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When settling into our desks this morning and checking out how international markets performed overnight, we had to do a double-take when the color next to Japan's Nikkei 225 was actually red. Sure, it was a drop of just 0.0003%, but it was a decline ... ( read original story ...)

cheered by booming profits for Japan Inc. including exporters such as Sony and Nitto Denko. The Nikkei jumped 1.2 percent to 22,295.86 in midmorning trade after reaching 22,301.42, the highest level since July 1996. Sony Corp soared as much as 11.6 percent ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo and Seoul led a rally in Asian shares Wednesday, on the back of strong earnings reports across the region including from tech giants Sony (Hanover: SON1.HA - news) and Samsung. The buying, after a muted start to the week in Asia, tracked overnight ... ( read original story ...)

In Tokyo trade Monday, tech giant SoftBank rose 1.31 percent to end at 10,430 yen, while Sony rose 0.72 percent to 4,310 yen. Mizuho Financial closed 0.19 percent lower at 208.4 yen, losing early gains after reports said the bank plans to shed 19,000 jobs ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, October 30, 2017 - NRI, a leading global provider of system solutions and consulting service, and Microsoft Japan, today announced a joint decision between the two companies to establish the Financial Digital Innovation Consortium. The Consortium ... ( read original story ...)

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 105,742 ( - 18.4% MoM / - 21.1% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 5,035 . See the TABLE 1 for the composition of the trading volume. The total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated finalized its consolidated FY2017 Second Quarter (April 1 through September 30, 2017) Financial Results today. On the revenue side, electricity sales revenue increased 1.3% from the same period of the ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Corporate Split and Business Transfers under "Functional Realignment" of Group Subsidiaries Tokyo, October 31, 2017--- Mitsubishi UFJ ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese car maker Subaru is planning to recall around 255,000 cars sold in Japan after admitting using uncertified workers for the safety inspections in two of its plants in the country. MURRAY GOULBURN — Australian dairy cooperative Murray ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's economy likely achieved annualized growth of around 1.5% during the three months ended in September for a seventh quarter of uninterrupted expansion, private sector estimates released Tuesday show. The growth projection for real gross ... ( read original story ...)

10/30 WSJ denies CNBC denial of Nikkei SoftBank to Drop Effort to Merge Sprint Wit.. 10/30 SoftBank calling off talks to merge Sprint, T-Mobile- Nikkei Asian Review - N.. 10/30 BRIEF-Sumitomo Realty & Development sales likely rose 6% for April-Sept p. ( read original story ...)

They seemed to achieve nothing for Japan's economy, apparently fluttering to earth, and the media lost interest. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov The performance of the Nikkei 225, however, suggests that at least some of the arrows, aggressive monetary easing ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — The Bank of Japan has wrapped up a policy meeting with no changes to its ultra-lax stimulus program, but slightly raised its forecast for growth in this fiscal year. The central bank did cut its outlook for inflation for the full fiscal year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped on Tuesday, taking its cue from losses on Wall Street after a report that U.S. lawmakers are discussing more gradual corporate tax cuts rather than reducing it more aggressively. The Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

The US dollar is lower against most majors after scoring huge gains last week. Political uncertainty as the FBI investigation on Russian collusion in the Presidential elections as well as Fed Governor Jerome Powell as a lead candidate for the U.S. Federal ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan said Tuesday it is holding its monetary policy steady, even as its peers in the U.S. and Europe begin to wind down stimulus. The central bank said in a statement after its two-day meeting that it is maintaining the short-term interest ... ( read original story ...)