Japan, Sweden and Switzerland. Cutting rates below zero has been a factor in some central banks' struggle to help their economies recover from the financial crisis and its accompanying trend towards deflation. The European Central Bank, for example ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hopes to hold economic talks with U.S. in October: finance minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hopes to hold economic talks with Washington in October, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Thursday. "I'm hoping to conduct rough preparations with Vice President (Mike) Pence in September and hold a formal talk in October," Aso ... ( read original story ...)
Our Migrant World
Along with Sunju’s move from her village to Osaka, characters also journey between city and ... their strength of character challenged by the added burdens of responsibility (emotional, financial, and otherwise) that they suffer as daughters, wives ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Moritomo Gakuen head, wife demanded gov’t sell land plot for ‘zero yen’
Moritomo Gakuen planned to open an elementary school on the state-owned land lot in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. In May 2015, the school corporation signed a lease for the land with the ministry's Kinki Local Finance Bureau on condition that the corporation ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s premier Abe plays it safe on economy as Aso remains finance minister in cabinet reshuffle
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has chosen his new cabinet, reappointing key economic ministers but replacing his defense and foreign ministers in a sweeping reshuffle, the top government spokesman said on Thursday. Abe re-appointed Taro Aso as finance ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Aramco Moves – Analysis
With the Saudi national oil company, Aramco, preparing to list the overseas portion of its planned IPO, both Shinzo Abe and the Tokyo exchange have put out all the stops in hopes that the Saudis can be convinced to look past hot favorites London and New ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei falls as stronger yen casts shadow; flat for the week
TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Friday as the yen's rise to seven-week highs overshadowed optimism on corporate earnings, while Mazda Motor rose ahead of an expected announcement of a capital alliance with Toyota Motor. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei down as stronger yen casts shadow; Mazda soars on Toyota tie-up
TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Friday as the yen's rise to seven-week highs overshadowed optimism on corporate earnings, while Mazda Motor rose ahead of an expected announcement of a capital alliance with Toyota Motor. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei falls, hit by tech shares after ‘Apple effect’ fades
TOKYO, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Thursday as investors wasted little time taking profits in tech shares which rallied the previous day on Apple's strong quarterly earnings. The Nikkei ended 0.3 percent lower at 20,029.26 points. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Banks Tap a Gold Mine
Japan's banks are in a difficult place. While the rest of the G-10 countries are moving toward higher borrowing costs, the Bank of Japan is spinning its wheels, with little sign of improved lending rates. A happy unintended consequence of that stasis ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc. Might Have to Pay Up
In its most recent minutes, the Bank of Japan used an Orwellian phrase to describe the trend: "securing the labor force." The unemployment rate is 2.8 percent and declining steadily as Japan goes through something of a growth streak. At the same time ... ( read original story ...)
There are precious few neighborhoods in New York City where renters can afford a two-bedroom apartment
New York was rated No. 9 after Singapore (No. 1), Hong Kong, Zurich, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Geneva and Paris ... according to a separate ranking from personal-finance website GoBankingRates.com. San Jose followed at $87,153 per year, with New York close ... ( read original story ...)
BidaskClub upgraded Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) to Hold in a report released today.
Its manufacturing operations are located in Malacca, Malaysia (handlers); Poway, California (thermal subsystems); Laguna, the Philippines (kits and contactors); Kolbermoor, Germany (handlers), and Osaka, Japan (contactors). Receive News & Ratings Via Email ... ( read original story ...)
Several Akhilesh projects under Yogi scanner
When Yadav was the chief minister, the then state irrigation and public works department minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav, and irrigation department principal secretary, Deepak Singhal, visited Japan to study riverfront developments in Tokyo and Osaka. ( read original story ...)
Kagoike arrest isn’t end of story
The special investigation squad of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor’s Office, which interrogated and arrested the Kagoikes, has received a criminal complaint filed by a group of some 240 lawyers and researchers against officials of the Finance ... ( read original story ...)
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCMP) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On August 2 ... Sucampo Pharma, LLC, based in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan and R-Tech Ueno, Ltd., based in Kobe, Japan, through which the Company conducts its Asian operations; Sucampo Pharma Americas LLC, based ... ( read original story ...)