(ANI) Osaka [Japan], Dec.15 (ANI): Panasonic Corporation announced ... ceremony and conclave that was attended by p New Delhi [India], Dec.14 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Dr. Amit Mitra on Thursday described the rollout of the Goods and Services ... ( read original story ...)
Nidec aims to collect cash faster, spend more on acquisitions
OSAKA -- Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec seeks to collect ... The regional centers of operation will finance each other under this arrangement, reducing the need for outside borrowing. Nidec seeks to bring its effective corporate tax rate under 20% ... ( read original story ...)
Expo 2025 is an exceptional project for Azerbaijan’s future, says BIE official
“The evaluation mission will also visit other candidate cities for Expo 2025 – Paris, Osaka and Yekaterinburg. The winner will be announced in November next year. Baku has to convince the evaluation mission and 170 BIE member states that it’s ready ... ( read original story ...)
Panasonic’s facial recognition gate selected by Japan’s Ministry of Justice
Osaka [Japan], Dec.15 (ANI): Panasonic Corporation announced ... (ANI) New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): Delhi-based FinTech startup Cash Suvidha, the trade name of Usha Financial Services Pvt. Ltd., raised an institutional debt of USD 2.7 million from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan firm says it will pay part of salaries in Bitcoin
GMO Internet, which operates a range of web-related businesses including finance, online advertising and internet infrastructure, will start paying up to 100,000 yen ($890) monthly by Bitcoin to its employees in Japan from February next year. "Employees ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s wall of money falls on project finance
THE urban myth of capital markets lurks in the world of project finance: the wall of Japanese money. This urban myth is likely to chime with investment bankers from the good old days of the 1980s. Back then, traders of Bunds or OATs were always waiting for ... ( read original story ...)
In major shift, Rakuten plots to become Japan’s No. 4 wireless carrier
Rakuten, which operates one of Japan's most popular shopping websites, said it hoped to gain a new engine of growth, adding that having a mobile license would complement its e-commerce, streaming and fintech services such as online securities trading. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s big manufacturers’ mood hits 11-year high – tankan
The data may help the Bank of Japan (BOJ) make the case that strengthening economic recovery will prompt firms to raise wages and allow it to edge away from crisis-mode stimulus, even before inflation hits the central bank's elusive 2 percent target. ( read original story ...)
Japan to keep record-low interest rates in FY2018 budget draft – sources
The finance ministry earlier estimated next year's debt-servicing ... Debt-servicing costs account for roughly a quarter of the annual government budget. Japan has the industrial world's heaviest debt burden at more than twice the size of its economy. ( read original story ...)
Government of Japan to Invest US$50 million in Global Financing Facility to Accelerate Progress on Universal Health Coverage
"As part of the pledge made by Prime Minister Abe this morning, Japan will provide US$30 million to the GFF Trust Fund … ," said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Japan Taro Aso. He also announced that Japan was ready to contribute another ... ( read original story ...)
Web Japan, Site for Spreading Information on Things Japanese, Announces Launch of Multilingual Versions
TOKYO, Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Public Relations Office of Web Japan is pleased to announce that the website for spreading information on things Japanese has newly started posting articles in multiple languages. Web Japan was launched in 2004 with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan November exports expected to grow on upbeat demand, BOJ to keep policy steady
The finance ministry will publish the trade data at 8:50 a.m. Tokyo time on Monday (2350 GMT Sunday). The poll also found that economists expect the Bank of Japan to keep its short-term policy interest rate at minus 0.1 percent and the 10-year government ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and UK to expand joint military exercises
LONDON -- Japan and the U.K. have agreed to expand the scope of their joint military drills amid rising tensions in Northeast Asia, with plans to conduct their first-ever army exercises together in Japan next year. Both countries' defense and foreign ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Central Bank Tweaks Message as Dissenter Calls for More Easing
Kuroda speech included new language on risks of more stimulus Changes are said to have been wrongly interpreted as exit hint A new dissenter on the Bank of Japan board calling for more stimulus has prompted the BOJ to adjust its communications to flag ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s digital money exchanges heading abroad for growth
Japanese trading platforms are expanding overseas in an effort ... urging investors to pay close attention to price fluctuations and potential risks. Nikkei Inc. group company QUICK holds an equity stake in bitFlyer. ( read original story ...)
Japan central bank survey shows business sentiment brighter
TOKYO — A quarterly business outlook survey by Japan’s central bank shows sentiment improved to its highest level in 11 years in a further upbeat signal for the economy. The Bank of Japan’s “tankan” index for large manufacturers, released Friday ... ( read original story ...)