Tag: banking

OSAKA (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd on Tuesday ... said the service had got off to a good start but declined to provide financial details. Nintendo's shares hit a 10-year high in Januar... ( read original story ...)

The JAL Group (JAL) today announced the consolidated financial results for the second quarter of FY2018. During the second quarter, a number of natural disasters struck regions across Japan, such as t... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan launched its own highly precise satellite positioning system Thursday, a move expected to generate new services worth nearly 5 trillion yen ($44.4 billion) by 2025 as players like ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei soared to 1-1/2-week high on Friday tracking gains on Wall Street, but electronics components makers languished after Apple’s conservative outlook disappointed ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell on Thursday, pulled down by large cap mobile phone companies after NTT Docomo said lower service fees will start hitting its earnings next year, stoking co... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- NTT Docomo Inc. led a 3.8 trillion yen ($34 billion) stock rout of Japan’s top three mobile carriers after it appeared to cave in to pressure from the government, which has long claimed ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Foreign workers remain essentially blocked from many industries in Japan such as cosmetology despite the nation's critical labor shortage. Most hairstylists from overseas who attend ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell on Thursday, pulled down by large cap mobile phone companies after NTT Docomo said lower service fees will start hitting its earnings from the next fiscal ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's National Tax Agency said Wednesday that it has obtained information on about 550,000 accounts that residents of Japan hold overseas, data expected to be a powerful tool in ... ( read original story ...)

Bankers shuttling between Tokyo’s Otemachi financial centre and the Halloween celebrations in Shibuya last night did not have to work hard to perfect the broken stagger of the undead. October, said SM... ( read original story ...)

Last year the Tokyo Metropolitan Government released the country’s first green bond which raised £130 million. Koike said the city plans to release more green bonds to help finance initiatives like sm... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei bounced to a one-week high on Thursday as chip-related stocks surged in line with their U.S. counterparts, while first-half earnings from firms such as Sony an... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Wednesday and slightly trimmed its inflation forecasts as global trade frictions clouded the economic outlook, reinforcing views the central bank is in ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan stayed the course on monetary stimulus while confirming in updated forecasts that it won’t meet its inflation target for years to come. The central bank left its polic... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s central bank chief on Wednesday ruled out a near-term interest rate hike amid risks from global trade disputes, but also raised a firm warning about vulnerabilities in the fi... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Wednesday and cut its price forecasts, reinforcing market expectations that subdued inflation will force it to maintain its massive stimulus program fo... ( read original story ...)