jobs report, while oil and mining shares ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei ends firmer; Eyes on U.S. jobs data
Headline indices of the Japan share market closed slight higher after trading in and out of the red on Friday, 05 July 2019, as investors hit the sidelines to await the U. S. Labor Department's ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Amamiya says won’t rule out any option if more easing needed
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya said on Friday the central bank would not rule out any policy option, including deepening negative interest rates, if it were to ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s Amamiya says central banks can’t boost minus rate effect with digital currencies
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya on Friday brushed aside the idea that central banks can boost the effectiveness of negative interest rate policies by issuing digital ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese households’ inflation expectations hit near four-year high: BOJ survey
TOKYO (Reuters) - The percentage of Japanese households anticipating inflation to accelerate a year from now hit the highest level in nearly four years, a central bank survey showed on Friday. A ... ( read original story ...)
Calls for boycott of Japan grow in South Korea as labor row simmers
The dispute is the latest flashpoint in a relationship long over-shadowed by South Korean resentment of Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean peninsula, in particular South Korean “comfort women” ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei subdued as investors await U.S. jobs data for Fed clues
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei was little changed on Friday morning as investors kept to the sidelines before the release of a key U.S. jobs report, while oil and mining shares ... ( read original story ...)
Emerging Asia should learn from Japan’s demographic experience
It started in Japan, with its average growth of 10% between the mid-1950s and early 1970s, before spreading to the Four Dragons -- Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. The South East ... ( read original story ...)
Five things to know about Japan’s upper house election
TOKYO -- The campaign for Japan's upper house election officially ... Some 55% of respondents to the latest Nikkei-TV Tokyo survey said they want the ruling coalition to retain control of the ... ( read original story ...)