Tag: banking

TOKYO, April 4 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged up to a one-month high on Thursday as investors bought carmakers and other cyclical shares on growing hopes that a trade deal can be reached between ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Nomura Holdings will cut $1-billion in costs from its wholesale business and shut more than 30 of 156 domestic retail branches in its latest overhaul, the ailing bank said on Thursday. Nomura ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Nomura Holdings will cut $1 billion (760.23 million pounds) in costs from its wholesale business and shut more than 30 of 156 domestic retail branches in its latest ... ( read original story ...)

The postal and financial giant plans to sell around 168.1 million of its shares in Japan Post Insurance this month, the first sale of stock in the unit since the initial public offering (IPO) of the ... ( read original story ...)

The chipmaker plans to fund the purchase by borrowing a total of 1 trillion yen from Japanese banks. The move will pave its way for a stock listing within fiscal 2019 that ends March 31. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Nissan's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested Thursday for a fourth time by Tokyo prosecutors investigating him for alleged financial misconduct. Ghosn was returned Thursday to the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday as optimism over U.S.-China trade talks boosted shippers and other cyclical shares while index heavyweight Fast Retailing soared after it ... ( read original story ...)

Ghosn was first arrested in Tokyo in November and faces charges of financial misconduct and aggravated breach of trust over allegedly failing to report around $82 million in salary and temporarily ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo prosecutors have arrested Carlos Ghosn for the fourth ... Mr Ghosn, who was released on bail just a month ago after 108 days in detention on financial misconduct charges, had said on Twitter on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display Inc will begin to supply organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens for the Apple Watch later this year, two sources said, a breakthrough for the cash-strapped company ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The upcoming Japan-U.S. trade talks present a challenge for lead Japanese negotiator Toshimitsu Motegi: make enough headway to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump not to intervene and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan is considering giving individuals the right to stop companies from using their personal data, Nikkei learned Tuesday, as companies increasingly mine this virtual resource to build ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday as optimism over US-China trade talks boosted shippers and other cyclical shares while index heavyweight Fast Retailing soared after it reported strong monthly ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on Wednesday morning buoyed by optimism over U.S.-China trade talks, while index-heavyweight Fast Retailing soared after it reported a strong monthly ... ( read original story ...)

Many Japanese regional banks are grappling with diminishing returns from their traditional lending business, hit by a low-interest rate environment amid the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy ... ( read original story ...)

Current rules block mergers between smaller banks outside of Japan's major cities if the newly formed bank will account for a dominant share of lending in the local community. An advisory panel ... ( read original story ...)