Traditionally, financial institutions for retail clients are powerhouses ... April 1999: Monex Inc. founded by Oki Matsumoto with backing from Sony Corp. August 2000: Shares listed on Tokyo Stock Exch... ( read original story ...)
Explore Osaka’s Lively Downtown! Top 10 Spots To Visit In Namba
The lion’s giant mouth is said to bring luck in financial matters and competition, so many people come to visit. Kuromon Market has plenty of local Osaka food available to try and is clustered with sh... ( read original story ...)
Cashless culture making headway in Japan with platforms venturing into finance
TOKYO -- "Oh, you can use Alipay," a tourist from Shanghai ... Alipay is a smartphone payment service offered by a financial services group under China's largest e-commerce website operator Alibaba Gr... ( read original story ...)
World champion chess prodigy who made Heroz, the hottest Japanese IPO
The financiers kind of tuned out. Heroz Inc. CEO Takahiro Hayashi listed the company on a startup market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in April. Shares opened 11 times higher than the IPO price, the bes... ( read original story ...)
World shogi champion prodigy who made hottest Japan IPO
In April, the company listed on a startup market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It was a record-breaking debut. The shares opened 11 times higher than the IPO price, the best ever start of trading by a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan central bank may tolerate yield rises to around 0.4 percent: ex-BOJ executive
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may allow long-term interest rates to creep up to around 0.4 percent under new guidance introduced last month, which lays the groundwork for “stealth” rate hikes, t... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower after Wall St drops
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday, dragged down by falls on Wall Street and a rise in the yen amid Turkey's financial market crisis. The key Nikkei 225 index lost 1.20 percent or 266.61 points to ... ( read original story ...)
The World Champion Chess Prodigy Who Made Hottest Japan IPO
In April, the company listed on a startup market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It was a record-breaking debut. The shares opened 11 times higher than the IPO price, the best ever start of trading by a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan export growth slows as U.S.-bound shipments fall
Ministry of Finance (MOF) data out on Thursday showed exports rose 3.9 percent year-on-year in July, far below a 6.3 percent increase expected by economists in a Reuters poll. The rise followed a 6.7 ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: In Chinese port city, Japan’s Toyota lays foundation to ramp up sales
BEIJING (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is likely to make 120,000 more cars a year in the Chinese port city of Tianjin as part of a medium-term strategy that's gathering pace as China-Japan ties improve ... ( read original story ...)
The World Champion Chess Prodigy Who Made Hottest Ever Japan IPO
In April, the company listed on a startup market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It was a record-breaking debut. The shares opened 11 times higher than the IPO price, the best ever start of trading by a ... ( read original story ...)
Apple probed in Japan over anti-competitive behavior
TOKYO -- Japan is investigating allegations that pressure from Apple forced Yahoo Japan to pull back from a game platform that competes with the App Store, Nikkei has learned, in the latest effort by ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher on buybacks amid Turkish financial crisis
TOKYO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index rising more than 2 percent as investors bought back issues oversold following the Turkish lira tank... ( read original story ...)
Dollar firmer above ¥111 in Tokyo
warns of potential insolvency Struggling furniture retailer Otsuka Kagu Ltd. warned on Tuesday of a possible major financial problem going forward as it reported a first-half loss. The Tokyo-based com... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks advance in morning, concerns remain about Turkey’s financial crisis
TOKYO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks advanced Tuesday morning as a pause in the tumble of the Turkish lira eased fears about the financial crisis although concerns remained about contagion in emerg... ( read original story ...)
Japan shifts focus of its development assistance to Indo-Pacific
TOKYO -- Japan is making economic cooperation with the Indo-Pacific region a diplomatic priority, with more than 70% of its official development assistance going there. The move is rooted in Tokyo's u... ( read original story ...)