Tag: banking

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is considering visiting New Zealand after attending a Group of 20 finance leaders' gathering on July 21-22, government sources said on Tuesday. The ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is considering visiting New ... will meet New Zealand’s acting Prime Minister Winston Peters during the visit and return to Japan on July 25, the s... ( read original story ...)

The European Union's top officials arrive in Japan Tuesday to sign the single market's biggest trade deal ever and present a united front as Washington upends the international trade order. EU and Jap... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan plans to begin testing the transport of captured carbon dioxide by sea, looking to be among the first in the world to commercialize a key technology for battling global warming. Carbon ... ( read original story ...)

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is considering selling its symbolic Osaka headquarters building to help finance the 46 billion pound ($60 billion) deal to acquire Irish drugmaker Shire Plc., sources close t... ( read original story ...)

Blaupunkt launches Osaka 760 and Monte Carlo 760 in India. First car infotainment system from Blaupunkt to support Apple Car Play and Android Auto respectively. German giant, Blaupunkt has launched tw... ( read original story ...)

At trial, the Tokyo District Court ruled that the lead manager was liable for damages incurred by the plaintiffs that had acquired shares through the IPO (the IPO plaintiffs). However, in a 23 March 2... ( read original story ...)

convenience store ATMs "are becoming an alternative to bank ATMs," a Seven Bank executive said. The importance of ATM networks in Japan is largely due to consumers' strong preference for using cash. Y... ( read original story ...)

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, another Japanese bank, said that it will carefully consider its response in compliance with the law and based on US sanctions. The move by MUFG is likely to force a halt ... ( read original story ...)

MUFG was inaugurated in 2005, following the merger of the Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings. MUFG, with over 150,000 employees, has a global network with over 1,800 locations in 50 cou... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s biggest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, will halt all Iran transactions to comply with the reimposition of US sanctions against Tehran later this year, according to a document seen by Re... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s biggest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG), will halt all Iran transactions to comply with the reimposition of US sanctions against Tehran later this year, according to a document ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese authorities on Friday ordered Higashi-Nippon Bank to improve its internal controls after dozens of its Tokyo-area branches lent customers more than they needed and charged unclear fe... ( read original story ...)

The view may emerge from the BOJ's July 30-31 policy meeting, which includes a quarterly review of its long-term projections. The Bank of Japan this month might concede that inflation could fall short ... ( read original story ...)

For a currency regarded as being a safe-haven asset, the Japanese yen hasn’t been behaving like one of late. While divergent monetary policy settings between the US and Japan has contributed to the ye... ( read original story ...)

Asakawa became vice finance minister for international affairs at the finance ministry, or Japan's top financial diplomat, in 2015. His reappointment would make him the longest-serving top financial d... ( read original story ...)